1. Purpose

The Daisy Soros Prize enables talented artists from the United States currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from, a graduate art program to attend the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg, Austria.

This particular international experience gives art students not only the opportunity to study with well-known and respected international artists from around the world, but also the chance to immerse themselves in a program that is both rich in cultural tradition and academically challenging.

Founded in 1953 by world famous painter Oskar Kokoschka, the International Summer Academy offers an unrivalled work environment, with work sites at the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Old Salt Factory on Perner Insel (Island) on the Salzach River.

2. Eligibility

Current graduate students from U.S. schools, or those who have just completed their graduate studies.

3. Application Process

Please send the following documents along with a completed application form:

• A photo of yourself
• 2 letters of recommendation
• A current resume detailing your educational background and artistic experience
• A one page essay on: How will attending the International Summer Academy Salzburg help you to achieve your professional goals?
• Please include a CD with 7 – 10 digital images of your work (JPG or TIF, not more than 300KB per image) or 7 – 10 slides of your work and a list of image titles.

4. Details

Courses vary in length from a minimum of two to a maximum of five weeks and are taught by distinguished international artists including Jacobo Borges, Xenia Hausner, the Zhou Brothers and others.

Annual Program Dates: July and August

Benefits

The Fellowship covers tuition, travel expenses (up to $ 800), accommodation in student housing and a small stipend.

Deadline

The 2009 deadline will be announced shortly.

Download

• Application Form, download
  

• Program 2008 English Version, download

• Program 2008 German Version, download
  

• Final Report Form, download
  

• Hayward/Daisy Soros Fellows 2000 - 2008, download
  
  

Lunch at Rona Pondick's and Robert Feintuch's "Self and Work" class

If you have any questions regarding this program, please email Sara Carroll at s.carroll(at)americanaustrianfoundation.org.

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