Residency Opportunities
PROOF: Print Residency Of Ohio’s Future
Deadline Extended to April 20th, 2024
Zygote Press is proud to announce the PROOF (Print Residency of Ohio’s Future) Fellowship, a Fine Art Printmaking residency program for Northeast Ohio Artists from historically underrepresented communities.
The PROOF Fellowship is a new six month residency program inspired by Zygote’s 2021-2023 BIPOC Fellowship artists-in-residence.The objective of the program is to offer non-printmaking artists from BIPOC communities the opportunity to learn a variety of printmaking techniques including silkscreen, monoprint, relief, intaglio, lithography and RISO.
A committee of independent jurors will award six Northeast Ohio local artists to participate in the first PROOF Fellowship Cohort.
Fellowship Recipients will receive:
-Twenty Two hours of workshop instruction ($2,500)
-Ten hours of individual printmaking support ($500)
-Yearlong Zygote Community Membership
-Six Months of 24/7 Access to Zygote’s Printmaking Studio ($960)
-A locker and flat file
-A $500.00 Stipend
-Participation in the 2025 PROOF Fellowship Exhibition
-Exhibition and Installation support.
The selected artists will be introduced to both contemporary and traditional printmaking techniques through a series of workshops led by Zygote Press teaching artists and former Fellows. The workshop sessions will take place on alternating Thursday evenings and Saturday evenings.
Additionally, PROOF Fellows will have ongoing 24/7 access to Zygote’s Printmaking Studio for the duration of the fellowship. Zygote will also host mentoring sessions and peer critiques for Fellows to hone their printmaking craft, talk about their work and focus their artistic research.
APPLICATION DEADLINE Extended: 11:59pm April 20, 2024
All application materials below must be in a single PDF file no larger than 10MB.
To apply, email the following materials to michael@zygotepress.org :
(1) A letter of interest (500 word limit)
(2) A portfolio of recent work (10-20 images)
(3) Short Bio (one paragraph)
(4) Resume or CV
Fellowship Intro To Print Course Schedule 2024
Primary supplies for all workshops will be provided by Zygote Press. All Fellows will be responsible for bringing a sketchbook, and preferred drawing materials. On the occasion that additional supplies are required, the workshop instructor or print shop manager will reach out to all PROOF Fellows two weeks prior to the given workshop.
May
Week 1:
May 26th- June 1st, 2024
Tuesday 5/28: 3pm-5pm Orientation Session with Zygote Staff. Tour. Intro To Print.
Saturday 6/1: 10am-2pm Intro To Riso Printing w/ Anna Tararova
June
Week 2:
June 2nd-8th, 2024
Wednesday 6/5: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Thursday 6/6: 4pm-8pm Intro To Screen Printing Workshop w/ Paul Serrianne
Week 3:
June 9th-15th, 2024
Wednesday 6/12: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Thursday 6/15: 4pm-8pm Intro To Relief Workshop w/ Michael Whitehead & Tahm Lytle
Week 4:
June 16th-22nd, 2024
Wednesday 6/19: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Saturday 6/22: 4pm-8pm. Group Critique 1
Week 5:
June 23rd-29th, 2024
Wednesday 6/26: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Thursday 6/27: 4pm-8pm Intro To Intaglio Workshop w/ Michael Whitehead
July
Week 6:
June 30th-July 6, 2024
Wednesday 7/3: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Saturday 7/6: 10am-4pm Intro to Letterpress w/ Wendy Partridge
Week 7:
July 7th-13th, 2024
Wednesday 7/10: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Saturday 7/13: 4pm-8pm Intro to Lithography w/ Michael Whitehead
Week 8:
July 14th- 20th, 2024
Wednesday 7/17: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Saturday 7/20: 10am-2pm Check-in Sessions. Fellowship Stipends Awarded
Week 9:
July 21st- 27th, 2024
Wednesday 7/24: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Thursday 7/25: 6pm-8pm Group Critique 2
August
Week 10:
July 28th- August 3rd, 2024
Wednesday 7/31: 1pm-5pm or 5pm-9pm. Attend Open Studio Session (Optional)
Saturday 8/3: 10am-1pm Fellowship Project Planning Sessions W/ Ben Levy pt 1.
Week 11:
August 4th-10th, 2024
Saturday 8/10: 10am-1pm Fellowship Project Planning Sessions W/ Ben Levy pt 2.
Week 12:
August 11th-17th, 2024
Saturday 8/17: 10am-12pm Group Critique 3 w/ Michael & Ben
Week 12 is the final week of Curriculum Programming. The following months of the PROOF Fellowship will have a looser schedule with 1-2 group sessions per month. Fellows will receive 10 hours of individual artistic support while working on their proposed projects. Artistic Support hours can be used for additional instruction in a given process or for editioning/printing help. Individual sessions will be scheduled through Michael Whitehead and arranged based on the Fellow’s schedule.
September
Saturday 9/14: 10am-12pm Group Critique 4 w/ Michael & Ben
Saturday 9/21: 10am-12pm Check-in sessions w/ Michael & Ben
October
Saturday 10/12: 10am-12pm Group Critique 5 w/ Michael & Ben
Saturday 10/26: 10am-2pm Check-In sessions w/ Michael & Ben
November
Saturday 11/16: 10am-12pm Group Critique 6 w/ Michael & Ben
Saturday 11/23: 10am-12pm Final Fellowship Check-ins. Survey Session.
December
Begin Discussions for 2025 Fellowship Exhibition
Thursday 12/5: 5pm-7pm Exhibition Planning Session 1
Thursday 12/12: 5pm-7pm Exhibition Planning Session 2
These dates and the teaching artists assigned to each workshop have been finalized and confirmed as of April 1, 2024. Some changes may be made to the schedule throughout the course of programming to add guest speakers, mentoring sessions, and process demos based on the needs of our PROOF Fellows and to accommodate other Zygote Press Community Programs.