ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES: 2024-26 Princeton Arts Fellow Gi (Ginny) Huo, right, works with Samuel Elijah Lee ’27 on his on final project for the fall visual arts course “Objects and Myths of Nature: a Sculptural Study.” (Photo by Jon Sweeney).
The Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University is now accepting applications from artists for two opportunities, the Princeton Arts Fellowship and the Hodder Fellowship. Both applications have a deadline of September 8.
In this cycle, Princeton Arts Fellowships will be awarded to early career dance, music, and theater artists, such as composers, conductors, musicians, choreographers, designers, directors and performance artists — this list is not meant to be exhaustive — who would find it beneficial to spend time teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community. Creative writing and visual arts applications will be considered in next year’s cycle.
Fellows spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course each semester subject to approval by the dean of the faculty. However, fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class, such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. Prior teaching experience is not required. Although the teaching load is light, the expectation is that fellows will be full and active members of the Princeton community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year.
A $93,000 stipend is provided for each of the two years. As academic appointees, fellows are eligible for benefits during the two fellowship years. They may not hold concurrent teaching positions at other institutions for the duration of the fellowship.
The work location for these fellowship positions is in-person, on the Princeton University campus. Applicants may apply for the Princeton Arts Fellowship each time it is offered.
Open to artists demonstrating “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts,” the Hodder Fellowship is awarded to artists “more for promise than for performance,” enabling them to pursue an independent project for one academic year. Potential Hodder fellows in this cycle are dance, music, theater, or visual artists, such as composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, or other kinds of artists or humanists. Creative writing applications will be considered in next year’s cycle.
A $93,000 stipend is provided for this 10-month appointment as a visiting fellow. Fellows are eligible for benefits during the length of the fellowship. Fellows may not hold concurrent teaching positions at other institutions for the duration of the fellowship. For this cycle, it is anticipated that four Hodder Fellows will be selected.
Visit arts.princeton.edu for application details and requirements.