OUR APPROACH

Saltwater Road Performance Institute is an Artist Residency that works to 1) Provide a space that centers praxis as research for BIPOC artists and scholars, 2) Deepen global engagement and participation with the local histories of the American South, and 3) Create a growing archive of embodied research and curated live and virtual participatory experiences upon which to build collective memory. We believe in empowering artists to create work that is culturally relevant, socially impactful, and critically engaged. Our approach is to provide resources, support, and community to artists who are committed to creating work that connects and inspires people.

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As a boutique artist residency, we gather a cohort of 1-3 artists in Montgomery, Alabama each summer. Over the course of 7 days, SaltWater Road Artists are guided and supported through a scheduled week of field visits, ethnographic based engagements, and practice based research, culminating in a project that responds to themes that range from EcoWomanist Praxis to Abolition and Liberation. 

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Join us in supporting the next generation of sound, movement, and performance based artists and scholars who are changing the world through their creative work.