The Windgate Artist in Residence is made possible through a generous grant from the Windgate foundation. The Windgate Foundation, based in Little Rock Arkansas, is a private foundation established in 1993 whose purpose is to advance contemporary craft and strengthen visual arts education in the United States. Education, health, and community initiatives are an additional area of focus in Arkansas.
About
The Windgate Artist in Residence at UA Little Rock is a semester-long residency program open to artists, designers, and craftspeople. This residency offers the selected applicant the opportunity to create work and engage with the School of Art and Design community, as well as the greater Little Rock community.
The primary goal of the residency program is to provide time to make and develop work, and the space to make it while interacting with our community. This program provides a $30,000 stipend, housing, funding for materials and travel, studio space, and access to UA Little Rock’s extensive studios.
The selected artist will have 24-hour access to a private studio and specialized areas including: a Woodshop equipped with a CNC and laser cutter, Ceramics Studio, Jewelry and Metalsmithing Studio, Smithy and Foundry, Photography Studio, and a Printmaking Studio.
Artists will interact with students through weekly open studio hours, studio visits, and in-class activities (artists will not be required to teach courses).
The Artist in Residence will run a minimum of one 2-day workshop for students during the semester. There are also opportunities for artists to teach paid workshops at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art’s Windgate Art School for those interested.
The Artist in Residence will give an artist talk at the Windgate Center of Art + Design and the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art. Participating artists give one work of art to be added to the Permanent Collection at UA Little Rock.
Current Artist in Residence – Fall 2026 – Spring 2027
David Schnuckel
David Schnuckel is an artist whose work thinks through glass, a writer who examines issues related to glass, and an educator who challenges students to find solutions to conceptual problems with and/or because of glass.
His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in the permanent collections of the GlazenHuis in Lommel, Belgium; the Shanghai Museum of Glass in Shanghai, China; and the Museum of American Glass in Millville, New Jersey. He has taught at Alfred University, Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Craft, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
As a writer, Schnuckel explores aspects of the glass field, his making, and his teaching through solo and collaborative writing projects. He has also been a regular contributor to GASnews, the newsletter of the Glass Art Society.
Schnuckel is Associate Professor of Glass and the Charlotte Mowris Fellow in the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.
Artist Statement
Caught in a relationship to glass that is as motivated by excellence as it is drawn to failure, a devotion to technique and the conventions of “doing things well” are prompted by a provocative and equally thoughtful exploration of “(un)doing things well.”
Current work considers a vessel-making practice extending from interests in how notions of skill, language, and mishap crossover. Advanced methods of glass blowing lend way to projects designed to examine instances of malfunction, chance, and gibberish through thoughtful engagements with wrongness. Object making, installation, drawing, photography, video, sound, and writing are all tools used to find places where human and material vulnerabilities parallel in unexpectedly resonant ways.
My time as the Windgate Artist in Residence at UA Little Rock will be in service of translating my conceptual, technical, and visual impulses with glass into non-glass making opportunities.
Project ideas will use studio and campus resources to contemplate the lure of idealism and relish in the poetics of error, the flawed, and the faulty in unexplored areas of my current practice.
View our Past Artists in Residence.
How to Apply
Applications are now open for Fall 2027 & Spring 2028.
For full consideration, submit applications by August 23rd 2026.
Application Links:
- You will need to set up an account with Workday through our site.
- “My Information”: Add your personal information
- “My Experience”: Only add your most recent position. There is no need to add everything from your CV as you will upload it later in the application.
- “Application Questions 1 of 3”: We can’t provide visas for international artists. If you are an international artist with a visa that lasts through the AIR make sure you say NO to question 2, “Will you now or in the future require sponsorship or other assistance to obtain employment authorization?”.
- “Application Questions 2 of 3”: answer questions.
- “Application Questions 3 of 3”:
- Upload Cover Letter
- Upload CV
- Upload a Document with a link to your portfolio. Our system has a very small limit. If using Google Drive, ensure your share settings are set to “anyone with the link” as a viewer.
- There are Three questions at the bottom of this page. Please note: Answering NO to any of these questions will disqualify you for this position:
- Do you have a college degree, certificate, or commensurate experience?
- Do you have evidence of active participation in exhibitions at the national or international level?
- Do you have experience with and commitment to working with diverse populations of learners?
- Complete the following application sections:
- Voluntary discloser
- Self identify
- Review and Submit
Qualifications:
Required Education and/or Experience:
- Active artistic practice
- Evidence of active participation in exhibitions at the national or international level
- Experience working with students at any level
Preferred Education and/or Experience:
- MFA, BFA, BA, or commensurate experience
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Being present for the duration of the residency (Fall: Aug. 15 – Dec. 15) or (Spring: Jan. 15 – May 15)
- Making artwork in the Windgate Center M-F (daily)
- Maintaining open studio hours (weekly)
- Giving a public artist’s talk (2 times)
- Running a 2-day workshop
- Critiquing BFA students
- Participating as a guest artist in relevant classes, leading an in-class activity (up to two times per semester)
- Attending welcome and farewell receptions
- Donating a work to the UA Little Rock’s collection
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of artistic processes and media
- Knowledge of studio safety procedures
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to teach
- Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate
- Willingness to engage in collaboration with faculty as a guest artist in their classes
- Willingness to engage with students and the broader community
Salary Information:
This position is awarded a stipend of $30,000 for the semester. The position has an additional $2,000 budget for materials and travel.
Required Documentation:
Important note: Please upload all of the following files to the field on the application that prompts you to upload your CV. You may submit them individually or as one large PDF. This is the only place on the application that allows file uploads.
- Letter of interest specifying qualifications and experience (cover letter)
- Curriculum Vitae
- Professional work samples to include a portfolio or link to an online portfolio (20 images maximum, with explanatory notes or captions. Upload all attachments as one PDF document)
- Names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three references who can comment upon your experience and professional preparation