The Sheen Center Application

 COVER LETTER
 ARTIST STATEMENT (no more than 2 pages)
 STATEMENT OF INTENT (2-4 pages) The statement of intent should
include how you envision using your 2-4 months at The Sheen Center,
and how this will further your artistic goals. Please include discussion
of the Sheen Center mission, how your faith informs your work, and
what benefit 2-4 months in New York City would have on your work
as an artist right now. Please also include the length of residency for
which you are applying, as well a date range within which you would
be available to carry out the residency.
 CV/RESUME Please include your professional artistic CV/resume.
 BRIEF WORK SAMPLE Please include 1-3 brief samples of artistic
work (e.g., photos of artwork, sample chapter, video trailer).
 PASTORAL REFERENCE Please include a letter from your pastor,
chaplain, spiritual director, or similar figure. The letter should testify to
your participation in the life of the Church. It does NOT need to
include an assessment of your artistic work.

The Sheen Center

Named after the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, best known for his
popular radio and TV ministry in the 1950s and 60s, The Sheen
Center for Thought & Culture is a project of the Archdiocese of New
York, presenting more than 75 events in theatre, film, music, and
thought per season. The state-of-the-art complex has a 274-seat
proscenium theater equipped with five-camera high-definition
livestream capability and a multi-track recording studio with thirty-two
onstage inputs; an 80-seat black box theater; four rehearsal studios;
and an art gallery. This facility is the newest arts center in Manhattan
in 35 years and a significant addition to the growing artistic community
in NoHo/East Village.
Mission Statement
The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought & Culture is a
forum to highlight the true, the good, and the beautiful as they have
been expressed throughout the ages. Cognizant of our creation in the
image and likeness of God, the Sheen Center aspires to present the
heights and depths of human expression in thought and culture,
featuring humankind as fully alive. At the Sheen Center, we proclaim
that life is worth living, especially when we seek to deepen, explore
and challenge ourselves, Catholic and non-Catholic alike,
intellectually, artistically, and spiritually.