Mineral School is an artists residency located in a former elementary school built in 1947 near Mt. Rainier, in Mineral, Washington. During 2023 and the first half of 2024, we'll host 24 creative people. (Separately, we'll host eight folks who are rescheduling from prior years or joining us in an invitational residency.) We'll host four two-week residency sessions as well as two one-week residency sessions for Spanish-language writers (one session for parents, one without that requirement), and a special one-week session for parents writing in English. Applications for 2023 and the first half of 2024 open up March 2, 2023 and close April 15, 2023.

We provide accepted applicants with space and time to create new work without the interruptions of normal life and with the bonus of healthy meals prepared by culinary guest staffers using locally-grown organic produce and eggs where possible. Each resident will live in an 800-square foot former classroom that offers peekaboo views of Mineral Lake and Mt. Rainier, and that will double as their writing studio, with desk and chair, lighting, bookcase, and lots of chalkboards. The school building has shared bathrooms with showers. Residents are served all meals daily (plus 24/7 access to a snack fridge and coffee/tea station), and will have the opportunity to share work with the public. Mineral features a fishing lake, boat rentals (or our kayaks), some in-town hiking trails, a bar, a B&B, a general store, churches, a post office, and many deer. It's a 25-minute drive to the Ashford/Nisqually entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park.

Mineral School es una residencia de artistas ubicada en una antigua escuela primaria de 1947 cerca de Mt. Rainier, en Mineral, Washington. En el 2023 y la primera mitad de 2024, ofreceremos residencias a un total de 24 personas.  (Recibiremos por separado a ocho personas que reprogramaron las fechas de años anteriores o se unirán a nosotros en una residencia por invitación). Tendremos cuatro períodos de residencia de dos semanas, así como dos sesiones de residencias de una semana para escritores en español (una sesión para padres, y otra sin ese requisito), y una sesión especial de una semana para padres que escriben en inglés. Las solicitudes se abren el 2 de marzo de 2023 y se extienden hasta el 15 de abril de 2023.

Los artistas y escritores seleccionados gozarán de un espacio y tiempo para crear nuevas obras sin las interrupciones de la vida cotidiana, y de comidas saludables preparadas por personal de invitados culinarios que usarán mayoritariamente productos orgánicos locales. Cada residente se alojará en un antiguo salón de clases de 800 pies cuadrados con vistas panorámicas al lago Mineral Lake y al Mt. Rainier, que servirá  también de estudio de escritura, con escritorio, silla, iluminación, biblioteca y pizarras. El edificio de la escuela cuenta con baños y duchas compartidos. Se servirán tres comidas todos los días (además hay acceso las 24 horas, los 7 días de la semana a un refrigerador para refrigerios y una estación de café/té), los residentes tendrán la oportunidad de compartir sus obras con el público. Mineral cuenta con un lago con posibilidad para la pesca, alquiler de botes (o nuestros kayaks), algunas rutas de senderismo en la localidad, un bar, un B & B, una tienda, iglesias, una oficina de correos y gran cantidad de ciervos. Mineral está a 25 minutos en coche de la entrada de Ashford/Nisqually al Parque Nacional del Monte Rainier.

Visiting authors and artists: During each residency, special guests will visit and present work. Typically, alumni presenters visit and in some cases bring with them a special guest artist they've chosen to introduce to Mineral. These events are free and open to the public, and include dessert.

Autores y artistas visitantes: Durante cada residencia, contaremos con invitados especiales que harán una visita y presentarán sus trabajos. Por lo general, los presentadores son ex alumnos de la residencia y, quienes en algunos casos, vienen acompañados de  un artista o invitado especial con quien presentan en la residencia de Mineral.  Estos eventos son gratuitos y abiertos al público e incluyen postre.

Resident presentations: If they wish, residents can share with one another and the public at each session's "show and tell" held during residency. These presentations are typically held after dinner in our library/multi-purpose room and are casual dessert potlucks. 

Presentaciones de los residentes: si así lo desean, los residentes podrían compartir entre sí y con el público en cada sesión de "mostrar y comentar" ("show and tell") que se lleve a cabo durante la residencia. Estas presentaciones se llevan generalmente a cabo después de la cena en nuestra biblioteca/salón de usos múltiples y se trata de encuentros  informales con postres. 

We are accepting applications from March 2, 2023, through April 15, 2023 (Midnight, PST) for 2023-2024 residencies. Notification will be given at least two months before the residency period for which you've applied. 

Aceptaremos solicitudes desde el 2 de marzo del 2023 hasta el 15 de abril del 2023 (medianoche, PST) para residencias en el 2022-2023. La notificación a los elegidos se realizará al menos dos meses antes del período de residencia para el que haya mandado su solicitud.

