RESIDENCY
‘ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ace pays special attention to those projects questioning the singularity of the art object by using the reproducible capacity of traditional and/or experimental printmaking techniques, photography, new media and/or design, exploring their mutual interference and hybridizations, as well as those proposals that attempt to make interventions in the urban environment.
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Artist Immersion Program, Jaipur India
Artist Immersion Program hosts rigorous art & design intensives around the globe for students, professionals, and those new to the field. This residency in India focuses on textile arts and design, with an additional focus in book arts and book binding. The program utilizes the rich history of textile design and fabrication in Jaipur as inspiration for the courses.
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Center For Book Arts, New York, NY
Artist in Residence workspace grant for New York emerging artists
Each year, up to five New York-based emerging artists are offered space, time and support to explore the production and exhibition of artists’ books and related work in year-long residencies. The purpose of this program is to promote experimentation in making book art – thus artists from all disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The Center especially encourages applications from artists of culturally diverse backgrounds.
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Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Printmaking AIR
The Artist-in-Residence Program (AIR) at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking takes place in the Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage. Within this space, artists have the opportunity to produce a body of work in a supportive atmosphere for creative growth and development —using traditional as well as innovative printmaking techniques. The residency offers uninterrupted time and privacy 24/7 in a well-equipped studio with onsite living accommodations.
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Endless Editions, New York, NY
‘Copy Shop Residency’ in risograph
The Copy Shop residency is awarded to artists working in all media, whose work coincides with the Endless Editions vision. Residents will have the opportunity to collaborate with Endless Editions in the production of Riso prints. Unlike traditional residencies, the Copy Shop Residency can be as short as one day and as long as three months, depending on the depth & scope of the proposed project. Each resident’s work will be published by Endless Editions and all work will be split 50/50. We will be offering positions at the Copy Shop Residency year round.
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Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Flower City Arts Center offers annual residencies to 10-15 local and national visual artists at any stage of their careers. Printmaking & Book Art residents receive full access to the Letterpress Studio, Papermaking Studio, Printmaking Studio, and Screen Printing Studio. Length of residency to be mutually agreed upon.
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Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island, Newfoundland
Fogo Island Arts’ international residency program provide opportunities for artists from a wide range of disciplines to live and work on Fogo Island for periods ranging from one to three months. Artists-in-residence are provided with accommodation and studio space, as well as a weekly stipend to offset the costs of materials, shipping, and day-to-day living expenses. Most travel expenses are also covered. Artists-in-residence must give one public presentation, performance, workshop, or lead a similar event during their residency.
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Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
AIR Printmaking, photo processes, book arts, digital media
Artists working in various printmaking techniques, photo-processes, book arts and digital media including video production can apply to become an Artist-in-Residence. Residency applications are accepted online three times per year. Artists who apply for a residency should be familiar with at least one of the media offered at Kala. Considerations for acceptance are conceptual creativity and technical knowledge.
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Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
Keyholder Residency
The Keyholder Residency Program offers emerging artists free 24-hour access to printmaking facilities to develop new work and foster their artistic careers. Residencies are free and one year long, starting on April 1st and October 1st each year, and they take place in the shared Artists’ Studio, including the solvent/etching area and the darkroom.
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Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
Printmaking residency
The Visiting and Resident Artists program at the Lawrence Arts Center offers area residents a unique opportunity to study visual arts with practicing artists of varied backgrounds and diverse skills. New artists are invited each year to become a part of the Lawrence community and share their professional skills with Lawrence Arts Center students and artists.
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FELLOWSHIP
Lighthouse Works, Fisher’s Island, NY
Artist fellowship/residency for visual arts, writing, & music
The Lighthouse Works’ fellowship program accepts artists working in a wide range of disciplines, but we are best able to accommodate visual artists, writers, and musicians. Artistic excellence is the primary criterion for acceptance as a Lighthouse Works fellow.
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Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
Lillstreet Art Center offers 9-Month residencies in Textiles, Drawing & Painting, and Printmaking & Book Arts beginning in September annually. As a collaborative, community-based art center, the residency is a place for artists to expand their personal practice and gain some teaching experience while learning how to sustain a working artist’s lifestyle.
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Maine Media, Rockport, ME
Maine Media Book Artist in Residence
The Maine Media Book Artist in Residence Program is open to emerging and practicing book artists, letterpress printers, and photographers combining word and image. The residency is designed to help the chosen artist complete their proposed project in an edition by providing studio space, funding, housing, and support of a curious, interdisciplinary arts community.
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Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Artist in residency, papermaking, book bindery and printmaking
The residency period runs throughout the year and can be scheduled for anywhere between a few weeks to a few months, depending on the project and work being produced. The Morgan provides 24-hour access to its bindery, papermaking and printing studios. In return we ask the artists to contribute to the community by giving an artist talk, demo or open studio. We also request that the artist donates a piece of work created during their time at the Morgan for our archives.
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Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Artist in Residency Program
Every two years, the MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Residency Program awards three early career book artists based in Minnesota with $3,000 and 24/7 studio access for one year. The yearlong residency, complete with group critique sessions, culminates in an exhibition in MCBA’s Main Gallery. The goal of this program is to encourage creation and exhibition of new and compelling artwork, strengthen skills and career development, and deepen relationships in the book arts community.
