Artist Residencies

Anchor Graphics welcomes artists into our shop for 3-week residencies during the summer and winter. Three residency slots are available for each season. This program is offered to artists who are proficient in printmaking and who want an uninterrupted stretch of time to develop a body of print-based work. Anchor will provide residents with basic materials, shop access, the technical assistance of our master printers, and a small honorarium. In exchange, resident artists are expected to interact with students in Anchor Graphics and Columbia College printmaking classes, present a public lecture on their work, and donate a few prints created during their residency to the Anchor Graphics archives. This program was started as a service to emerging and established artists who have demonstrated a strong interest in printmaking and might not otherwise have regular access to professional presses and equipment. It is open to all experienced printmakers including those living in the Chicago area.

Please note: Artists are expected to edition their own work with the assistance of interns when available. Anchor Graphics' ability to provide housing and the amount of honorariums is dependent on a constantly changing funding situation and may vary from year to year. Anchor Graphics does not cover travel expenses.

For more information on Anchor Graphics' facilities click here. Access to screen printing, digital printing and letterpress equipment may be arranged though this cannot be guaranteed.

To apply please email:
-10 digital images (please send JPEGs and make sure your images can be opened on a Mac)
-image list
-curriculum vitae (with contact info: email, phone number, and mailing address)
-artist's statement
-a brief narrative about the project you will be working on during your residency

additional materials will not be reviewed

Email required items to anchorgraphics@colum.edu
Application materials may be sent in several emails if necessary.

The application deadline for winter 2012 - 13 residencies is April 1, 2012.
These residencies will take place October 2012 - March 2013.

Applications for summer 2013 residencies will be accepted May 1 - October 1, 2012.
These residencies will take place April - September 2013.