Outer Voice Time-Based Artists' Residency
Call for Participants, SEPT 2026 — MAY 2027
DEADLINE Sunday Aug 23, 2026
This is an open call for Portland area time-based artists to participate in Outer Voice time-based artists residency, Sept 2026 through May 2027.
What is Outer Voice?
Outer Voice is an artist-run residency. The group of (approx) five artists and three co-directors meets twice a month for in-person (in Portland, OR) workshops and discussions. Organized by the individual artists, the workshops include critiques, performances, trips, writing sessions, conversations, readings, experiments, and more. These workshops put each artist at the center of the community. The group also organizes free public time-based art showcase events throughout the season, which lasts from Sept through May. The shows, held at local arts organizations, are a chance for the whole alliance, past and present, to show and see one another’s work and celebrate with the broader Portland, OR community.
Dates of the 26/27 season are listed below.
Artists will receive
Artists will be paid in installments throughout the season, a total of $1500
Group workshops every other Sunday
Public events that feature your work in a public theater venue
Professional documentation of your workshop and events
Snacks, and dinner (at some events)
Merch like tshirts and, pens, and more
Who Should Apply?
Portland, OR, time-based artists are encouraged to apply. Artists who are BIPOC and LGBTQ people, people with illnesses or disabilities, elderly people, parents of young children, and people who are marginalized for other reasons are encouraged to apply. The alliance seeks diversity to support a broad time-based arts community and each artist's individuality.
Applicants' contemporary art practices might resonate with the following conditions; however, if you cannot meet all of them, you are still encouraged to apply. Please reach out with any questions or concerns to outervoice1@gmail.com
•You engage in a contemporary art practice in any realm of time-based art.
(Time-Based art is live, recorded, projected, or screen-based art that is revealed over time. It can include conceptual, research, or craft-driven video, film, audio, spoken text, performance, theater, music, action, movement, social practice, digital arts, animation, and more. The work should be intended as contemporary art. That is, the work should be experimental and intended to raise questions about itself, the world, and the self. It should be intended to be shown to an audience interested in contemporary art.)
•You are regularly making time-based art, and you are willing to participate in supportive, critical discussions of your and others' work among the Outer Voice artists.
•You can attend the meeting/workshops every other Sunday from 1-4 pm in person in Northeast Portland, and attend events that are usually scheduled on the “every other Sunday” pattern, and run usually from 1-8 pm.
•While collaboration among the alliance is welcomed, it's not the mission of the alliance for the group to work collaboratively. Of course, alliance members can and should help one another with aspects of our work and with planning public events.
Who Shouldn’t Apply: :(
•If you expect that you can't attend four or more meetings and/or event dates consecutively, or not, we’re sorry we can’t consider your application. Dates are listed below.
•If you’re currently a student in an academic program, we’re sorry we can’t consider your application.
•Because of limited space, artist partners and groups, we’re sorry we can’t consider your application.
•Past Outer Voice cohort members aren't eligible to apply, but we miss you! (Please attend the past alliance events!)
A note from Outer Voice
Dear Applicant, Hello! We'd like you to note that even though we may know your work through the Portland art community, this application is our way of learning about you and your work for this purpose. A jury of four artists will view each application and assemble the cohort. The hardest part is that we might have to turn down excellent applications because we only have room for five to six artists. We encourage you to apply even if you’ve applied before. We appreciate your time and effort, and we wish you the very best. We can't wait to see your application!
All our Best, Outer Voice
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How to Apply:
Send the following to outervoice1@gmail.comby the end of
Sunday, Aug 23, 2026.
•An email with the subject FIRST NAME LAST NAME OUTER VOICE APPLICATION 2026 (for example Agnes Varda Outer Voice Application 2026 with a SINGLE PDF attached to the email.
THE PDF SHOULD INCLUDE: (in this order)
1. Contact info Name, email address, phone number, and website url and/or social media names (if applicable)
2. A short summarizing paragraph of 150 words or less that includes a brief bio and description of your medium and work. (If selected, this text will be publicly used to announce your inclusion in the cohort.)
3.Three links to time-based artwork, online video, audio, writing, performance, or documentation of time-based works. And if necessary, the password or sharing is enabled to view these.
4. Three high-resolution still images of this work, or related work, and a headshot or photo of yourself (also to use in promotional materials)
5. A list of all works in the document that includes title, medium, date, duration, and short description or context for each work. (if necessary)
6. An artist statement of 500 words or fewer includes a detailed description of your medium, process, and conceptual considerations.
7. A paragraph about you and why you’d like to participate in Outer Voice with ideas about the kinds of work you hope to do, or learn more about doing. (You don't need to specify the exact projects you plan to work on.)
8. A cv/resume of two pages or less that includes education, art experience, and related employment.
•Please note, if you'd like to include one or more works-in-progress in your application, this is fine, please indicate this in the list of works and be sure the work includes at least an image or even a sketch, and a clear description of the work’s direction in the list of works.
• If any of these items feel out of reach or don’t represent your process well, you are still encouraged to apply with materials that you feel represent your work and practice. Please reach out tooutervoice1@gmail.comwith questions
•Once you apply you’ll receive a confirmation email from us within 24 hours saying we got your application
•The 26/27 alliance will be announced at the beginning of September with a start date of Sunday Sept 13, 2026
OV 26/27 Meeting Dates and Tentative Show Dates
Sunday 9/13/2026 1-8pm 1st meeting, local field trip, dinner
Sunday 9/27/2026 1-6pm workshop and OV 25/26 book release picnic
Sat 10/3/2026, 3-5pm Outer Voice Confluence Screening
Sunday 10/11/2026 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 10/25/2026 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 11/8/2026 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 11/22/20261-4 pm workshop
Sunday 12/6/2026 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 1/3/2027 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 1/17/2027 1-8 pm tentative show
Sunday 1/31/2027 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 2/14/2027 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 2/28/2027 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 3/14/2027 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 3/28/2027 1-4 pm workshop
Sunday 4/11/2027 1-8 pm tentative show
Sunday 4/25/2027 1-4 pm merch printing tentative
Sunday 5/9/2027 1-4 pm party