2027 Aminah Robinson Writer/Scholar/Researcher Residency
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2027 Aminah Robinson Writer/Scholar/Researcher Residency supports African American writers, scholars, and researchers pursuing writing and research to explore African American art, culture, and history.
Funder: Greater Columbus Arts Council
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $15,000 unrestricted cash award, lodging, and studio access for a 90-day residency
Summary: Supports African American writers, scholars, and researchers exploring African American art, culture, history, and storytelling in Aminah Robinson’s home studio.
Key Information: Residents must complete at least one community engagement activity with the Columbus Museum of Art.
Description
The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), in partnership with the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC), offers a U.S.-based African American writer, scholar, or researcher 90 days to pursue a writing or research project while living in Aminah Robinson’s renovated home studio in Columbus, Ohio. GCAC manages applications. The program welcomes fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, and scholarship on African American art and culture across periods and media.
The residency emphasizes storytelling, cultural traditions and heritage, African American women’s centrality in art, and race, racism, and social activism in the arts. Preference goes to projects reflecting Robinson’s interests, including documenting African American culture and history and women’s roles in sustaining community. Projects related to Robinson’s life and work can draw on her art, archives, and library.
