ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Program Details
The Artist in Residence (AIR) program awards residencies to approximately 4 local artists each year. Residencies of 12 weeks include space to sell the artist’s work at The sanctuary, an opening reception for a solo exhibit, solo exhibition of culminating work, recorded artist talk, and space to host an optional workshop or class. The Sanctuary’s AIR allows for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within the Oakland community. Artists selected for this program are at all career stages and work in all visual art media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation.
Eligibility
- Artists not currently enrolled in an academic program at the time requested residency would take place.
- Former Artists in Residence (AIR) of The Sanctuary may not apply within five years of previous Residency.
- Must be currently a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Not under contract to display work with any gallery, museum, boutique or other such type of entity during the time of the Residency
- Must have access to facilities, equipment, and materials needed to produce a collection of new work during the Residency .
Selection
Criteria:
- Merit of past work.
- Readiness to engage with and benefit from the residency experience at The Sanctuary (see program goals).
- Potential to develop creative practice and impact the Oakland community and beyond.
Process:
• The Sanctuary’s Co-Founders reviews applications to ensure completion and eligibility
• Submissions are reviewed by a panel of knowledgeable and esteemed artists and arts professionals
• The selection panel evaluates each artist’s materials and selects finalists
• Finalists are invited to a 20-minute Zoom interview to determine the final award selection.
BIO.
St. Louis bred, SF Bay Area based multimedia artist Lauryn Marshall (Art by Marshall) uses color, figure and object composition, and fantastical elements as tools for storytelling to highlight the
lived experiences of those from the African diaspora. Marshall comes from a line of Bahamian and Creole ancestry, peaking her interest in the many expressions of Blackness that exist in the world.
She dove into art at the early age of 2, coming from a long line of predecessors that were actively engaged in community building throughout the South. Though influenced and inspired by many role models within her family, Grandma Robbie was Marshall’s first art teacher and
entrepreneurship mentor. At “Robbie’s Custom Leadergoods”, Marshall was inspired by the textiles her Grandmother created and it exposed her to different art mediums.
She is interested in connecting to community through visual art, creating ceramic and painted works to unearth the intersectionalities and subtleties of the Black experience. She encourages
her viewers to make connections between what is present in contemporary culture versus its past
representations in history. In 2017, she relocated to Oakland, CA to pursue higher education. She received her BA in Studio Art and Psychology from Mills College in 2021 and presently works with youth as an educator, mentor, near-peer and program coordinator. In addition to her personal
work, Marshall is a muralist and often collaborates with Civic Design Studio as a guest artist. She has assisted in murals located in Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco and has worked with talented Bay Area artists such as Tarika Lewis, Twin Walls Mural Company, Aerosoul, and Cece
Carpio.