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Apply to become a TANK Sonic Arts Resident!

Are you a ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ student, alumni, or staff interested in experimental sonic arts? Do you have a passion for teaching & community engagement?  Apply now for a fully-funded, five-day Sonic Arts Residency at the TANK Center for Sonic Arts in Rangely, CO. The TANK is a renowned sonic site in Northwestern ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ centered around a 75-foot water tank with profound internal resonance.

Co-developed by the TANK and the ATLAS B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance, these Sonic Arts Residencies will occur twice a year and are open to all current ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students, alumni, and staff (excluding faculty).

What: A 5-day, fully-funded residency at the TANK Center for Sonic Arts in Rangely, CO
Why: Create a recording in the TANK’s unique sonic environment and engage with the rural Rangely community
Who: ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students, alumni, and staff 
When: Apply NOW through April 8 for residencies occuring May 14-19 (Spring Session) and Sept 17 - 22 (Fall Session)

Benefits

Each residency includes:

  • Three recording sessions in the TANK’s remarkable sonic environment with TANK recording engineers
  • A $750 honorarium
  • Lodging, per diem, rental car & gas expenses

Expectations

Residents will:

  • Conduct recording sessions in the TANK, working with TANK’s recording engineers
  • Engage with the Rangely community through teaching, leading a workshop, doing a performance, etc. (Final engagement plans to be determined in collaboration with Rangely community partners)
  • Share the final recording with the TANK & B2, with permission to have work shared publicly
  • Engage in timely & reliable communications with all partners through planning, execution and follow-up

Eligibility

  • Applicants must be ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students, alumni or staff (faculty excluded per grant requirements) 
  • Applicants must submit samples of sonic work; any and all styles encouraged
  • Applicants must have teaching or community engagement experience 

How to apply

To apply, email a PDF to ondine.geary@colorado.edu by April 8, 11:59 pm, with the following information:

  • Introduce yourself! (100 words or less)
  • Tell us what you’d like to do in the TANK (150 words or less)
  • Tell us what you’d like to offer the Rangely community (150 words or less)
  • Give us email address for two ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ faculty contacts who can speak to the quality of your research and your teaching or community engagement experience
  • Give us links to work samples related to the proposed project 
  • Submit as many links as you’d like, with optional time markers 
  • The committee will spend up to five minutes viewing/listening to submitted work samples
  • Provide a technical rider 
  • Tell us which time frames work for you (select all that apply): 
    • Spring residency, May 14 - 19, 2024
    • Fall residency, September 17 - 22, 2024

A committee will review all applications and make recommendations after April 14, 2024.

FAQs

Can I apply with collaborators? 
We only have funding for one resident in May and one in September, but if you’d like to divy up the $750 honorarium and per diem among yourself and others, that’s permissible!  Note: honoraria cannot be used to pay existing ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ faculty.

Are the dates flexible?
Unfortunately, no. Your availability needs to align with either the Spring or the Fall residency dates outlined here.. 

Can I arrange other times to visit or record in the TANK on my own? 
Sure! Check out or email info@tanksounds to learn what’s possible.Â