Now Open: Applications for 2025-2026 Artist Residency
Artists in Public Schools is accepting residency applications for the 2025-2026 school year!
Artist-founded in 2017, Artists in Public Schools – formerly CPS Lives – was created by photographer Suzette Bross to integrate artists and cultural producers into CPS through paid artist residencies.
Over the course of an Artists in Public Schools residency, CPS students and faculty are connected with professional artists, encouraged to explore their own creativity, and collaborate on meaningful artwork. Artwork produced during these residencies are reflective of and often highlight the resilience in each of these school communities.
To learn more about our mission visit our mission page.
Residency Details
- Artists in Public Schools artists will receive a stipend of $1,000
- Will have their work promoted on our social media
- The opportunity to to showcase their work done during the residency in various exhibitions, publications, and events
- Opportunities to connect with your other cohort members, gallerists, and curators
- After invitation into the residency program artists will be oriented into the program by the Founder and Executive Director and Artistic Director to determine the school they will work with
- Will work directly with school principal and school liaisons to determine the final project details and grade levels
- Must be located in the Chicagoland area to apply
- Must pass Chicago Public Schools background check
- All mediums and artistic practices welcome!
Artists in Public Schools especially encourages artists from historically underrepresented and underserved backgrounds including Black, Indigenous, artists of color, LGBTQ2+, women and persons with disabilities to apply. Artists in Public Schools also welcomes alumni of CPS to apply.
