Base Residency
Excerpts from 2024-2025 Base Resident Artists Entry Points: Constance Strickland, Heather Kravas (Julia Sloane and Symone Sanz in clip), Allie Hankins, Joe Tran, and Hannah Rice + Alia Swersky, Videography by Jacob Rosen
For an artist, the chance to deep-dive into a project doesn’t come often enough. When it happens, it can be transformative—not just for artists but for audiences and communities, too. The Base Residency is a unique, artist-curated program offering unrestricted space; the opportunity to publicly share process; technical, marketing and administrative support; lodging for out-of-town artists; and a fee of $1,000 per residency week. Since 2016, more than 30 artists have completed Base Residencies as the program continues to evolve and grow within a national context. Meet Base Residency Alumni here.
2025-2026 Base Residency
Curated by Parisa Ghaderi, Joseph Hernandez, and Keyes Wiley, the 2025–2026 Base Residency offers six artists—three from the Seattle area and three from beyond—two weeks of immersive creative time at Base between January and July 2026. Each residency concludes with an Entry Point, where artists open their process and connect with the community.
’25-’26 applicants will be notified no later than November 24, 2025. Questions about the Base Residency? Email tariq@thisisbase.org