Call For Proposals: CSP AIR at Constellation Studios
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR CSP ARTIST, STUDENT & LEGACY MEMBERS ONLY.
2025 California Society of Printmakers Artist in Residence Award Opportunity at Constellation Studios in Lincoln Nebraska, August 4–15, 2025.
Application opens February 1, 2025:
Click To Submit AIR Application via Submittable.
Juried by host:
Karen Kunc of Constellation Studios, Lincoln, Nebraska
CALENDAR:
Project submissions due June 2, 2025.
Selected artist will be notified by June 16, 2025.
The residency at Constellation Studios will begin August 4, 2025.
Residency will run August 4–15, 2025.
ABOUT CSP AIR:
What is the CSP Artist in Residence?
The California Society of Printmakers Artists’ Residency program pairs artist members with master printers and/or studio facilities who host and assist recipients in completing ambitious short term projects. The residency program began in 2015.
For the 2025 CSP Residency season, we will be accepting individual applications and announcing host sites and projects individually. Selections will be made by the AIR host.
- Residency is paid for by CSP.
- Includes lodging during residency dates.
- Travel, food, materials and other incidentals and related costs are the responsibility of the residency artist.
What areas of Printmaking can I apply to pursue?
Constellation Studios is equipped with printing presses and equipment, which are designed for relief and etching printmaking, letterpress, papermaking and bookmaking activities. The ground floor houses the large open printmaking studio and gallery while the lower level features the papermaking lab and bookmaking studio.
ELIGIBILITY:
- CSP Artist, Student & Legacy members.
- Must be current in Membership Dues.
- If you have previously received a CSP residency, please wait three years before applying again.
ENTRIES:
- Application opens: February 1, 2025.
- Application deadline: June 2, 2025.
- There is a $25 submission fee to submit proposals with up to 10 images.
- All images must be of work completed within the last 3 years.
- All submissions must be submitted through SUBMITTABLE.
- Hardcopy and email submissions will not be accepted.
- Click To Submit AIR Application via Submittable.
ABOUT CONSTELLATION STUDIOS:
Constellation Studios is the live/work project of internationally renowned artist/printmaker Karen Kunc, established in 2013, in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. Constellation Studios is equipped with Kunc’s printing presses and equipment and designed for relief and etching printmaking, letterpress, papermaking and bookmaking activities. The ground floor houses the large open printmaking studio and gallery while the lower level features the papermaking lab and bookmaking studio. Constellation Studios is housed in a building constructed in 1910 that was originally a paint store. Renovated in 2013, with gallery space and studios, loft apartment and guest rooms, the architecturally designed spaces consider efficiency, displayable walls, high ceiling with natural skylight, all to create inviting workspaces. Outdoor is an urban garden and Kunc’s colorful large mural painting. constellation-studios.net
ABOUT THE JUROR:
Constellation Studios Director Karen Kunc has exhibited and sold her artworks around the world in her more than 30 years as a professional artist. The renowned artist, teacher and mentor has established her reputation internationally in woodcut printmaking and book arts, both as a producer and teacher.
Kunc is Cather Professor Emerita at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she taught from 1983-2020, and continues now as a mentor for students, interns and colleagues.
See her extensive portfolio and learn more about her career and contributions at karen-kunc.com.
