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RESIDENCIES

All applicants should fill out and submit the general inquiry application, specifying a range of dates for being in residency. 

deadlines

We are currently filled from January 2012 through August 2012. Applications are due April 1, 2012 for residencies starting in September 2012. 

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threewalls hosts a collaborative session each year with Harold Arts in Chesterhill, Ohio session. Deadlines are in May. More details at haroldarts.org

fees

threewalls charges application fees for their programs. These fees help support the organization: facilities, programs, artist stipends, publications etc. Administrative fees for all our applications are now $20.00.

Artist-in-research residencies are $200.00 per week and include access to and use of the facilities at threewalls. Selected applicants will have their $20 application fee put towards this cost.

Residency Application Form

SOLO

The SOLO Program at threewalls aims to support local and regional artists with a solo exhibition and stipend. Determined through an open application process, the SOLO program is juried by a committee of local artists, curators, writers and historians, electing work for exhibition based on variety of criteria, that includes: work that is less commercially viable and could benefit from exhibition support at a NFP institution; work that represents a significant growth, change or risk in an artist's practice; work that is challenging in terms of content, media or presentation; as well as looking to support ideas or practices that are timely, significant or provocative.

SOLO exhibitions are accompanied by free-publications with an essay by a creative writer, art historian, critic or theorist. Please visit our exhibition archives to download PDF essays for the 2010/11 exhibitions.

threewalls accepts applications from local and regional artists for solo exhibitions through the 'SOLO' program. Artists working in all media and any stage in their career are encouraged to apply. The application fee for the program is $20.00.

With each review we receive an increase in the number of exceptional proposals, a reflection of the strength of visual arts practice in Chicago. We encourage all applicants to reapply for future deadlines as the proposal review is not only an opportunity to apply for an exhibition, but an excellent opportunity to have your work viewed by a number of members of the visual arts community. Artists not chosen for the SOLO program may be contacted for other projects, including exhibition in the project room, group exhibitions or participation in projects outside of threewalls.

• WHO: Local and regional artists, at any career stage, who are not currently enrolled as students at the time of application, nor will be students during their proposed exhibition. Regional artists are defined as artists living and working in Illinois, NW Indiana, SW Michigan and SE Wisconsin. Please see google map here.
• WHAT: A six-week SOLO exhibition at 119 N. Peoria in Unit 2C. Artists receive a $500.00 materials stipend, exhibition support and a bifold publication with essay about their work.
• WHEN: Deadline is August 31st of each year. Online application will be open June 10th.

Artists will be notified within two months of the application deadline. Successful applicants will be notified by email.

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