ODYSSEYS
Exploring Art and Culture in
Costa Rica
Intercultural Odysseys Costa Rica, S.A.
Since 2007
Exploring Art and Culture in
Costa Rica
Since 2007
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We welcome your application to be part of our one-of-a-kind Artists' Colony in Costa Rica, where you can immerse in local culture, while networking on a daily basis with your peers from around the world.
Once you begin your submission you will be able to save what you have so far, as many times as you like, until your application is complete and ready to submit.
Royce Clay Slape Seiger was born in the Colorado Rockies where he spent most of his childhood, followed by his teens in Alaska and young adulthood in Portland, Oregon. For more than fifteen
years he held various positions in healthcare and medical social work,
including three years as a marketing and sales representative for a unique,
member-owned nonprofit Continuing Care Community.
In 2002 he was invited to Costa Rica for a yearlong stint as writer-in-residence and Assistant Director of an artists' colony. At year-end the invitation was extended for a permanent position as Director, which he held for the next four years. In 2007 he founded ODYSSEYS Costa Rica under the legal entity of Intercultural Odysseys, S.A.
ODYSSEYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President: Royce Clay Slape Seiger; Secretary: Roberto Quirós Coronado; Treasurer: Jesús Salvador Urbina Jiménez; Fiscal: Olga López Flores
Attorney: Juan José Briceño Benavides
Artist Profiles
We want to thank the following artists for contributing a profile of their work. If you have been an artist-in-residence with ODYSSEYS and would like to be profiled, or if you know one of our artists whose profile you would like to recommend, please let us know (at this time we are profiling a handful at a time, in no particular order).
We welcome your application to be part of our one-of-a-kind Artists' Colony in Costa Rica, where you can immerse in local culture, while networking on a daily basis with your peers from around the world.
Once you begin your submission you will be able to save what you have so far, as many times as you like, until your application is complete and ready to submit.
Royce Clay Slape Seiger was born in the Colorado Rockies where he spent most of his childhood, followed by his teens in Alaska and young adulthood in Portland, Oregon. For more than fifteen
years he held various positions in healthcare and medical social work,
including three years as a marketing and sales representative for a unique,
member-owned nonprofit Continuing Care Community.In 2002 he was invited to Costa Rica for a yearlong stint as writer-in-residence and Assistant Director of an artists' colony. At year-end the invitation was extended for a permanent position as Director, which he held for the next four years. In 2007 he founded ODYSSEYS Costa Rica under the legal entity of Intercultural Odysseys, S.A.
ODYSSEYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President: Royce Clay Slape Seiger; Secretary: Roberto Quirós Coronado; Treasurer: Jesús Salvador Urbina Jiménez; Fiscal: Olga López Flores
Attorney: Juan José Briceño Benavides
Artist Profiles
We want to thank the following artists for contributing a profile of their work. If you have been an artist-in-residence with ODYSSEYS and would like to be profiled, or if you know one of our artists whose profile you would like to recommend, please let us know (at this time we are profiling a handful at a time, in no particular order).
ODYSSEYS proudly hosted New Yorker Melanie Edwards as a composer-in-residence. With her violin in hand and daily access to a piano in our local SINEM Institute (government-sponsored National System of Musical Education) she worked on completion of her newest album, concluding her residency with a public recital. A close-up of Melanie and her work can found on her website: http://www.melanieedwardslabs.com/
Argentine American painter, Luis Corchon first exhibited his 9 x 20 foot acrylic on canvas, titled "Sharing Eternity," on the floor of our local SINEM Institute (government-sponsored National System of Musical Education) and encouraged viewers to select the piece we would cut and take away at the outdoor exhibit in the town plaza the following day. More on Luis and his work can be found at http://luiscorchon.blogspot.com/
From Québec, Canada, Myriam Lambert was our visual artist-in-residence for April and May 2012. Putting her French and English aside she advanced her Spanish remarkably in only eight weeks. With her photography and videography project she created a striking work on site at San Lucas Island, which from 1873 to 1991 was a penal island for violent criminals whose lives were short and often spent in torture. Costa Rican novelist José León Sánchez wrote "La Isla de Hombres Solos/Island of Lonely Men. Myriam's images contrasting the red carpet with this desolate locale, were on display for the Inauguration event followed by a month-long exhibit at Costa Rica's National Gallery. For
complete information and photos of "Differences/Similitudes" as well as
Myriam's other work, visit her on the web: http://myriamlambert.blogspot.com/2012/05/camino-de-la-memoria.html
Jason Scott Kofke from Atlanta GA, USA, came to us fresh from his Arctic Circle Residency, specifically "for professional
development, to learn of Central American visual art aesthetics, and to develop
new concepts for a show exploring man and nature . . ." Jason made
progress toward these goals primarily through excursions into the cloud forest,
photography and some drawing. He remains in contact with the ODYSSEYS Program Director
regarding the possibility of a future month-long solo exhibit at Costa Rica's National Gallery, and also regarding the idea of a photography workshop
involving local underprivileged youth and disposable cameras.
Swiss author Mélanie Richoz was an ODYSSEYS writer-in-residence as a recipient of the "Bourse d’Encouragement à la Création Littéraire 2011-2012," from the Canton of Fribourg (Switzerland). During her two-month residency she enjoyed warm water whitewater rafting and volcanic hot springs among other excursions, learned an amazing amount of Spanish, and of course worked diligently on her second novel, "Mue." We've never been so grateful for our French, as to read in the dedication, "Merci aux membres de la résidence d’Odysseys Costa Rica pour leur accueil . . . (Thank you members of the Odysseys Costa Rica residency, for your hospitality.) For more information regarding this and her other books, "Tourterelle," and "Je croyais que," we encourage a visit to her web presence, at http://melanierichoz.wordpress.com/Looking Forward . . .
During May and June 2013, James Halford from Brisbane, Australia will be a writer-in-residence with ODYSSEYS Costa Rica to work on his current novel-in-progress. His story “The Counterfeit General,” is runner up in the 2012/13 Wet Ink
short story prize. It’s just been published in a special online edition
of Wet Ink at http://www.wetink.com.au/sspissue.htm. To read more on James and his work, we encourage you to visit: http://jameshalford.wordpress.
New York photographer, Pat Swain, finished her 2012 ODYSSEYS residency with a 2013 exhibit in mind. A month-long solo exhibit at Costa Rica's National Gallery is planned for summer 2013 . . . inauguration date to be announced. Some photos from "Lost Flamingos in the Cloud Forest" have already won prizes and can be seen at her online portfolio: http://www.patswainphotography.com/
During May and June 2013, James Halford from Brisbane, Australia will be a writer-in-residence with ODYSSEYS Costa Rica to work on his current novel-in-progress. His story “The Counterfeit General,” is runner up in the 2012/13 Wet Ink
short story prize. It’s just been published in a special online edition
of Wet Ink at http://www.wetink.com.au/sspissue.htm. To read more on James and his work, we encourage you to visit: http://jameshalford.wordpress. New York photographer, Pat Swain, finished her 2012 ODYSSEYS residency with a 2013 exhibit in mind. A month-long solo exhibit at Costa Rica's National Gallery is planned for summer 2013 . . . inauguration date to be announced. Some photos from "Lost Flamingos in the Cloud Forest" have already won prizes and can be seen at her online portfolio: http://www.patswainphotography.com/