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sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence Program

sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence Program

sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence Program, Round 2 Applications

Applications accepted: June 20, 2025-Sept. 20, 2025 at www.callforentry.org 

Jury review of applications: October 1-November 1, 2025

Applicants notified: November 3, 2025

Residency Cycle, winter academic quarter: January 5-March 26, 2026

sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence Program, Round 2

The Fine Art Department at Spokane Falls Community College is honored to host the sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence Program, Round 2.  The fully funded annual three-month residency will provide state of the art studio space within sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Arts Building 32 to an emerging Native American (NA) artist who is a documented descendent and/or enrolled member of a US Federally Recognized Tribe (FRT) with priority given to Tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The selected artist will explore creative expression through educational and professional development opportunities that connect them with students and the wider Spokane community for the duration of winter quarter January 5 through March 26, 2026.  This residency is made possible through generous support from the Sahlin Foundation, Ruby Hospitality, and the Associated Student Government at SFCC. 

As a college which is situated on the traditional and sacred lands of the Spokane Tribe of Indians and provides services in a region that includes the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Kalispel Tribe of Indians and Nez Perce Tribe, we will prioritize those applicants and the Tribes of the Pacific Northwest as well as the Schistu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Indians). The three-month residency includes a $3,000.00 monthly stipend, as well as off-campus housing, studio space, and travel reimbursement to and from Spokane, WA. The program is designed to provide time for an emerging artist to develop artwork, explore new ideas, to strengthen existing talents, and form connections with students and the Spokane community. We are sensitive to the interests of the resident artist, with a focus on relationship-building with our students, staff, faculty, and Tribal Liaison(s). Therefore, we offer a variety of internal (classroom, SFCC campus) or external (public facing, Spokane community) professional and artistic development options, such as open studio hours, classroom artist talk(s),  public lecture(s), artist lead technical demonstration(s) or workshop(s), art critiques, Associated Student Government Club activities, art display and/or exhibit.*The way that the public interacts with the Artist-in-Residence will be informed by the desires and preferences of the Artist-in-Residence.

Applications will be open to all artists from US FRTs practicing in visual art disciplines that can be supported by the Fine Art Department’s facilities within sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Arts Building 32 including ceramics, drawing, jewelry/metalsmithing, painting, and printmaking, and sculpture. The sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Arts Building, built in 2024, is 60,000 SF and includes, an 804 square foot Fine Art Gallery, classrooms, labs, offices, studios and specialty equipment including a bronze foundry. Applicants need not have any formal degree or certificate training but should have some previous experience in their preferred medium. Applicants whose work engages with cultural traditions through materials, techniques, and subject matter are encouraged to apply.

2025 Round 1, sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence kʷaɁowišč tyee Inanna McCarty painting a Native American design.
Inanna McCarty
In 2025, we were honored to welcome kʷaɁowišč tyee Inanna McCarty as the first sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence at Spokane Falls Community College!