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Montalvo Arts Center's Lucas Artists Residency Program is proud to announce its latest jury selections for incoming Artist Fellows. Incoming Fellows were awarded residencies of three months at the LAP’s state-of-the-art facility, which can be taken over the next three years. Some of the selected artists will return to the program multiple times over the course of three years, establishing a connection to place and incubating new work inspired by their residency. 

Lucas Artist Fellows are selected through an international nomination/invitational process, with final determination made by a jury of distinguished California arts professionals, including Montalvo curatorial staff, and former Lucas Artist Fellows. This unique selection process helps the LAP identify and support artists who have the potential to become leaders in the next generation of creative thinkers.


Montalvo's Artist Residency program, established in 1939—making it the oldest artists residency program west of the Mississippi, and the third oldest in the United States—is a central part of the organization’s commitment to supporting the arts and an important part of its legacy. “The Lucas Artists Residency Program is the soul of Montalvo,” said Executive Director Angela McConnell. “It is one of the key ways in which we reaffirm our commitment to fostering the creative process, and has gained us international recognition as a model of curatorial practice supporting new and challenging contemporary work.”
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Recent Jury Selections
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JURY SELECTION
Montalvo Announces New Lucas Artists Fellows in Visual Arts for 2019

Montalvo Arts Center’s Sally and Don Lucas Artists Program is proud to announce its most recent Lucas Artists Fellowship awards to 33 artists of exceptional talent from across the US and the world. This distinguished group includes individuals from 16 countries working in the fields of visual arts, architecture, urbanism, and design. 
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Montalvo Announces New Lucas Artists Fellows in Literary Arts for 2017

Montalvo is proud to announce that its Sally and Don Lucas Artists Program has awarded Literary Arts Fellowships to 25 writers of exceptional talent from across the US and the world. The recipients of the prestigious Lucas Artists Literary Arts Fellowship are writers working in a range of literary genres, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and playwriting. 
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Montalvo Announces New Lucas Artists Fellows in Music for 2016

​In February 2016, the Lucas Artists Residency Program (LAP) selected a group of 25 musicians and composers as future Lucas Artist Fellows. The distinguished group includes artists working in a range of musical genres, from new music to jazz, improvisation to television theme music. They hail from a total of eight different countries, including Sweden, Japan, Mexico, and the United States.
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Montalvo Announces New Lucas Artists Fellows in Visual Arts for 2015

​The 26 incoming Artist Fellows—selected by a jury of distinguished artists and curators--work in a wide range of visual media, including photography, performance, social practice, sculpture, and more. They hail from a total of ten different countries, including Cuba, New Zealand, Italy, and the United States. We look forward to welcoming them to Montalvo in the coming months.
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Who we Are
Housed within Montalvo Arts Center, a 175 acre public park in the Santa Cruz foothills, and in the heart of the Silicon Valley, the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program (LAP) is a creative incubator dedicated to supporting the creative process for artists from all creative disciplines and geographical locations. 
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