“An artist residency? What’s that?”

Vashon Artist Residency alum, Carina del Rosario recently wrote about the artist residency experience. We asked Carina if we could share this with you and she agreed. Enjoy!

From family members, friends and casual acquaintances, I hear this a lot when I tell them where I was for a month. I realize that unless you work in a particular field, what goes into that work is a complete mystery. Perhaps the arts are particularly baffling, as viewers often exclaim: “How did they come up with that?”