Deadline: April 1, 2010. The Core Program awards artist residencies to highly motivated, emerging visual artists who have completed their academic training but have not yet fully developed a professional career. Throughout the year, residents engage in ongoing dialogue with each other and meet regularly with pre-eminent visiting artists, critics, and curators. Each resident receives a $10,000 stipend, health insurance, and private studio/office space (housing not included). The residency term is nine months, from September to May, and is renewable for a second term. For application instructions please visit www.core.mfah.org. more about the Core Program: Established in 1982 within the Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Core artist residencies encourage intensive and innovative studio practice as well as the elaboration of an intellectual framework to understand that practice. In 1998, the Core critical studies residencies were established to provide an opportunity for writers to pursue independent curatorial and writing projects and to promote the discourse necessary for both artists and critics to sustain their practices. Website:http://www.core.mfah.org