Anthony Bartholomew Residency
This residency is offered annually to a Kent State University graduate in memory of Anthony Bartholomew, Zygote’s Shop Manager and Artist in Residence Coordinator from 2007 to 2011 and a graduate and faculty member of KSU.
About the residency
Zygote Press awards this residency in memory of Anthony “Tony” Bartholomew to a Kent State University Graduate. Tony was Zygote’s Shop Manager and Artist in Residence Coordinator from 2007 to 2011. Tony received his MFA from Kent State University in Printmaking and continued to teach in the print program as an adjunct faculty member.
This residency provides a tangible and beneficial opportunity for the KSU applicant to create new works in a professional print shop. The award is a stipend with two-week open-access to the shop. Applicants to this residency must be enrolled and graduating from a KSU Printmaking Program. The selection process is handled by KSU.
In Loving Memory of Anthony Bartholomew
“Cheerful in all weathers, never shirked a task, splendid behavior.” Anthony Bartholomew may have never read Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove, but that line from the popular novel is being used to describe his short but prolific life.
Bartholomew, 30, was a printmaking instructor at Kent State University, where he had earned his Masters degree. For five years he was Artist In Residence Coordinator at Zygote Press, guiding resident artists who were new to printmaking as a medium through the technical process.
He had artist residencies at the Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden, Germany (with the late Craig Lucas) and at Flatbed Press in Austin, Texas. His art was featured in dozens of group shows, including the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown. He had solo shows at Asterisk Gallery and the Kent State University Sculpture Gallery. By day he was a commercial screen printer at Jakprints.
John Benson
Past Recipients
2026 - Carissa Hodoba
2026 - Nicole Malcolm
2025 - Rorke McCullough
2025 - Alyssa Dolleschal
2024 - Michelle Eisen
2024 - Carissa Hodoba
2023 - Amirah Cunningham
2023 - Aidan Flannery
2022 - Alex Anthes
2022 - Brittany Gorelick
2021 — Boyce Bivens
2021 — Tara Segars
2020 — Zachary Clifford
2019 — Mia Johnson
2018 — Alexa Sollisch
2017 — Nelvin Howell
2016 — Conner Berry
2015 — Stephanie Mote
2014 — Hunter Elliot
2013 — Stephanie Brewer
2012 — Paul Rodgers