About the Rabbit Island 2025 Residency Selection Process

Following the application deadline all 255 applications were made available for review to the six member Selection Committee. Each member was given approximately 42 applications to be lead reviewer on, while all applications were made available for review by the entire committee. From March 2 – 29, 2025, members of the Selection Committee reviewed all 255 applications in detail. Together they read each artist statement and proposal, reviewed the work samples, and visited the links provided in each submission. At the end of this first round of review, an initial shortlist of 46 exemplary applications was created.

These 46 shortlisted applications were compiled for the Selection Committee to review, with the opportunity to add any other applications they thought needed a closer look. Over the course of several hours the committee met virtually to collectively review the shortlisted applications. At the end of their discussion each member voted for the 10 applications they felt were the strongest. These votes were tallied and a finalist list of 10 were chosen. The 10 finalists were interviewed. After the interview process and continued deliberation and discussion, each committee member voted, and the top three applications were awarded a 2025 Rabbit Island Residency. The awarded residencies will be announced by the end of April, 2025.

Rabbit Island 2025 Residency Selection Committee
Ale de la Puente, 2024 Resident, Artist
Tanja Geis, Artist/Curator
Dehlia Hannah, Curator/Writer
Kelsey Issel, Curator/Producer
Rob Gorski, Cofounder/President
Andrew Ranville, Cofounder/Director, Artist