Residencies
Throughout its 30 year history, Zygote Press has offered local, national, and international residencies to both printmaking and non-printmaking artists. Our residency programs provide an opportunity for artists to work in a well equipped studio and artistic community.
Self-Styled Residencies (Ongoing)
Book a self-styled residency at our professional printmaking studio that has facilities for intaglio, relief, lithography, letterpress, screen printing and RISO.
PROOF Fellowship (Ongoing)
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The PROOF Fellowship offers non-printmaking artists from BIPOC communities an opportunity to learn a variety of printmaking techniques including silkscreen, monoprint, relief, intaglio, lithography and RISO.
PROOF Fellows are introduced to both contemporary and traditional printmaking techniques through a series of workshops led by Zygote Press teaching artists and former fellowship recipients. For the duration of the Fellowship program, selected artists have 24/7 access to Zygote’s Printmaking Studio. Zygote also offers mentoring sessions and peer critiques for Fellows to hone their craft, discuss their work and focus their artistic research toward their individual goals.
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2027 - Chimi, Aja Joi Grant, Sonavi Jethra, Cecilia Li, Erin Moore, Alexander Wadley
2026 - Arfil Pajarillaga, Jazzee Rozier, Briana Robinson, Erykah Townsend, Kalia Horner, Monique Biggers
2025 - Anastasia Malone, Leila Khoury, John Brown VI, RA Washington, Thao Nguyen, Ryan Harris
Anthony Bartholomew Residency (Ongoing)
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Zygote Press awards this residency in memory of Anthony 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. Applicants to this residency must be enrolled and graduating from a KSU Printmaking Program. The selection process is handled by KSU.
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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
Zygote NEO Residency (On Hold)
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A Northeast Ohio fellowship available to regional emerging print artists. This fellowship provides awarded artists with unlimited access to Zygote’s facilities for three consecutive months and inclusion in the Zygote archives. This residency requires an application process and helps emerging artists complete projects or bodies of work that would benefit from Zygote’s specialized equipment and supportive community.
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2025 - Meryl Engler
2023 - Alyssa Lizzini (CIA)
2022 - Susanna Harris (KSU)
2017 — Nelvin Howell (KSU)
2016 — Henry Gepfer (Edinboro University of Pennsylvania)
2015 — Clare Marks (CIA)
2014 — Kerry Werblak (CIA)
2013 — Abbey Blake (CIA)
2012 — Rachel Shelton (CIA)
2011 — Hannah Lehmann (University of Toledo)
2010 — Adrienne Slane (CIA)
2009 — Rebekah Wilhelm (CIA)
2008 — Ryan Serafin (CIA)/April Bleakney (KSU)
2007 — Clarke Curtis (CIA)
2006 — Christi Birchfield (CIA)
2005 — Leslie Alberding (KSU)
2004 — Benjamin Haehn (BGSU)
2003 — Jen Craun (KSU)
2002 — Leslie Mutchler (KSU)
2001 — Melinda Placko (CIA)
2000 — j.morrison (KSU)
1999 — Russ Jurceki (KSU)
1998 — Anton Sinkewich (CIA)
1997 — Michael Finelli (CIA)
1996 — Joel Alpern (CIA)
Local AIR Program (On Hold)
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Zygote’s Local Artist-in-Residence program brings a Northeast Ohio non-print artist into a collaborative printmaking environment to produce a full body of work over several months.
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2025 - Tony Yanick
2023 - Susie Underwood
2022 - Aja Joi Grant
2020 – Antwoine Washington
2020 – Mark Schatz
2020 – Kasumi
2020 – Zachary Clifford2019 – Dinara Mirtalipova
2018 – Gianna Commito
2017 — Laura Ruth Bidwell
2016 — Darius Steward
2015 — Ray Juaire & Patti Fields
2014 — Donald Black
2013 — Andy Curlowe
2012 — Johnny Coleman
2011 — Dana Oldfather
2010 — Terry Schwartz
National PRINT Residency (On Hold)
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Zygote accepts open call applications for two 14-day residencies per year. These resident artists are established printmakers in the U.S. or abroad and work on a special project in Zygote’s Northeast Ohio facilities.
