PROOF Fellowship 2025

Print Residency Of Ohio’s Future

RESIDENCY DATES: MAY 20th - DECEMBER 20th, 2025

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 11:59pm APRIL 12th, 2025

Zygote Press is proud to offer our 2nd annual PROOF Fellowship program, a Fine Art Printmaking residency for Northeast Ohio Artists from historically underrepresented communities.The PROOF Fellowship is a six month residency program inspired by Zygote’s 2021-2023 BIPOC Fellowship artists-in-residence.

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.

A committee of independent artists and educators from similar communities will review applications and select six Northeast Ohio local artists to participate in the first PROOF Fellowship Cohort.

Fellowship Recipients will receive:

-Twenty Two hours of printmaking workshop instruction ($2,500)

-Ten hours of individual printmaking support ($500)

-Yearlong Zygote Community Membership

-Six Months of 24/7 Access to Zygote’s Printmaking Studio ($960)

-A locker and flat file for the duration of the Fellowship

-A $500.00 Stipend

-Participation in the 2026 PROOF Fellowship Exhibition

-Exhibition and Installation support.

The selected artists will be introduced to both contemporary and traditional printmaking techniques through a series of workshops led by Zygote Press teaching artists and former PROOF Fellows. The workshop sessions will be scheduled on alternating Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Our 2025 PROOF Workshop Schedule will be announced in February.

Additionally, PROOF Fellows will have ongoing 24/7 access to Zygote’s Printmaking Studio for the duration of the fellowship. Zygote will also host mentoring sessions and peer critiques for Fellows to hone their printmaking craft, talk about their work and focus their artistic research.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 11:59pm April 12th, 2025

All application materials below must be in a single PDF file no larger than 10MB.

To apply, email the following materials to michael@zygotepress.org :

(1) A letter of interest (500 word limit)

(2) A portfolio of recent work (10-20 images)

(3) Short Bio (one paragraph limit)

(4) Resume or CV

PROOF Fellowship 2025 Workshop Schedule coming soon!