Apply for HTX LaRucheHTX · Rolling application
Applyfor HTX.
One organized PDF. Every question is below. Clear and specific beats long.
Answer them in order, export one PDF, check every link, and email it to RUBY. There is no application fee.
A real project.
A reason for Houston.
LaRucheHTX is a production-focused, collecting residency for artists and curators with an existing practice who are ready to advance a specific body of work or curatorial project.
The residency is built around concentrated studio time, dialogue, production connections, and a public-facing outcome. It is not intended as a first exhibition or a general retreat.
RUBY does not automatically provide a stipend. When a project calls for it, RUBY may assist with grant language and introductions to sponsors, patrons, fabricators, and local resources. Final terms are confirmed individually.
Read the full residency overviewPlan for the
actual rooms.
Use this floor plan when describing your studio, installation, access, sound, storage, and public-presentation needs.
The area outlined in red is the exhibition space. Studio 01, Studio 02, the live/work bedroom, kitchen, bathrooms, patios, and shared circulation are also shown. Exact access and room configuration are confirmed with each resident.
Use this exact order.
Keep the numbered headings visible. You may design the document in your own voice, but it should remain readable. Written limits are maximums, not targets.
- 01
Cover + contact
One page- What is your full name and preferred name? Pronouns are optional.
- What email, phone number, city, state, and country should we use to reach you?
- What is your website? You may also include one primary social link.
- Are you applying as an artist, curator, or collaborative? If collaborative, name every member and identify one primary contact.
- 02
Short bio
150 words maximum- Who are you, where are you based, and what is most relevant about your practice now?
- Include only the education, exhibitions, projects, or lived experience that helps us understand this application.
- 03
Practice statement
300 words maximum- What questions, ideas, or conditions drive your artistic or curatorial practice?
- How do you work—through which materials, methods, technologies, communities, or forms?
- 04
Residency proposal
750 words maximum- What specific project or body of work will you develop at LaRucheHTX?
- What is the central question, intended form, and current stage of the project?
- What do you expect to research, test, make, or resolve during the residency?
- Why is this the right moment for the work?
- 05
Why Houston + why RUBY
400 words maximum- Why does this project need to happen in Houston?
- Why is LaRucheHTX the right context for it?
- Which local histories, communities, people, sites, or resources would be meaningful to the work? Be specific, and do not claim relationships you have not established.
- 06
Dates + residency format
Short answers- List three possible start and end date windows in order of preference.
- How many months do you need? The usual residency is one to three months.
- How flexible are your dates, and where would you travel from?
- Do you need the live/work studio? Are you applying alone or with collaborators?
- 07
Production + space needs
300 words maximum- What studio footprint, materials, tools, fabrication, computing, internet, sound, ventilation, installation, shipping, or storage does the project require?
- Will other collaborators enter the studio or participate in production?
- What will you bring or arrange yourself, and what are you asking RUBY to help source?
- 08
Working budget + support
Simple table + short note- Estimate travel, shipping, materials, fabrication, and other project or living costs. Estimates are fine.
- What funding is confirmed, pending, or still needed?
- What specific introductions, grant language, production guidance, or local resources would help?
- 09
Public outcome
300 words maximum- How could the residency enter public life—as an exhibition, performance, talk, workshop, publication, screening, open studio, or another format?
- Who is the intended audience or participant, and what kind of encounter do you want to create?
- How might the process and outcome be documented?
- 10
Collecting terms
One clear sentence- Confirm that you understand the collecting model: one mutually agreed artwork or edition may join the RUBY collection in lieu of a standard residency fee.
- The exact work and terms will be decided with you and agreed in writing before the show opens.
- 11
Work samples
Artists: 8–12 images · Curators: 3–5 projects- Place samples inside the PDF and include title or project, year, medium or format, dimensions or duration, your role, and all relevant collaborators or credits.
- For performance, sound, moving image, computational, or interactive work, include up to four direct links, passwords, and one-sentence viewing notes.
- Do not use expiring transfer links or links that require us to request access.
- 12
CV + references
CV: two pages maximum- Include a current CV. Collaboratives may include up to two pages for each core member.
- List two professional references with name, role or organization, email, and your working relationship.
- Do not request reference letters unless RUBY asks for them later.
Ready when the PDF is ready
Email one file.
Do not send separate images, videos, or media attachments. Put direct media links and passwords inside the PDF.
- Filename
- LastName_FirstName_LaRucheHTX.pdf
- Subject
- LaRucheHTX Application — Full Name
- File size
- 20 MB maximum
Before you hit send.
- All 12 sections appear in this order.
- Every question that applies to you is answered.
- Every link opens without an access request.
- Passwords and viewing notes are beside the relevant links.
- The PDF is under 20 MB and the filename is correct.
- Your email subject and contact information are correct.