2026-27 St. Elmo Fellowship
Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
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Job Summary
The St. Elmo Arts Residency within the Department of Art and Art History offers one fellowship each academic year to a recent MFA graduate specializing in painting drawing printmaking photography sculpture or multimedia. The residency includes a charming house and studio in a small artist community in the St. Elmo district of South Austin.
Fellowship includes:
24-hour access to a private 1800-square-foot studio
Private furnished house that can accommodate the resident and a partner *
$40000 stipend
Access to health insurance and benefits with premiums partially paid for by UT
Part-time teaching experience at UT Austin
An exhibition at the Visual Arts Center
* The house cannot accommodate children or pets.
Fellow Responsibilities
9½-month commitment.
Teach one class per semester (two classes total) in Studio Art in the Department of Art and Art History.
Lead one practice-based workshop per semester (two workshops total).
Present a public lecture on your work for the UT Arts Community.
Present a solo exhibition at the Visual Arts Center.
Eligibility
- The residency begins August 15 2026. Only artists who graduate from an MFA program between August 2025 and July 1 2026 are invited to apply. Please do not apply if you do not anticipate graduating from your program by July 1 2026.
- If you graduated prior to August 2025 you are not eligible to apply.
- Only artists who graduate from MFA programs based in the U.S. can apply.
- Students and alumni of the UT Austin MFA program are ineligible to apply.
About Company
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