Funder: Greater Columbus Arts Council
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application due)
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 and heritage in Aminah Robinson’s Columbus home studio.
Key Information: Residents must complete at least one community engagement activity with the Columbus Museum of Art.
Description
Created and underwritten by the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), this residency provides an African American writer, scholar or researcher with 90 days to pursue a project in Aminah Robinson’s renovated home studio in Columbus, Ohio. The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) manages applications. The program welcomes fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry and scholarship on African American art and culture across periods and media.
Work should be rooted in storytelling, cultural traditions and heritage, African American women’s centrality in art, race, racism or social activism in the arts, or related art research. Preference goes to projects reflecting themes central to Robinson’s work, including documenting African American culture and history and women’s roles in sustaining community. Projects related to Robinson’s life and work receive access to her art, archives and library.
