TEST SITE
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
The TEST SITE artist residency program at Bountiful Davis Art Center is designed to foster experimentation and innovation, culminating in a solo exhibition in our Annex Gallery. Artists selected for the BDAC residency receive 24-hour access to a private studio, fully equipped with materials and tools, allowing them to create and explore their work freely. The body of work developed during the residency will be showcased in a solo exhibition in the Annex Gallery during the following calendar year, with BDAC providing comprehensive marketing and publicity support across social media, newsletters, and press releases.
In addition to studio and exhibition opportunities, resident artists are expected to contribute to the BDAC community by giving an artist talk, workshop, or leading a critique session with local artists. This engagement enriches the resident's experience while also strengthening connections within the broader BDAC community, fostering relationships, and expanding the artist’s network.
The program offers two residencies: one running from fall to spring and a summer residency. The Test Site Summer Residency provides a graduating high school student and a teacher from the Davis School District with 24-hour studio access, offering a unique opportunity to develop their skills in a professional environment.
CURRENT ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
2024 BDAC Test Site
Teacher Summer Artist-in-Residence
JACK HATTAWAY
Jack sold out early and worked for the man. In late 2018, his counter-capitalism side reasserted a degree of dominance, and he resigned from the velvet shackles of a rather luxurious job. Jack rebooted his career to teach high school art, commercial and fine. He loves teaching. He thoroughly enjoys working with young people and helping them express their ideas visually.
In addition to reclaiming his life, Jack has returned to a consistent practice of making things for himself. Jack loves paper in all of its multifarious forms. Paper can become anything; it is potential made real. Frequently, he initially works in Adobe Illustrator, creating, compositing, and modifying vector artwork, before physically altering and merging a set of prints into a final work. In July of 2022, Jack started visually exploring his personal concerns related to dementia, how memory works, and the dissolution of self over time.
Jack resides in Bountiful, Utah with his wife, two children, and a dog. He neglected to read the fine print on the marriage paperwork after falling head over teakettle for a girl from Bountiful who smelled (and continues to smell) like home. He is contractually bound to remain – without an excess of duress.
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2023-2024 BDAC Test Site
Junior Summer Artist-in-Residence
My name is Shaylee Anderson and I have been making art since fourth grade, about 8 years. I am passionate about creating art and about my friends and family. I have 3 siblings, 3 dogs and 3 fish. I am inspired by my friends, my art teachers, family, and the beautiful things in this world. My dream is to become an artist with 2 dogs and own a house. I look forward to continuing my art journey and seeing what life holds for me in the future. Being the next Junior Artist in Residence here is an honor and such an amazing opportunity.
When I started making the pieces "Daydreams" and "Nightmares," I didn’t have much pre-planning done. Both pieces were a result of me experimenting with new mediums and collage. I learned how to make handmade paper and also how to be loose with my art. As I continued making, I slowly made them a reflection of my life at the time. In "Daydreams" I thought a lot about my fish which was the main inspiration for it. My first angel fish was named Spike. He was alive for almost 4 years before he died. After that we kept getting more Spikes and called them Spike 2.0, Spike 3.0, and so on. We no longer have any angel fish so this piece is kind of a tribute to them. I miss Spike. In the piece "Nightmare" I was inspired by how I feel about standards, recently. As a senior in high school, everyone around me is watching to see what my next big step in life is going to be. Moving onto college and into my adulthood is a very beautiful thing, but it is also very scary and a little overwhelming. I think using eyes to represent that feeling was a good choice. Both pieces together tell a story of the good and the bad in life. For both pieces I wanted to have the viewer feel like they are in a different space--a new one that they’ve never been in. An escape from reality is nice to be in sometimes when life gets overwhelming. I love both pieces a lot. When I was done with them, my family asked me which piece is my favorite. I don’t know if I could tell you, but I can tell you that Spike was my favorite fish.