The mission of The Small Black Museum Residency Project is to support and promote both established and emerging artists of African descent who are largely underrepresented in institutions. Often, artists of color, in particular creatives of African descent, lack access to financial and institutional resources that would allow them to advance their professional careers. This program is ideal for artists who have a progressive approach to both content and form and whose work reflects shifting paradigms around race, identity, nation, and place. 

The Small Black Museum Residency Project will benefit artists who have a steady studio practice and who can produce a new collection of work within the residency period.

What does the Residency Support?

•Artist honorarium of $900 per month

•Materials budget of $1000 for entire residency period

•Exhibition of artwork

•Monthly reviews with curators

•Marketing strategy development with a communications professional

•Academic and editorial art reviews from local, professional writers

•Documentation of work by local photographer

•Organizational and career building tools from a trained coach