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2023 – Etai Rogers-Fett, Washington DC
2022 – Jun Lee, Washington DC
2021 – Juana Estrada Hernandez
2020 – Marco Sánchez, El Paso, TX
Maja Dokudowicz, Warszawa, Poland2019 – Vin Caponigro, Boston, MA, Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz, Richmond, VA
2018 – David Armes, West Yorkshire, England, Miguel A. Aragón, Staten Island, NY
2017 – Kevin Thomas Hogan, Asheville, NC, Monika Meler, Stockton, CA
2016 – Sage Dawson, St. Louis, MO, Sarah McKenzie , Boulder, CO
2015 – Liz Chalfin, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA, Mandy Bernard, Homer, AK
2014 – Brooke Inman, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, Nathan Margoni, Benton Harbor, MI, Fanny Retsek, Crown Point Press, San Jose, CA
2013 – Rachel Heberling, Tiger Lily Press, Cincinnati, OH, Gordon Sherman, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, Stefan Hoffmann, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Emmy Lingscheit, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, IL
2012 – Brant Schuller, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, Joseph Makkos, New Orleans, LA, Bec Young, Justseeds, Artist Images Resource
International Artist in Residency Program (On Hold)
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This exchange is conducted in partnership with the Bamboo Curtain Studio in Taipei, Taiwan.
Recipients:
Fall 2023 - Pei-Hsuan Wu (from Taiwan)
Fall 2019 — Jr-Yun Lee (from Taiwan) Rebekah Wilhelm (to Taiwan)
Fall 2018 — Ya-Lan Yu (from Taiwan) Michael Lombardy (to Taiwan)
Fall 2017 — Yu-Chen Chen (from Taiwan) Erin Adair (to Taiwan)
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Fall 2023 - Majka Dokudowicz, Poland
Spring 2020 – Kill Joy, Mexico
Spring 2020 – Susana Oliva Paiz, Guatemala
Spring 2019 — Katerina Velliou, Thessaloniki, Greece
Summer 2018 — Peter Bankov, Moscow, Russia / Prague, Czech Republic
Spring 2018 — Khehla Chepape Makgato, Johannesburg, South Africa
Spring 2017 — Sharon Sevenzo, Harare, Zimbabwe
BIPOC Fellowship (2021 – 2023)
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Annually, Zygote Press offered six paid residency seats to local Black, Indigenous, and People of Color art educators, artists, or creatives for our BIPOC Fellowship. The objective of the BIPOC Fellowship program was to provide artists from BIPOC communities with an opportunity to learn a variety of print techniques, including silkscreen, monoprint, relief, and RISO. This program was for BIPOC artists or creatives in Northeast Ohio, who have little or no experience in printmaking and preferably some experience working in the education sector, as well as established educators and artists serving or have interest in serving the BIPOC community.
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Lacy Talley- Fall 2023
Lawrence Hudson - Fall 2023
McKinley Wiley - Fall 2023
Chester Hopkins Bey - Spring 2023
Chudney Patterson - Spring 2023
Sydney Kay - Spring 2023
Charisse Harris - Fall 2022
Sydney Jefferson - Fall 2022
Paula Jackson - Fall 2022
Ron Shelton - Spring 2022
will0w Watson - Spring 2022
Bri Robinson - Spring 2022
M. Carmen Lane – September 2021
Gina Washington – August 2021
Bhavani Srinivas – July 2021
Mansa Lamont Bey – June 2021
Amanda King – May 2021
OAC Dresden Exchange (1998 – 2019)
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The longest-running artist exchange program for Zygote (and in Ohio) is the Dresden Exchange. Supported by the Ohio Arts Council (OAC), this exchange brings two accomplished artists from Germany to Zygote’s workshop and sends two Ohio artists to work at the Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden every fall.
The Ohio Arts Council and the City of Dresden fund the Dresden Residency Exchange as part of an ongoing cultural-artistic link between the State of Ohio and the City of Dresden. This program allows participants to become acquainted with the art and artists of another community, provides dedicated time to explore the printmaking resources of each location, and establishes lasting artistic relations between the two regions. During the residency, Zygote hosts an exhibition to showcase the work created by the visiting artists.
