The Artists-In-Residence (AIRs) Program has supported over 36 individual artists whose work examines themes relevant to South Side communities and engages issues of race and ethnicity. The program has a strong record of helping launch careers, with alumni going on to exhibit works at Studio Museum in Harlem, the Venice Biennale, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, among other venues. The ten-month paid residency program provides space, materials, and stipends. During this program, artists have access to rehearsal, performance, and exhibition spaces on the Arts Block in Washington Park including the Arts Incubator and Green Line Performing Arts Center, and access to the academic and research resources of the University of Chicago.
APL/CSRPC
Artist-in-Residence (AIRs) Program
ANNOUNCING THE
2024 ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
“CSRPC is thrilled to continue our dynamic 13-year partnership with APL and welcome this new cohort of amazing artists into our community. We look forward to amplifying their artistic practices while exploring synergies with our core mission to advance scholarship, arts, and public dialogue about the centrality of race and racism in the systems we inhabit.”
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Candace Hunter
Based in Chicago, artist Candace Hunter (chlee) specializes in creating captivating collage, paintings, installations, and performance art. She intricately weaves stories through appropriated materials, offering viewers new landscapes rich with history and beauty. A highly respected Midwest artist, chlee has earned recent honors such as the Elevate Climate Changemakers Award (2022), 3Arts Next Level Award (2021), and the Tim and Helen Meier Foundation Award (2020). Notably, her Brown Limbed Girls series, over 130 painted and collaged 20 x 20 inch works born during the pandemic, spotlight brown girls in joyous states. Featured on billboards, book covers, and in major shows, chlee's art has garnered widespread acclaim. An avid fan of Octavia Butler, she curated an immersive exhibition of Butler's "Xenogenesis Trilogy" and the "Parables" series at the Hyde Park Art Center.
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Ayanah Moor
Ayanah Moor, a Chicago-based visual artist, boasts a prestigious presence in permanent collections worldwide, including the Capital Group (Los Angeles), DePaul Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago). Her solo exhibitions, such as "Undercover" at Manetti Shrem Museum of Art (Davis, California), "Bless Your Heart" at RUSCHMAN (Chicago), and "I Wish I Could Be You More Often" at Cleve Carney Museum of Art (Glen Ellyn), showcase her artistic prowess. Moor has participated in notable group shows at institutions like the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Studio Museum in Harlem. Her impactful work has garnered attention in publications like LA Weekly, ARTFORUM.com, and academic texts. Moor holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Johnaé Strong
DESIGN DIRECTOR
Johnaé Strong, a Cleveland-born writer, filmmaker, and organizer now based in Chicago, is dedicated to healing Black girls globally. Influenced by her leadership role in BYP100 Chicago and her role as a mother to Akeim and Jari @2chikids, Johnaé's work delves into materiality and time, intertwining film and digital mediums to unveil archival moments. Her art, quickly deciphered by Black audiences, becomes a codex for collective freedom, using symbols like the quilted maps of enslaved Africans. Experimenting with black and white, color, and movement, she animates freedom dreams, with her writing cited in publications such as In These Times and The Nation. Supported by residencies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Atlantic Center for the Arts, Johnaé's work is a powerful force in the pursuit of collective liberation.
