The Artist in Residence Program
Webb School is a Pre K-12 private school of about 1,000 students located in Knoxville, Tennessee. We have been hosting two visiting visual artists a year since 2001. Visiting artists arrive in October or February and spend five weeks on campus.
During their tenure, artists work half of each day on their own work and spend the other half interacting formally with students in art classes. These interactions are collaboratively planned with one of the six visual arts teachers on campus: one Lower School teacher, two Middle School teachers, and three Upper School teachers. Visitors are required to mount an exhibition during their stay and are asked to donate a representative artwork to the school’s visiting artist study collection. In exchange, they are provided with part of a classroom space to call their own to work in. Webb's facilities include a well-equipped digital lab, wood shop, darkroom, kilns, and print presses for our visiting artists to use.
Visiting artists have 24-hour access to their work spaces, as well as access to workout facilities and library privileges. They are housed in an extended stay hotel about two miles from campus, and their lunch is provided on school days. Travel expenses are provided for and visitors receive a $3,900 stipend for their five-week stay.
How to Apply
To apply for Webb's Artist in Residence Program, please send the following to Todd Johnson.
- Letter of interest/intent
- Resume
- List of references and phone numbers
- A link to your website
Webb School has an annual March 1st application deadline for the following school year.
Please send all of this information as one PDF document. Digital submissions only.
Accomodations
Visitng artists are housed at the Candlewood Inn and Suites, located at 10206 Parkside Drive Knoxville, TN 37922. The hotel is approximately two miles from Webb's campus and moments away from Knoxville's Turkey Creek Shopping Center and resaurants.
For more information and photos of the Candlewood Inn and Suites, you can visit their Website.
For more information about Turkey Creek, you can visit their Website.
The Artist in Residence Collection
All of Webb's previous Artists in Residence were asked to donate a representative artwork to the school’s visiting artist study collection. This collection in on display in the Webb's Central Building and serves as a constant reminder of the varied and talented artists who have visited our school.
Steed Taylor 2014
Jesse Rubenfeld 2008
Sonya Belofsky 2013
Russell Floersch 2013
Michael Bramwell 2012
Matt Griffin 2012
Cecil McDonald 2011
Chuck Webster 2011
Tricia Alyne 2010
Otis Kriegel 2010
Lori Larusso 2009
Tim Davis 2009
David Wolff 2008
Jeffry Mitchell 2007
Chuck Aydlett 2007
Jason Duvall 2006
Jade Walker 2006
Richard Notkin 2005
Phoebe Toland 2005
Michael St. John 2005
Tara Espinoza 2005
Karen Shaw 2004
Greig Leach 2004
Susan Hamburger 2003
J.S. Bird 2002