Approved artists are placed on the Kentucky Arts Council Artist Roster for up to three years. AIR sponsors must select an artist from the Artist Roster. All sponsors will see all of the artists from their residency discipline who attend. The Kentucky Arts Council will notify artists chosen for AIR residencies in the upcoming school year as soon as the selection process is complete. The artist may then visit the sponsoring school to discuss the residency details.
Teachers contact the artist directly to jointly plan the residency and submit applications.
Artists may also approach teachers with residency ideas. There are two TIP application deadlines each year, one in mid-October for residencies occurring from January through June, and a second in early March for residencies occurring from July through December. Teachers and artists are notified of TIP grant awards in late December and May or June, depending on KAC Board meeting dates. Residencies are not always available for artists in each discipline each year. Residencies employ individual artists only, not organizations, groups or companies.