Artists are invited to submit complete applications to the Manifest Artist Residency program (MAR) located in the vibrant historic urban neighborhood of East Walnut Hills in Cincinnati, Ohio near the Ohio River, Eden Park, the Cincinnati Art Museum, numerous Universities, and within three miles of downtown Cincinnati and 'Over the Rhine'. (Manifest and the Residency Studios are headquartered here.)

The program is open for application by any serious emerging or established artist, including recent graduates from college art programs. It will benefit Manifest's community by providing public exposure to the often unseen working space and practices of artists, serving to eliminate some boundaries to contemporary artmaking which currently may divide the everyday public from the fine visual arts.

International (non-U.S. resident) artists will be responsible for securing their own travel authorization, Visa documents, etc. Manifest cannot secure such authorization, but can provide basic documentation explaining the nature of the residency to any authorities who require it.

The ideal candidate for the award of the program may be working in any media or genre, but would also make reasonable use of the available life-drawing sessions and/or darkroom facility even if this is ancillary activity to their primary work. Suitability for teaching will be considered, but will not be a primary factor in the selection process, and a teaching appointment is not guaranteed.

The residency studio is adjacent to Manifest Gallery, sharing a common hallway in the same building. The studio consists of two north-lit rooms on the first floor and a semi-private hallway usable for display. The residency space totals approximately 500 square feet.

The resident artist(s) will be selected by a committee comprised of internal staff, board members, and academic/professional advisors. Primary criteria for selection will include:

• Quality and consistency of sample work.
  
  
• Motivation and potential for the creation of excellent new work during residency.
  
  
• The degree to which the individual will benefit from the program and reciprocate with involvement and new positive energy.
  
  
• The ability of the artist to take full advantage of the opportunity and utilize the program resources to maximize its benefits. 
  

 

Goals for the Manifest Artist Residency Program include:

• Provide an ideal space for the creation of new work.
  
  
• Greatly increase the likelihood of future success for the resident artist.
  
  
• Offer the opportunity to develop drawing or other art-making skills relative to the consistent availability of life drawing models and a darkroom facility, or to explore how life-drawing can relate to other art-making activities. (Applicants are NOT required to be figurative artists nor photographers.)
  
  
• Create a supportive environment for development as a teaching artist.
  
  
• Place the artist in a vital and growing arts community in Cincinnati, with a location ideal for meeting with and learning from other artists and arts organizations in the city.
  
  
• Expand how Manifest's programming impacts individual artists, our community, and artmaking in society.
  
  
• Establish a broad view into contemporary art by providing the public with insights into both art production (exhibits) and processes (studio) under one roof, as well as participating in Manifest's own exhibition processes.
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