Please note that this residency is not currently offered.
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2019 – Elke Daemmrich & Jens Küster, Yana Mikho-Misho and Art Werger
2018 – Frank Hoffmann & Sylvia Pásztor, Gretchen Durst Jacobs & Jan Zorman
2017 – Thomas Hellinger & Falk Toepfer, Patrick Mauk & Rebekah Wilhelm
2016 – Nina Holzweg & Suntje Sagerer, Kate Snow & Deborah Pinter
2015 – Tony Franz & Svenja Wichmann, Ron Abram & Christi Birchfield
2014 – Clemens Reinecke & Rita Geissler, Michael Gill & Ellen Price
2013 – Lucie Feynhagen & Christoph Rossner, Lisa Schonberg & Theresa Kuhr
2012 – Haike Wadewitz & Tina Wohlfart, Wendy Partridge & Kathy McGhee
2011 – Johannes Markolies & Kerstin Franke-Gneuss, Corrie Slawson & Ryan McCullough
2010 – Christiane Just & Paul Barsch, Tony Bartholomew & Craig Lucas
2009 – Karen Koschnick & Claudia Scheffler, Liz Maugans & Bellamy Printz
2008 – Franziska Leonhardi & Tobias Stengel, Susan Vincent & Eliana Calle-Saari
2007 – Udo Haufe & Andrea Hegedorn, Claudio Orso & Lary Collins
2006 – Stefanie Busch & Sandor Doro, Michael Loderstedt & Stephanie Supsa
2005 – Baerbel Voigt & Detlef Schweiger, Scott Westhoven & Ian Ruffino
2004 – Frederiche Aust & Iduna Bonig, Royden Watson & Chris DeAngelis
2003 – Henri Rademacher & Bernd Hanke, Jen Craun & Phyllis Fannin
2002 – Jean Kirsten & Volker Leinkeit, Andrea Joki & Nicholas Hill
2001 – Stephan Nestler & Jan Grossman, Noel Reifel & Joan Tallon
2000 – Peter Wagler & Frank Hermann, Wendy Collin Sorin & Susan Squires
1999 – Jana Morgenstern & Frank Tausand, Kelly Novak & Claudia Esslinger
1998 – Angela Hampel & Roland Bolen, Matt Krone & Todd Devreise
The Rasmuson Alaska Exchange Residency (2013 – 2017)
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The Rasmuson Foundation sponsors this exchange, which lets a Cleveland artist attend Zygote’s sister host in Homer, Alaska — the Bunnell Art Street Studio. This multidisciplinary arts center overlooks the Kenai Mountains and Kachemak Bay. In return, Zygote Press hosts an Alaskan artist for two months.
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2016/2017 — Claudio Orso (to Alaska) Michael Conti (from Alaska)
2015/2016 — Amy Casey (to Alaska) Sara Tabbert (from Alaska)
2014/2015 — Elizabeth Emery (to Alaska) Michael Walsh (from Alaska)
2013/2014 — Melissa Daubert (to Alaska) Jimmy Riordan (from Alaska)
Creative Fusion Residencies (2012 – 2016)
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Creative Fusion is an urban-based, community-engaged residency program for international artists. Created by the Cleveland Foundation, the program consists of two three-month residencies in Cleveland in the spring and fall each year. Local organizations host up to six artists from cultures that are underrepresented in Cleveland’s professional arts sector. The program consists of projects and events offered throughout the long-term residency.
The program is primarily interested in artists from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, New Zealand, and Australia. Invited artists get the opportunity to develop new work and share a contemporary view of their culture with our community.
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2016 — Anila Rubiku, Milan, Tirana and Toronto
2015 — Behrang Samadzadegan, Tehran, Iran
2015 — Mauricio Cristobal Cortes Fuentes, Santiago, Chile
2014 — Olivia Mihălţianu, Bucharest, Romania
2013 — Cheikhou Bâ, Dakar, Senegal
2013 — Mely Barragán & Daniel Ruanova, TJINCHINA, Tijuana/ Beijing
2012 — Iván Andrés Lecaros Correa, Santiago, Chile