Visiting Artist in Residence Program
Our Visiting Artist in Residence Program is a short term curated partnership between an established artist and The Bray. The Visiting Artist is provided a private studio space, in proximity to The Bray Resident Artists, to realize and conceive new work and projects while engaging in shared on-site resources and a lively creative atmosphere.
We maintain an ongoing list of interested artists to fill residency slots. Our goal is to invite artists interested in growing their own artistic vision while sharing space with the long- and short-term cohort of resident artists at The Bray. This residency is best suited for mid-career and established artists looking to engage in a lively studio environment.
The Visiting Artist Program Provides
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on-site Studio Facilities
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4-6 weeks in a creative environment
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open ended space and time to work
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Subsidies on firings and materials
Additional details
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Artists may be asked to present a lecture
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Artists are responsible for travel to and from the bray
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Artists retain ownership of work created at the bray
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Artists are responsible for packing, insuring and shipping their artwork
Current Visiting Artist In Residence
Stephen Burks & Malika Leiper
Stephen Burks Man Made
Chicago native, Stephen Burks is an acclaimed industrial designer, product development consultant, and educator whose innovative approach to design synthesizes craft, community, and industry. Independently and through association with various non-profits, he has collaborated with artisans and craftspeople in over ten countries on six continents. His socially engaged practice seeks to broaden the limits of design consciousness by challenging who benefits from and participates in contemporary design.
Stephen Burks Man Made is an internationally recognized hands-on collaborative design studio deeply invested in the transformative power of craft techniques that challenge the limits of new technologies within industrial production.
They believe in a pluralistic vision of design that is inclusive of all cultural perspectives and backgrounds.
They bring the hand to industry through a community-driven, workshop-based practice.
Their projects include furniture, lighting, interiors, exhibitions, and product design.
Heidi McKay Casto
Heidi McKay Casto creates objects that explore the intersections of utility and sculpture, and feature a variety of playful design elements, anthropomorphic animal portraits, and vibrant colors. Her work explores similarities between instinctual animal behaviors, and behaviors learned through her lived experience as a woman, artist, and mother, gaining insight and inspiration for living with fewer insecurities and societal pressures. Heidi desires for the work to be a synchronistic exchange of connection where care and beauty are more present in daily life for users, and where complex human emotions might be made more discernible through light-hearted depictions of anthropomorphized animal subjects.
Recent Visiting Artists In Residence
Chris Riccardo
Heesoo Lee
Yoonjee Kwak
Jessica Brandl
Alessandro Gallo
Voulkos Fellowship
The Voulkos Visiting Artist Fellowship was created in memory of the renowned ceramic artist, Peter Voulkos who began his career at the Archie Bray Foundation in 1951. His family and friends established the Fellowship at the Bray to be awarded each year to a special and distinguished visiting artist whose generosity, commitment to innovation, and passion for creative exchange through shared ideas reflect Pete’s spirit.
Peter Voulkos taught by example, working alongside other artists in the studio, fostering artistic exchange and dialogue, and nurturing mutual respect. In the same spirit, the Voulkos Fellow is invited to work in an environment that encourages interaction among the resident artists and the Bray community.
