Sponsors - During the Residency

• Respect the residency schedule established during the planning session. If you need to amend it, discuss the proposed changes with the artist and Artist in Residence Committee. If a significant change is being contemplated, check with Chiquita Mullins Lee in the Arts Learning Office before proceeding.
• Obtain, if you have not already done so, a signed Image-Release Form from all learners who are involved in the residency. If you need forms, click here. Include these forms with your Final Report, identifying individuals in each picture.
• Be flexible if change is needed. New ideas may emerge as the artist and participants work together. As a result, the original residency plan may need to be adjusted.
• Maintain open communications. Faculty, staff, administrators should talk and share ideas frequently with the artist. Your residency is a collaborative process. That requires engagement, reflection and refinements to the process.
• Move to resolve misunderstandings or potential problems immediately, informing the Arts Learning staff of any major changes.
• Check with your treasurer or business manager to ensure the artist's financial paper work is in order and will be processed in a timely manner. Your portion of the artist's final payment should be ready by the final day of the residency.
• Document activities throughout the residency. Remember that the Arts Learning program always needs color slides and black and white photos for its promotional materials. We also can use anthologies, video and digital images, but they need to be on a CD-ROM or DVD to ensure copy quality.
• Serve as an Arts Learning program advocate and promoter by inviting educators and members of the larger community to participate in the residency activities. Adopt the spirit of the OAC slogan: Share the Arts! Direct interested parties to the OAC web site so they can learn about the full range of our grants, programs and services.