Artist cover letter example
An artist's cover letter for a residency, commission or open call says what you make, what you would do there and why that place. Keep it to the brief's length and let the images and CV show the rest.
Fictional letter from Isla Fraser, the applicant in the artist cv example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Shoreline Residency. I am a painter and printmaker working with the Clyde estuary, and my solo show Low Water opened at Firthside Gallery this year.
Your practice in one sentence and a recent show.
During the residency I would paint outdoors at low tide along the Esplanade and make a series of screenprints that layer each painting with the tide table for that day, ending with an open studio and a print workshop for local schools.
The project you would do there, concretely.
I have run printmaking workshops for schools and community groups, including a three-month schools residency in Renfrewshire, so the public programme is a part I would plan from the start.
Evidence you can deliver the public side of the brief.
My CV and ten images are attached, as the call asks. Thank you for considering my application.
What is attached, following the call's limits.