Artist Selection Policy

By policy, Hermitage Artists are selected by nomination only. We have no application process by which artists may apply. Our national artist selection committee (see below) nominates accomplished mid-career artists and our fellows are selected from the pool of nominees. There on two exceptions to the above policy:

1. The Sarasota County Fellows Program detailed below.
2. Collaborations with other arts organizations which may place artists in our facility.

While we understand that this selection policy may leave many artists who wish to work at the Hermitage somewhat frustrated, we recommend contacting the Alliance of Artist Communities to identify a community that will be more appropriate.

Each summer, the Sarasota County Arts Council sponsors competitive grants to visual artists, writers and composers currently residing in Sarasota County. These adjudicated grants consist of a cash award between $3000 and $5000 dollars. In addition to the cash prize, the adjudicating panel will also award two 2-3 week Hermitage residencies; one to a visual artist and one to a writer or composer. 

The application deadline for 2006 has passed.  Watch this space for the application details for 2007 in June, 2007.

For application information, visit the Sarasota County Arts Council.

Joseph V. Melillo, Chair, Executive Producer, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

Richard Anuskiewicz, Painter

Dr. Tony Bannon, Director, George Eastman House

Dan Cameron, Senior Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

Anne Cattaneo, Dramaturg, Lincoln Center Theatre.

Michael Bigelow Dixon, Former Literary Manager, Guthrie Theatre

Linda Golding, Founder, The Reservoir

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Executive Director, Arizona State University Public Events.

Barbara Shepherd, Director of National Partnerships, John F. Kennedy Center

Chris Offutt, Novelist

Emeritus Committee

Philip Bither, Curator of Programs, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

George Steel, Director, Miller Theatre, Columbia University