In 2022, Columbus Printed Arts Center launched a new residency program for artists living in and around Central Ohio. The program invites a small group of transdisciplinary artists to utilize CPAC’s facilities and resources to develop an exhibition over the course of three months. This residency imagines the CPAC site as a laboratory; an experimental context that actively produces exhibitions rather than passively contains or represents them. Collaboration and working in response to members of the cohort is not a requirement, but a possibility, as we search for new modes of generation through the framework of this program.

The purpose of this residency and its structure is twofold: it aims to create an innovative organizational model for generating urgent, responsive projects and maintaining inclusive space for artists at various levels of their careers. It also seeks to offer a unique, paid opportunity for local artists to work alongside peers in a new context - one in which the individual practice becomes momentarily relational, and the physical space within and potentially outside of CPAC’s walls becomes an additional collaborator in an evolving exhibition. 

This program asks…

In the process of creating a new project in dialogue with a cohort, how can new paths of experimentation unfold and reverberate within our practices? Can we build new strategies and ask different questions?   

Can we open potential spaces for collaboration that work against the conventional model for residencies?

What happens when we make work in direct response to a question, prompt, a collaborator, or a site?

The Autumn 2023 residency will run from September 2023 - November 2023.

We would like to thank the Greater Columbus Arts Council for providing generous support for this program and others.

How to Apply:

Please submit a single PDF containing your CV, an Artist Statement describing your work, why you want to participate in the residency, and how it would advance your practice, and ten images of your work (or a link to an online portfolio) to info@columbusprintedarts.org by August 15, 2023. An artist panel will review submissions and notify applicants a couple of weeks after the deadline. We look forward to viewing your work!

A little more info:

To open the residency, we will hold a welcome dinner at the studio for past and present AIR’s. As a spur to discussion, we will introduce a prompt to generate questions and begin to draw connections between the artists. The cohort will determine the parameters for the residency, whether through individual and/or collaborative contributions to an exhibition which will open at the end of the residency session. 

What we are looking for:

Artists who are curious about and/or committed to cross-disciplinary collaboration. 

Those who have an interest in exploring the boundaries of printed matter and the ways in which print can interact with or be generated from their practice.

Artists who are seeking new challenges in their practices, are dedicated to experimentation, and value non-hierarchical modes of communication and production.

What the program will provide:

$500 honorarium.

Free registration to all workshops for participating artists during residency session.

Free and unlimited studio access during residency session.

Curatorial and administrative support.

Autumn 2022 Artists in Residence

Summer 2022 Artists in Residence