Since 1982, Atlantic Center’s residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week residencies. Located just four miles from the east coast beaches of central Florida, the pine and palmetto wooded environment contains six award-winning studios that include a resource library, painting studio, sculpture studio, music studio, dance studio, black box theater, writer’s studio, and digital computer lab. Each residency session includes three master artists of different disciplines. The master artists each personally select a group of associates—talented, emerging, midcareer artists—through a formal application process administered by ACA. During the residency, artists participate in formal sessions with their group, collaborate on projects, and work independently. The relaxed atmosphere and unstructured program provide considerable time for artistic regeneration and creation. FULL Scholarships to attend FREE are available for painters and sculptors (through The Joan Mitchell Foundation) and composers (through The Sally Mead Hands Foundation) for ALL accepted artists who submit ACA Financial Aid forms upon acceptance. Limited additional Financial Aid is available for writers through The Pabst Charitable Foundation for the Arts and Atlantic Center for the Arts Advance an Artist Program. For more information on how to apply, please telephone (386) 427-6975 or (800) 393-6975 or visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org The following artists will be in residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts in 2012. Residency #144 FEBRUARY 20–MARCH 11 Application deadline: October 21, 2011 Elizabeth Hand, noir fiction Liz Lerman, choreographer TJ Wilcox, visual arts Residency #145 MAY 14–JUNE 3 Application deadline: February 3, 2012 Gregory Orr, poetry Paul Dresher, composer TBA, visual artist Residency #146 JUNE 25–JULY 15 Application deadline: March 23, 2012 Marie Howe, poetry Pepon Osorio, visual arts Melinda Wagner, composer JULY 22–AUGUST 4 YOUR WORD Teen Writing Residency (Open to teen writers 14–18 years of age) (Application deadline: April 11, 2012) Jericho Brown, poetry Peter Trachtenberg, memoir Pam Houston, fiction Residency #147 OCTOBER 8–28 Cartoonist Residency (Application deadline: May 18, 201) Ellen Forney, cartoonist Megan Kelso, cartoonist Josh Neufeld, nonfiction cartoonist