Artist Opportunities
Over the course of the year, the Museum works with artists and invites them to participate with Museum staff and visitors in a wide variety of ways to generate interactive fine artworks.
Tough Art Residency Program
2020 Residency Update
In light of the latest statewide guidelines in Pennsylvania for COVID-19 and with the health and safety of our community in mind, we have made the difficult decision to suspend the Tough Art Residency Program for 2020. Since we cannot confirm when the emergency orders will be lifted and the Museum will resume full operations, it is not feasible for our team to move forward with the residency as planned.
This decision has not been an easy one and we don't take the impact it may have lightly. We take great pride in supporting artists by hosting residencies, staging exhibitions and commissioning site-specific art works. It saddens us to have to cut back during this challenging time. We believe that the arts community is “tough” enough to withstand the current crisis and will continue to create artworks that inspire joy, creativity, and curiosity.
We are looking forward to resuming the program next year and continuing the work of helping artists bring their creativity to life at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
About the Program
Created in 2007, the Tough Art artist residency program connects artists from across the spectrum of all the arts to the resources and visitors at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. The residency looks to expand the skills of established and emerging artists, giving them the ability to create work for one of the toughest venues for art: a children’s museum.
Selected artists generate and implement interactive, immersive and/or collaborative projects and connect the art-making process to the larger museum context and the museum visitor. Artists are tasked to make a direct impact on the visitor experience by creating an entirely new piece to be displayed in the Museum. Throughout the residency, artists prototype and evaluate their process to achieve the desired outcome.
Additional information and application information can be found at CMP Tough Art.
2019
Ryder Henry
Eunice Choi
Owen Lowery
2018
Isaac Levine
Miranda Miller and Lumi Barron
Neil Mendoza
2017
Arvid Tomayko and H. Gene Thompson
Megan Flod Johnson
Shohei Katayama
Robert Zacharias
2016
Nicholas Hanna
Anne Lilly
Stephen Malinowski
Nobuho Nagasawa
2015:
Danny Bracken
Rachel Buse
Ann Tarantino
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. Art Residency
Fresh - Innovative - Nonstop - Expression
The F.I.N.E. Artist Residency series invites artists to exhibit their work and lead programs that introduce new and exciting art and art-making techniques to Museum visitors, staff and educators.
Previous F.I.N.E. Artists:
2019
O'Ryan McGowan-Arrowroot
Asaf Elkalai
Kirsten Ervin
2018
Merav Kamel
Felicia Lane Savage
2017
Michael David Battle & Ada Rajkovic
Emily Newman
2016
Crystal Worl
Eric Lennartson
Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Slow Danger
Iris Gottlieb
Cecilia Ebitz
Telma Schultz
2015
Brandt Wild
Hiromi Katayama
Felicia Cooper
Veronica Simmonds
2014
Dalia Shevin
Zena Ruiz
Zany Umbrella Circus
LUMiNS
2013
Zach Dorn
Steffi Mayer-Staley
Tugboat Printshop
Attack Theatre
The Drift Crew
2012
Stacy Innerst
Bob Ziller
Kathryn Carr
Jennifer Myers
Tsawa Monks of Gaden Jangtse Monastery
Sister I’Asia
Kate Pfeil & Mark Barlow
2011
Wade Kramm
La Verne Kemp
Dick Esterle
Petra Falluaux
Laura Jean McLaughlin
Michael & Jade Corle
Sibel Deren Guler
2010
Joana Ricou
Bovery Lee
Schmutz Company
Ron Donoughe
John Miyazawa
Amisha Gadani
Scott Andrew, Adam Atkinson, and Michael McParlane
Mayumi Matsuo
2009
Amanda Long
Amy Johnson & JULIACKS
Cara Lynn Kleid
James Maszle
The F.I.N.E. Art Residency is supported by the Fine Foundation. Thank you!