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FELLOWSHIP
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Founded on the belief that Minnesota thrives when its artists thrive, the McKnight Foundation’s arts program is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. Support for individual working Minnesota artists has been a cornerstone of the program since it began in 1982. The McKnight Artist Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 14 different creative disciplines. Program partner organizations administer the fellowships and structure them to respond to the unique challenges of different disciplines. Currently the foundation contributes about $2.8 million per year to its statewide fellowships.
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Paper Machine Publication Residency, New Orleans, LA
Antenna’s Paper Machine Residency will host local and national/international artists to develop creative projects and public programs that explore and expand the possibilities of print-based artistic inquiry. The Residency will annually welcome 6-8 artists — split evenly to feature a mix of local and national/international artists to realize unique proposals for print-focused projects and public programs.
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Penumbra Foundation, New York City, NY
The Risograph Print & Publication Residency provides the opportunity for artists to propose a photographic project to produce in print form, at the Penumbra Foundation’s Risograph facilities in New York City. It is particularly well suited to the production of small edition photographic artists’ books.
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Printing Museum, Houston, TX
The Printing Museum residency program invites artists of any creative discipline to apply for a residency with the opportunity to use their book arts studios — bookbinding, letterpress, papermaking, and printmaking — to create works of art or as an integral part of their artistic practice. The residency lasts four months, and while artists are not required to live in the Houston area, they are expected to spend significant time in the studios gaining skills and producing work.
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Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
The ‘Keyholder Residency’ is available for artists working in the field of printmaking, papermaking, and book arts. Artists of all career stages are encouraged to apply. One-two artists per quarter are selected by a panel of artists, curators and critics. Resident artists work in a productive community atmosphere alongside other artists, and are expected to be in the studio at least 15-20 hours per week. Technical assistance is available at a reduced rate.
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Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists from a range of artistic disciplines an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. It provides a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in the areas of papermaking, printmaking, and book arts.
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Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Studio Program
The Artist Studio Program was launched in 2000 in response to the crisis of available affordable space for artists living and working in New York City. The program provides six emerging artists working in all visual arts media a free private studio space accessible 24/7 and a fellowship (dependent on funding). The program runs for an eleven-month period from September 1 to August 15. The studios are located on the lower level of our building at 92 Plymouth Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn and range in size from 250 to 300 square feet.
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Skowhegan Art, Skowhegan, ME
For over seven decades, Skowhegan has offered artists the opportunity to engage fully with their studio practice, with their peers, and with distinguished faculty and mentors in its nine-week intensive & residential program. In addition to vast technical facilities, the Robert Lehman Library at Skowhegan contains over 15,000 art books; catalogues; bound magazines, and is accessible 24 hours a day.
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SVA RisoLAB, New York, NY
The RisoLAB Artist in Residence Program is a 6 or 8 week print residency that provides visual storytellers with workspace and full access to the RisoLAB. Multimedia artists working in applied and fine arts such as graphic novels, zines, picture books. Graphic design and photography are also welcome. We also encourage practicing artists outside of print media to apply.
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Wave Farm, Acra, NY
The Wave Farm Residency Program provides artists with a valuable opportunity to concentrate on new transmission works and conduct research about the genre using the Wave Farm Study Center resource library. Transmission Art encompasses work in participatory live art or time-based art such as radio, video, light, installation, and performance, as well as a multiplicity of other practices and media, informed by an intentional use of space (often the airwaves).
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Womens Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
The Artist’s Book Grant is a six- to eight-week residency for artists to produce a limited edition book work. Working intensively in our studios, artists print and bind their own books, and are encouraged to create an edition size no larger than 100 and no smaller than 50.
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GRANT
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s grant programs for artists allow artists to explore and create, provide touring engagements regionally and internationally, help to build audiences, and provide support and services to assist in career development.
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AWARD
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
The MCBA Prize, Minneapolis, MN
Established in 2009, this biennial award is meant to represent the diversity of book art and encourage discussion rather than limit recognition to any one aspect of this vital field. Book art, broadly defined, includes work that embodies narrative, instruction, reference, mapping, guides, documentation, and more. It is work that engages the viewer and propels the experience forward through narrative, sequencing, spatial elements, visual or verbal language, temporal, mechanical, aural, typographic, symbolic or material means.
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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
A trusted regrantor of public funds for the arts within New York City, LMCC offers over a million dollars per year to Manhattan-based artists, arts groups and community-focused organizations to engage local communities through rich artistic experiences – on stages, in exhibitions, classrooms, recreation rooms, and public spaces.
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BIPOC Small Business Grant
This program aims to support Black-owned and minority-owned businesses by providing free SEO evaluations, advice, and planning. There is currently no cap on the number of possible marketing grant recipients per month. Grantees will be selected on a rolling basis. There is no application deadline.
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Women’s Studio Workshop Right Now! Production Grant
Right Now! Production Grants are opportunities for artists to produce a publication that is reflective of current events and can be generated and disseminated quickly. WSW seeks projects of broad scope, from zines and chapbooks to button sets, poster prints, and other imaginative ephemera. Each artist will receive $250 per week for each week of production, and all printing and binding expenses will be covered by WSW.
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Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize
The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer two cash prizes to the top two finalists for their outstanding work – one Traditional $3,000 cash prize and one Independent $2,000 cash prize. The Traditional Prize will be awarded to a photographer, editor, curator or publisher whose book is commercially produced and distributed. The Independent Prize will be awarded to a photographer, editor, curator or publisher whose book is published and distributed independently.
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