Application Deadline: January 11, 2010 (postmark date) I-Park (East Haddam, CT) announces its tenth season hosting The Artists’ Enclave. Self-directed artists’ residencies will be offered from May through November 2010. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. In addition to music composers and sound-related artists, the following disciplines will participate: visual (including digital and environmental) artists, landscape/garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples are evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $25 application fee and artists are responsible for their own transportation to and from the area. For 2010, I-Park will be introducing a complimentary food service program (most, though not all, of the food for the session will be provided). The facility is otherwise offered at no cost to accepted artists. I-Park is a 450-acre natural woodland retreat in rural East Haddam, Connecticut. Accommodations include comfortable private living quarters in an 1850’s era farmhouse, shared bathroom facilities and a private studio on the grounds. Wireless internet and library facilities are provided. The music studio, in addition to an acoustic piano, has a selection of digital keyboards as well as a growing collection of peripheral devices and software for recording, sequencing and sound manipulation. There is also the beginnings of a collection of unusual percussion and other instruments for use by our composers. International applicants are welcome. To defray the cost of travel, six $750.00 grants will be offered in 2010 to international artists whose work is held in particularly high regard by the grant committee. For additional project information, go to the website: www.i-park.org. Application instructions will be available there in mid-November 2009 (Residency Section). E-mail: ipark@ureach.com. Phone: 860-873-2468.