UPDATED -- Eyes on Main Street Residency -- Wilson, North Carolina

Looking for a residency to hone your skills in Southern photography? 

Eyes on Main Street, the photography festival held in Wilson, NC, is accepting applications for residencies in Wilson. 

Jerome De Perlinghi, director of Eyes on Main Street, has announced that he is inviting applications for six available positions for residencies of one month duration, with 3 places reserved for women and 3 for men. 

The goal of the residency program is the development of several strong photographic portfolios exploring the town of Wilson and its environs.  

Both domestic and international photographers are invited to apply. De Perlinghi says "a strong sense of street photography" is required. 

A detailed account of these residencies and a link to the application form are available on the Eyes on Main Street website, here:  http://www.eyesonmainstreetwilson.com/artist-in-residence/

You can also find out more about these residencies in this story from the local newspaper, here:

http://wilsontimes.com/stories/festival-seeks-artists-for-residency,87137

Candidates apply by submitting a digital portfolio, a link to their website, and a brief cover letter with the application form, before midnight on July 16th, 2017 to: eyesonmainstreetresidency@gmail.com

 

There is no entry fee, and residency recipients will be notified by August 1, 2017. 

Each selected photographer will have a group exhibition with a selection of his or her images during the 4th edition of the Eyes on Main Street Outdoor Photo Festival, which will run from April - July of 2018.

De Perlinghi says the resident artists will live on Nash Street in Historic Downtown Wilson for one month. 

The Festival will offer comfortable lodging in a small private apartment consisting of a workspace, a kitchen, a bathroom and one bedroom with a one-time stipend of $500 to cover some travel and related costs. 

Utility bills will be paid for by the Festival and a Mac computer with all the needed programs + iCloud will be available to the photographer. 

Transportation to and from the airport will be provided from RDU, Raleigh-Durham Airport, 60 miles from Wilson. 

Wilson, by the way, is a town of about 50,000 people in North Carolina about 50 miles east of its capital, Raleigh.  

Like many Southern towns in North Carolina, Wilson was heavily dependent on the tobacco industry and experienced an economic decline when the tobacco warehouses closed down.

Today, De Perlinghi says, the city is reinventing itself through several arts projects, including Eyes on Main Street and the new Whirligig Sculpture Park, which features the sculptures and constructions of outsider artist Vollis Simpson.