John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency
About this opportunity
The Arts/Industry programme at John Michael Kohler Arts Center provides artists with the extraordinary opportunity to work in Kohler Co.'s pottery and foundry facilities. Twelve artists are selected annually across three cohorts of four (two per discipline). Residents receive 24/7 studio access, free industrial materials, equipment and technical support, photographic services, housing, round-trip transportation, and a weekly honorarium. The programme enables artists to create work at an industrial scale that would be impossible in a conventional studio.
Application tips
Prior experience with clay or metal is not required — the programme looks for artists with an interest in adapting industrial processes to their practice and openness to the factory environment. Your proposal should show how industrial-scale production would advance your work.
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