About FCCW’s Artist In Residence Program

Started in 2019, FCCW’s Artist in Residence program supports women, trans, nonbinary, and other gender-marginalized artists with three-month residencies that provide structural, material, and staff support in service of a significant project. Each residency culminates in a public presentation and collaborative programming that invites the FCCW community into the artist’s practice. 

We prioritize artists whose work engages intersectional feminist themes and includes opportunities for social activation and community engagement. We especially encourage BIPOC, LGBTQ, disabled artists, and those who have a deep connection to Southern California* to apply. 

Past AIR projects have explored a range of issues, including exploitative globalization within new age therapies, prison abolition, parental labor, co-building trauma-informed somatic AI, and diasporic lineage and memory through immersive installations, co-learning frameworks, and collaborative events.

Each selected artist receives: 

  • A three month-long residency at FCCW’s space in Northeast LA, including access to the space for planning and production, and exhibition.   
  • A $7,500 stipend to support them during their time in residency 
  • A production budget to develop the work, and support accompanying programs. 
  • Dedicated staff support to develop the projects and programming in collaboration with FCCW and community. 
  • Professional documentation of all work and events.
  • Support in applying for additional funding for the residency project, or other related projects. 
  • When appropriate, the publication of an accompanying book through Co-Conspirator Press (to complete after the residency period).

*Please note that the residency does not include a travel or housing stipend, beyond the artist fee. We are prioritizing local artists, who are able to be in Los Angeles consistently during their residency period.

Latest Artist in Residence
skin to sky: queering kites

skin to sky: queering kites

Saturday, Nov 8, 3-6PM
FCCW: 3053 Rosslyn St. LA CA 90065
Max capacity: 15
Open to ages 15+
Free

As part of Silvi Naçi’s AIR project, skin to sky: radical play as resistance, queering kites is an invitation to translate the collective co-authored cyanotypes, made in previous workshops, into kites to fly. Silvi invites you to reclaim kite flying for play and for queers, and to weave together traditional craft practices with a community-based method of image-making. In this workshop, we will collectively learn how to make and fly kites, with technical fabrication support by Yaeun Stevie Choi.

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skin to sky: free play

skin to sky: free play

skin to sky: free play
Saturday, Nov 15, 12–3PM
FCCW: 3053 Rosslyn St. LA CA 90065
Free

Visit with Artist in Residence, Silvi Naçi, to talk, read, and sit with them at FCCW while they embroider and bead their work. This is an unstructured and casual invitation, and you can drop-in when you like!

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Past Artists In Residence