AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

from Franklin Furnace

Calling Los Angeles Creators

Artist Residency: Sunday, April 13—27, 2025

Plaza Blanca | Abiquiu | New Mexico

SSB AWAY provides crucial time and space for artists to step away from recent current events and upheavals and rest and inhabit a nourishing space of creative sanctuary where solitude, access to nature, and multivalent privacy abound.

Eligibility: FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY ONLY: Writers, visual artists, composers, musicians, performance artists, architects, designers, curators, and art workers—as well as activists, thought leaders, spiritual teachers, and others working to foster mutual respect and understanding. Students are not eligible.

The residencies are entirely self-directed. The resident must be self-sufficient and comfortable with solitude. Materials about the region will be provided in advance. However, it is up to each individual to structure their time, shop and prepare meals, and make arrangements for transportation and activities beyond the retreat location. Airfare and car rental are not included. A $300 stipend is offered in addition to the retreat space.

In a rugged desert environment in Northern New Mexico, SSB AWAY offers a two-week residency at Adobe Sky, a beautiful casita on Plaza Blanca (“the white place”), memorialized in countless paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe. The mesa is a space of deep solitude, silence, and emptiness—offering artists an ideal location to retreat, rest, recreate, and dream in the midst of pristine enchanted landscapes. Petroglyphs and pictograms abound, testament to a continuum of millennial history. The Genízaro village of Abiquiu, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu Lake, and nine northern pueblos are nearby.

On a remote mesa with spectacular views, the casita on several acres of land includes a fully equipped kitchen and dining table, small light-filled living room with sofa and chairs, large second-story bedroom, full bath, and patio with outdoor seating. Extensive natural light and pristine natural environments abound, including spectacular views of the Sangre de Christo Mountains.

Please note that Plaza Blanca is at a high elevation (6,000+ feet) and may not be suitable for everyone. Applicants should take into account the retreat’s unique circumstances and historic location. The casita is surrounded by vast open space, but its small size offers limited indoor workspace. No “wet work” please.

For further information: info@someseriousbusiness.org