Artist Residencies
Tough Art Residency 2015
Now Accepting Applications
The Tough Art artist residency is for emerging artists to expand their skills and create an entirely new interactive artwork that is accessible to a larger public, namely that of a children's museum. Pieces are incorporated into the Children's Museum and/or programs with direct impact on the visitor experience. 2015 is the ninth year of the Tough Art artist residency.
Over the course of the summer, artists engage museum professionals in critical dialog as it relates to their work, generate and implement interactive, immersive and/or collaborative projects, connect the art-making process to the larger museum context and the museum visitor, and prototype and evaluate their process to achieve the desired outcome. A Tough Art exhibit of the artists' work opens in September.
Click here for Application Guidelines.
Learn more about the Tough Art residency and exhibit.
Past Tough Art Residents:
2014
Jenna Boyles
Jesse Kauppila and Dakotah Konicek
Lindsay Packer
Stephanie Ross
2013
Chris Beauregard
Katie Ford
Scott Garner
Isla Hansen and Luke Loeffler
2012
John Peña
Scott Andrew & Jonathan Armistead
Jeremy Boyle & Kevin Clancy
Will Schlough
2011
Felipe Castelblanco
Jennifer Myers and Daniel Luchman
Zach Dorn
Christina Zaris
2010
Agnes Bolt and Arthur Jones
Nova Jiang
Amanda Long
Blaine Siegel
2009
Anneka Herre
Ian Ingram
Matt Mets
Jennifer Van Winkle
2008
Ben Bigelow
David Butts
Rick Gribenas
Wendy Osher
2007
Eileen Maxson
Joey Hayes
Greg Witt
Mat Barton
F.I.N.E. Artist Residency
Fresh - Innovative - Nonstop - Expression
The F.I.N.E. Artist Residency series is a high-impact rotation of visual artists exhibiting their work and leading programs that introduce new and exciting art and art-making techniques to Museum visitors, staff and educators.
Previous F.I.N.E. Artists
- Attack Theatre
- Mark Barlow & Kate Pfeil
- Tugboat Printshop
- Steffi Mayer-Staley
- Zach Dorn
- Tsawa Monks of Gaden Jangtse Monastery
- Jennifer Myers
- Kathryn Carr
- Bob Ziller
- Sibel Deren Guler
- Stacy Innerst
- Jade and Michael Corle
- Laura Jean McLaughlin
- Petra Fallaux
- Dick Esterle
- LaVerne Kemp
- Wade Kramm
- Mayumi Matsuo
- Scott Andrew, Adam Atkinson and Michael McParlane
- Amisha Gadani
- Junji Miyazawa
- Ron Donoughe
- The Schmutz Company
- Bovey Lee
- Joana Ricou
- James Maszle
- Cara Lynn Kleid
- Amy Johnson and JULIACKS (Julie Stein)
- Amanda Long
The F.I.N.E. Artists Residency is supported by the Fine Foundation.