2023-2024 RESIDENCY DATES

Residency sessions with openings will be held during the following time periods:

• September 16-September 24, 2023 (Spanish-language session with Seattle Escribe for writers who are parents)
• October 1-October 15, 2023 (all genres)
• October 21-October 29, 2023 (parent writers and artists)
• November 5-November 19, 2023 (all genres)
• December 3-December 17, 2023 (all genres
• March 3-March 17, 2024 (all genres)
• March 30-April 7, 2024 (Spanish-language writers)

FECHAS DE RESIDENCIA 2023-2024

Las sesiones de residencia con vacantes se llevarán a cabo durante los siguientes períodos:

• 16 de septiembre al 24 de septiembre de 2023 (sesión de escritores en español con Seattle Escribe para padres)
• 1 de octubre al 15 de octubre de 2023 (padres escritores/artistas en todos los géneros)
• 21 de octubre al 29 de octubre de 2023 (todos los géneros para padres)
• 5 de noviembre al 19 de noviembre de 2023 (todos los géneros)
• 3 de diciembre al 17 de diciembre de 2023 (todos los géneros)
• 3 de marzo al 17 de marzo de 2023 (todos los géneros)
• 30 de marzo al 7 de abril (sesión de escritores en español con Seattle Escribe)

RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIPS

During 2023-2024, we are able to offer 17 fellowships so writers and artists may attend residency at no cost. All one-week sessions are free. Otherwise, two-week residency costs $425 (mixed-genre residencies).

BECAS DE RESIDENCIA

En el 2023 y 2024, contamos con la capacidad de ofrecer 17 becas para que tanto escritores como artistas puedan asistir a la residencia libres de costo. Sin la financiación, la residencia de dos semanas costaría $425.

Seattle Escribe (8) celebrates Spanish literature and supports poets and writers who produce literature in Spanish. In 2023 and 2024, Seattle Escribe and Mineral School are partnering to offer two Spanish-specific writing residencies to poets and prose writers currently living in the United States. The first session, in September 2023, supports four Spanish writers who are also parents and is supported with funding from the Sustainable Arts Foundation; the second, in March 2024, is open to U.S.-based writers who work in Spanish. The fellowships include travel assistance from points between Portland, OR and Seattle, WA along the I-5 corridor, if needed.

Seattle Escribecelebra la literatura en español y apoya a los poetas y escritores que producen literatura en español. En 2023 y 2024, Seattle Escribe y Mineral School se han asociado para ofrecer dos residencias de escritura en español a poetas y prosistas que actualmente viven en los Estados Unidos. La primera sesión, en septiembre de 2023, apoya a cuatro escritores que escriban en español y que también sean padres; la segunda, en marzo de 2024, está abierta a escritores radicados en Estados Unidos que escriban en español sean o no padres. La beca también incluye asistencia con el  traslado desde Portland (Oregón) Seattle (Washington) o sus alrededores.

SAF Fellowships for Parents (4) are open to writers or visual artists who are parents, stepparents, or guardians of a child 18 or under at the time they attend residency. For these creative folks, we offer a special, shorter-format one-week session with support from the Sustainable Arts Foundation which includes a visit from a presenter with experience creating art while raising a family, and opportunities for residents to present publicly. (Note: Participants do not bring children to residency; the residency is shorter to make leaving home less disruptive for childcare arrangements.) Accepted residents attend at no cost, are provided all meals, and receive travel assistance if necessary from points in or between Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA.

June Dodge Fellowships (2) are open to poets or writers from the Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon) and whose work is inspired by adventure, travel, the outdoors, and a feisty won't-give-up spirit. Though named for a woman, applicants of any identity may apply! These fellowships fund a two-week residency and include transit to Mineral from Portland, Seattle, or points between on I-5.

The Tahoma Literary Review Fellowship (1) will offer one writer of poetry or prose who identifies as part of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color) community support for a two-week residency. Applicants may request that their submission be read solely for residency or also considered for publication in TLR. Tahoma Literary Review is supporting this fellowship and publication opportunity to recognize and uplift BIPOC voices. The fellowship also includes travel assistance from points between Portland, OR and Seattle, WA along the I-5 corridor, if needed.

The Mona Lisa Roberts Visual Artist Fellowship  (1) supports a two-week residency for one visual artist who self-identifies as LGBTQ+ and lives in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon). This fellowship funds a two-week residency any month and transit from Seattle, Portland, or points between. Depending on the medium and artist preference, the accepted artist can work in the studio room where they sleep, spread out in the gym, or make the most of the outdoors.

The Erin Donovan Writing Fellowship (1) supports one woman writer at midlife. A fan of small town culture, travel, dive bars, nature, wordplay, and late-night talks about the meaning of life, Erin Donovan lived with abandon. Her friends and family co-created a fellowship in her memory open to applicants from the states where Erin lived. This residency is open to a woman-identifying writer of poetry or prose living in Massachusetts, New York, Washington, or Oregon, who is at least 40, and whose writing expresses wit and compassion. This fellowship funds the two-week residency fee and offers travel reimbursement upon proof of travel purchase or mileage, up to $175 (OR/WA) or $400 (NY/MA).