Local Artist-in-Residence

About the residency

Illustration of an industrial cityscape with factory buildings, smokestacks, and a train. Text reads 'Zygote Press Local Residency'.

**Zygote Press’s Local AIR is on hold for 2026. Please check back for more information in 2027.

Each year, Zygote’s Local Artist-in-Residence program brings an experienced non-print artist into a collaborative printmaking environment to produce a body of work over several months.

  • Residency focus: Experienced non-print artists

  • Stipend: $500

  • 20 Hours of 1 on 1 instruction

  • Two Hour shop orientation

  • Shop flat file, locker, tools for the duration of the residency

  • Zygote ArtsPass Membership (value of $50) in the year of the residency, which grants access to Open Studio, and discounts on workshops and classes, and includes the ArtsPass membership with participating Cleveland arts organizations.

An independent advisory committee will review applications and make recommendations. Applicants should allow two to four weeks for the committee to make their decision.

How to apply

**Zygote Press’s Local AIR is on hold for 2026. Please check back for more information in 2027.

All application materials below must be in a single PDF file no larger than 5MB. To apply, email the following materials to elyseherrera@zygotepress.org

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

  • (2) A portfolio of recent work (5-10 images)

  • (3) Short Bio (one paragraph)

  • (4) Resume or CV