Statement from the Director

I’m excited to announce our full in person return to The Cornish Arts Incubator Residency. After three long years of online programming, it became clear that live performing arts really do need to have that tangible human connection. I’m so proud of the artists over the last few years whose hard work and commitment to challenging what art is in the twenty-first century, despite the limitations brought on by COVID. As we start the 2022 residency, we made a few changes based on feedback from you the community and the main change is to lengthen the residencies to  three weeks instead of two. I’ve been impressed with how much progress has been accomplished in the past years with just two weeks for each residency, and wondered what if, what if we added a week, just imagine what great things we would see! I look forward to engaging in the energy brought on by artists trying new processes and the crossing of art disciplines as our founder Miss Aunt Nellie started over 108 years ago. 

 “In times of war, famine, plague, or economic depression, the arts glow brightest. Never yielding, but evolving to a new renaissance” 

 – Pinky Estell M.F.A.

Director of Creative Spaces & Event Services

The intention of Arts Incubator is not to create a final, polished product. Instead, the program seeks to give artists time and space to incubate and begin to develop an idea, concept, or exploration. Four groups will be selected to participate in a two-week residency. They will receive free rental space at the Alhadeff Studio Theater to incubate new and exciting ideas.

Cornish Playhouse’s Public Benefit

The program is part of Cornish Playhouse’s public benefit to the Seattle community. The Arts Incubator Program is open to anyone over the age of 18, including professional and non-professional artists, teachers, ensembles and groups, students, Cornish community, and those outside the Cornish community. The artists must be Washington State residents.

Each artist group must have a minimum of two artists but no more than five artists. You may have as many remote virtual members of your team, in addition to the two to five in-person members.

What is provided as part of the program:

• 5 days a week for 8 hours a day, of studio space in Alhadeff Studio Theater. With Tuesday and Thursday’s off
• 1 stagehand support staff member
• Access to the theatrical lighting and sound system
• Studio Space Drawing PDF
• Marketing support for the showings

Orientation

Each team will undergo an orientation where Cornish will review the space, safety guidelines, access policy, storage, and COVID guidelines.

• COVID-based guidelines

  • Cornish has a dedicated webpage for our COVID-19 Pandemic procedures.
  • Cloth masks must be worn at all times while in Alhadeff
  • All artists must be fully vaccinated or provide a negative PCR test result every 72 hours. 
  • Adjustments to these guidelines will depend on the state and College updates to guidelines.

2022 Application Form