Best Made Guide to the Frontier winter post.

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Frontier Fellowship: Now Accepting Applications

The Frontier Fellowship gives creative professionals the opportunity to immerse themselves in the town of Green River, Utah (pop. 953) for four weeks. From this rural place, and in the context of the frontier, Fellows respond to living and working in the desert of Utah. The experience encourages context-driven collaborative work. The Frontier Fellowship is a component of the Epicenter, a community resource center instigating positive change through design-based projects. The Epicenter is located in a historic building and houses a creative studio, small basement workshop, and three full-time employees. Epicenter is a 501(c)3 non-profit supported by grants, private donations, and income from graphic design and print production projects.

While in residence, Fellows are expected to create projects that align with Epicenter’s mission and goals as well as working on self-initiated projects. Epicenter provides project support through access to the rich context of Green River, critical and collaborative support, and a myriad of resources. The Frontier Fellowship enables local, national, and international creative professionals to be involved in Epicenter’s projects and programs with our citizen-designers and staff. Fellows spend 20 hours per week working on Epicenter projects and 20 hours per week on personal projects. Fellows are given printing privileges, wifi access, use of a bicycle, Family Meal Plan membership, and indoor and outdoor workspace. Additionally, their work is promoted for four-weeks (at minimum) during their Fellowship and added to an online exhibit. The experience extends long past one’s stay through inclusion in our ever-expanding group of past participants that continue to exchange ideas, information, and opportunities.

Epicenter facilitates Fellowship opportunities on a rolling basis throughout the year, and is currently seeking Fellows in the fields of architecture, design, film, culinary arts, media, and writing. Applications will be accepted regardless of one’s background, focus, or specialty. To be considered for 2012, the suggested deadline is Leap Day (February 29th).

Apply | Frontier Fellowship Database | The Epicenter

There is now a Frontier Fellows work database web portal. Check it out. Officially part of DESIGNONTHEDOTTEDLINE.ORG since January 1, 2012.

A concept drawing for Epicenter’s Antipode will soon be on display at Shelter, a one night only art exhibition. Additional “drawings” (actually etchings) are available for purchase here.

Sunday, December 4 from 6-10 PM, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA

I am having a studio clearance event. If you are someone who plans to give and/or buy gifts this holiday season, I encourage you to give the gift of ART — and help me clean out my studio.

Epicenter’s Antipode. This project was supported in part by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts. You can go see it, right now: Highway 19 in Green River, Utah, until October 21, 2011.

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Thanks to Best Made Company for transforming my raw footage of Chilnulana Falls into something beautiful!