CAI’s art ground “The Quarry” is a laboratory for visual and performing arts. The goal of CAI is to provide artists with the necessary resources to develop and realize ambitious projects and ideas. The art grounds include a 7,000 square feet multi-purpose studio building contains two galleries, one classroom, one multidisciplinary performance hall and acres of outdoor working space equipped with industrial electricity, water, and machinery such as compressors, lifts, bobcat and welder. In the main hall lives “The Container Man”, a sculptural stage that carries its own sound system and multi-media technology capable for creating multi-disciplinary performance. The CAI facilities are established to serve the following programs: Artist-Residency, Symposium, Art Education, the Container Man Project and Exhibition. There are 3 residency rooms in the main hall. At any given time, the residency can serve 5 artists. The Programs are symbiotic; none of them stand alone without the benefit from the others.
Residency fee's is US$1,500/per month with the following service and condition:
• FOOD: self-provide
• HOUSING: private bedroom, wireless Internet, shared bathroom, office, living room, kitchen, laundry facility
• STUDIO: shared
• FACILITIES: choice of outdoor working locations, heavy equipment with operator available when needed
• MATERIALS: artist self-provide; however some materials such as granite, wood, and recycled metals are available to resident artists
• EXHIBITION: will be held whenever possible (a solo show can be arranged)
• TRANSPORTATION: pick up and deliver to/fro Boston Logan Airport at the time of arrival/departure.
CAI is surrounded by nearly 100 acres of beautifully maintained trailed Town forest and Recreation Park with weekly outdoor concerts and culture programs. A 1.5-acre pond in the middle of the art grounds offers artistic meeting places and recreational possibilities.
The strength of CAI as an art organization in the global context is the international network. Its two directors Yin Peet and Viktor Lois were both first-generation immigrant artists, respectively from Taiwan and Hungary, with international experience and connections to both foreign and US peers. This assured vitality of networks in Asia and Europe ultimately benefits the US and international artists.