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BOLT Residency is a highly competitive, juried, one-year artist studio residency program offering contemporary emerging artists the opportunity to engage the Chicago arts community and its public in critical dialogue about contemporary art.

The residency provides nine professional open-plan studios and a 500 square foot gallery space dedicated to residents. BOLT functions as an incubator program—taking a  holistic approach to the development of residents’ artistic careers by providing: Studio Work Space (healthy and safe, open studio shared work spaces); Exhibition Opportunities (monthly rotating exhibitions of residents’ work in a dedicated gallery, including professional curating and marketing support); Professional Development (one-on-one studio visits from key arts/cultural leaders; free access to CAC’s monthly A.B.C. professional development workshops; and ongoing support from CAC staff); and Creative Community (creative peer/professional development community and environment encouraging and fostering collaboration among residents).

Uniquely comprehensive, BOLT is structured to provide artists with myriad resources and support to create, build upon, and sustain a long term career in the arts.

BOLT Residency is funded in part by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Applications for 2013 – 14 are now closed. For more info Click Here

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