2025 Fall Offroute Fellowship
Applications close July 27.
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Understanding your own worldview—and that others see the world differently—is key to navigating conflict. Rather than just fixing or managing it, conflict can be transformed by addressing its roots and imagining new futures together. Through creative expression, artists can spark healing and change. With empathy and perspective-taking, you can help build stronger, more connected communities.
The 2025 Offroute Art Fall fellowship is open to visual artists ages 18 - 24 who are interested in exploring the intersection of art, engagement, and conflict transformation. This is an educational and creative opportunity for visual artists to create a projects over the span of 4 months. Fellows will develop skills that are essential for conflict transformation, but arguably are also critical for all creative and career pathways, including the deepening of empathy, perspective-taking, and community building.
Artists will be compensated $500 upon successful completion of the fellowship.
Applications will open July 4 and close Sunday, July 27. Applicants will be notified of decisions no later than Friday, August 1.
The fellowship kicks off with a virtual orientation in early-August and runs from august through December, ending with a final showcase. Fellows will gather in-person once a each month and participate in a one-hour Zoom call monthly.
Dates & Structure
Artists must be available and commit to the following schedule.
Note: In-between each in-person session we will schedule a virtual call. Participation is required on these calls but we will schedule them around everyone's schedule.
Session 1:
Orientation & Welcome
(virtual)
Friday, August 8
12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Zoom
Session 2:
Conflict Transformation & the Arts
(in-person)
Saturday, August 16, 12:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Hazelwood
Session 5:
Critical Reflection as Practice
(in-person)
Saturday, November
12:30 -5:00 p.m.
Location TBA
Session 3:
Exploring Conflict Through Art
(in-person)
Saturday, September 13
12:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Location TBA
Session 4:
Artist as Agent of Change
(in-person)
Saturday, October 11
12:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Location TBA
Session 6:
Final Showcase
(in-person)
Friday, December 5
3:00 - 7:00 p.m
Location TBA
Additional Benefits for Fellows:
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Learning about and participating in conversations and visioning the future of conflict transformation.
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Professional headshots and pictures of artists next to their final project.
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Connecting with a small cohort of emerging artists.
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Coaching and mentorship from Offroute Art.
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Artist’s art project(s) will be displayed in the Greater Pittsburgh Community.
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Artists will receive a total of $500 as compensation for successful competion of the Offroute Art Fellowship.
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Ability to add this experience to your resume and your project to your art portfolio!
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Opportunity to help shape future fellowships with your feedback.
Other considerations:
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This opportunity is open to individuals between the ages of 18 - 24 through an application process.
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Artists must have an active PayPal account to receive compensation.
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Due to space limitations, we will not be able to select all artists who apply. We encourage those who are not accepted to continue to apply to future opportunities.
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Final art pieces created may not include the following:
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Vulgar Imagery
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Use of Profanity/Obscene language
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Explicit Content
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Substance abuse
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Discriminatory language
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