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Visiting Artists

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We welcome artists of all mediums to share their craft with the community while activating library spaces for personal projects. Selected artists will be featured at the library, host public programs for all ages, have scheduled time for personal projects in library studios, performance spaces, quiet focus rooms and/or the Center for Innovation while receiving a stipend. Through this program, the library welcomes artists to share their craft with the community while activating these spaces for personal projects.  

About the program    Application form

Meet the 2023 Visiting Artists


Acadia Kandora

Acadia is a printmaker, rock collector and nature enthusiast. She holds an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Arkansas and a BFA with concentrations in Graphic Design and Sculpture from Shepherd University.

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Laura Lee Washburn

Laura Lee is a University Professor and the Director of Creative Writing at Pittsburg State University in Kansas, the author of This Good Warm Place: 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition, Watching the Contortionists, and The Book of Stolen Images.

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Shannon Green

Shannon makes stuff out of other stuff. She is passionate about repurposing materials that might otherwise be discarded, and paper is her material of choice.

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About the Visiting Artists Program

Fayetteville Public Library welcomes artists of all mediums including dance, visual, writing, music, film, performance, maker and culinary arts are encouraged to apply.

Selected artists will be featured at the library, host public programs for all ages, have scheduled time for personal projects in library studios, performance spaces, quiet focus rooms and/or the Center for Innovation while receiving a stipend. Through this program, the library welcomes artists to share their craft with the community while activating these spaces for personal projects.  

Fayetteville Public Library has an established precedent of connecting the community to the arts by presenting nearly 2,000 programs a year for all ages and developing collections that fulfill the community’s intellectual and recreational interests. Additionally, the library includes a 700-seat auditorium, teaching kitchen, art & movement room and Center for Innovation equip with a fabrication lab, audio recording studio, video recording studio, photography studio, and editing bays.

+ Artists of all mediums are encouraged to apply including dance, visual, writing, music, film, performance, maker and culinary arts.
+ Selected artists will lead four public events - at least one per month (Formal or informal art teaching experience is recommended but not required)
+ Events offered will include workshops and/or programs for youth, teens, and adults and if appropriate to the artist's focus, a public presentation/exhibition. Visual art exhibitions must be approved by the library's art committee.
+ $1,500 stipend
+ Access to space appropriate to artist’s focus.*

* Up to 32 hours a month of access for personal projects. Schedules and access to space are limited to library hours and availability. Prior to each program cycle, an agreed-upon schedule of dates and times for studio access will be established. No admission fee may be charged. The intent of this access is for creation opportunities and studio time. Mass production of items for resale or events that charge admission fees will not be approved for personal project reservations.
Three artists will be selected each year - one artist per each four-month period: 
    + January – April 
    + May – August 
    + September – December