Apply to Develop into a Kickstarter Creator-in-Residence — Kickstarter

Whether or not you’re a first-time creator constructing your group or a repeat creator seeking to fulfill your rewards, our Creators-in-Residence program can provide the time and area to maneuver your undertaking ahead.

Began in 2017, our Creators-in-Residence program invitations NYC-based creators within the means of planning, launching, or fulfilling Kickstarter campaigns to hitch us at our HQ in Greenpoint, Brooklyn for a three-month residency.

The Spring 2020 session will run from Tuesday, April 7, via Friday, July 3.

Arrange your devoted workspace. Choreograph performances within the theater. Report podcast episodes within the sound studio. Meet with collaborators within the convention rooms. Learn in a quiet library area. Host a launch celebration on our rooftop backyard. Check out new recipes within the kitchen.

Kickstarter’s HQ generally is a launching pad for artistic work throughout all classes. Whereas in residence, creators are paired with a workers mentor who specializes of their space of curiosity. Residents from each self-discipline meet usually, and are inspired to share learnings and collaborate. Residents are additionally welcome to make use of Kickstarter’s stunning and galvanizing HQ to host workshops, talks, and performances, that assist them construct a direct relationship with their audiences.

The deadline for purposes is Friday February 28. Apply right here.

As a part of our mission to assist convey artistic initiatives to life, we’re at all times searching for methods to assist artists and creators discover the help and sources they should make their concepts a actuality.

Since launching the Creators-in-Residence program, we’ve welcomed greater than 45 Kickstarter creators into the constructing for three-month residencies. They’ve launched campaigns, shot full-length artwork movies, experimented with new recipes, playtested board video games, drafted enterprise plans, mailed 1000’s of rewards, and hosted performances, workshops, and occasions.

Right here’s what a number of of them have achieved previously: 

• Artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy shot their quick movie CLEANER whereas in residence at Kickstarter HQ, and later debuted it at Postmasters Gallery, with evaluations in Artwork in America and Artforum. 
• Musician René Kladzyk collaborated with The Artistic Impartial to launch a survey gathering insights on learn how to make the music trade higher, which led to the creation of a report referred to as “The way to construct the longer term music trade we wish and want.” 
• Filmmakers Dan Schoenbrun and Vanessa McDonnell (creators of The Eyeslicer) partnered with Kickstarter to current Radical Movie Honest, a brand new technique to rejoice and help impartial movie. 
• Designer Adam J. Kurtz fulfilled 1000’s of Unsolicited Recommendation Weekly Planners. 
• Choreographer Raja Feather Kelly launched Tele-Gala-A-Thon, a 24-hour marketing campaign with performances streaming reside from Kickstarter HQ. Audiences had been invited to have interaction straight with the performers, whereas additionally getting a peek into their artistic course of. 
• Artist Sean J. Patrick Carney recorded 30 interviews with modern artists and comedians for his podcast, Humor and the Abject, in Kickstarter’s sound studio.

“By the residency, I realized how I used to be going to make this sort of artistic life occur,” meals creator and Summer season 2018 Creator-in-Resident Jenn de la Vega advised us. “I went in not figuring out what my everyday can be like after leaving a soft tech job. Now I am excited to have ongoing initiatives that may propel me ahead.”

The Creators-in-Residence program is a part of our dedication to supporting creators as they navigate the twists and turns of the artistic course of. We welcome purposes from creators at any stage, whether or not meaning a tough draft in a pocket book or a fully-orchestrated group improvement undertaking. We’re right here for probably the most highly effective concepts and the wildest—probably the most unlikely and probably the most foolish. Each creator maintains full artistic management over their work—and the chance to construct a vibrant group round it.

Submit your utility for the Spring 2020 Creators-in-Residence program. Functions are due by Friday February 28. If in case you have questions, electronic mail us at creators@kickstarter.com.