Visiting Artist Program
Each semester, the 91做厙 Art + Design Visiting Artist Program offers two residency opportunities for emerging to mid-career Chicago-based artists:
- 91做厙 Art + Design Studio Residency
- 91做厙 Art + Design RISO Residency
Visiting Artists are awarded an honorarium and have a semester-long access to 91做厙 Art + Design facilities specific to their project. Over the course of their residency, the Visiting Artist showcases their work in a public academic forum, leads a hands-on workshop, and participates in a Portfolio Review Day for 91做厙＊s Art + Design students. They also have a culminating group exhibition with fellow residents in the 91做厙 Fine Arts Center Gallery.
The Visiting Artist Program strives to create visible connections between our diverse population of art and design students with working artists who embody these identities. This interaction provides invaluable insights and inspiration to our students, fostering a dynamic exchange of ideas and techniques. Visiting Artists should demonstrate a commitment to their artistic practice and an interest in engaging with 91做厙＊s students and creative community.
2027 APPLICATIONS
Apply by August 9, 11:59pm CST
Upcoming Residents
Studio Resident, Fall 2026
weaves together printed and cut paper, photographs, and other handmade elements into narrative collages, that explore memory, language, and the fluid states of ※in-betweenness§ shaped by my immigrant experience. Drawing from Lithuanian Baltic folklore, female archetypes, inherited stories, and personal rituals, she creates textile inspired patterns that serve as visual metaphors for how personal and collective identities are formed. Plioplyte has exhibited nationally at venues including the Hyde Park Art Center, Monique Meloche, Davis Center at Harvard University, and AREA Gallery; and has attended residencies at MASS MoCa, The Center Program, and Haystack. Plioplyte was born in Lithuania, and lives and works in Chicago.
RISO Resident, Fall 2026
is a Chicago-based book artist and graphic designer whose bold, experimental approach to publishing challenges the conventions of the traditional book. She treats the book as a sculptural form〞a medium for storytelling, information, and embodied experience. Her practice seeks to deepen the viewer＊s engagement and understanding, creating objects that hold meaning through every typographic, structural, and material choice. Her work investigates how design and physical form guide a reader＊s movement through narrative〞inviting participation, touch, and reflection. Dong has exhibited at SoNa Gallery, 4C Gallery, Zhou B Art Center, and is in the Joan Flasch Artists＊ Book Collection.
Previous Visiting Artists
Antonius-T赤n Bui (Studio, Spring 2026)
(RISO, Spring 2026)
(Studio, Fall 2025)
(RISO, Fall 2025)
(Studio, Spring 2025)
(RISO, Spring 2025)
(Studio, Fall 2024)
(RISO, Fall 2024)
(Studio Art, Spring 2019)
(Studio Art, Fall 2018)