2024 BCA Studio Residency Cohort

Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) is accepting applications for our next Studio Residency cohort starting in the Fall of 2024, providing work-only studio space in BCA’s Artist Studios Building in Boston’s South End, along with other programmatic benefits.  Studio space is located in BCA's Artist Studios Building (ASB) at 551 Tremont Street; maximum studio term is 33 months (2 ¾ years). The group will join a vibrant group of artists already participating in the Studio Residency program.

This year, thanks to generous support from Wagner Foundation, artists selected for the Fall 2024 Studio Residency program will receive fully awarded studio space for a maximum term of 33 months, from September 15, 2024-June 15, 2027. The 2024 BCA Studio Resident cohort, funded by Wagner Foundation, allow us to make real strides in the work of creating greater equity and opportunity to Boston-area artists for whom financial support and artistic community come at a catalytic moment in their practice. Selection of this cohort of artists will be based on artists' demonstration of the financial as well as artistic impact of a fully awarded studio on their practice.

In addition to enjoying 24/7 access to individual studio space, BCA Studio Residents can participate in:

• Monthly Informal Gatherings to chat, catch up, ask questions etc, with snacks;
• Studio visits from BCA’s studio residency Fall and Spring Visiting Curators as well as other arts professionals including curators, gallerists and arts writers, made available to Studio Residents on a sign up basis; 
• BCA Studios Open House, coinciding with Mills Gallery opening receptions and other BCA events and promoted by BCA (approx 4 per year); 
• Ongoing “Plus One” private receptions in the Mills Gallery, with invited colleagues from the Boston arts community (approx 4 per year), and,
• Ongoing Opportunities for Project Room Exhibitions in BCA’s Mills Gallery Project Room, available on an application basis.

The last two opportunities continue beyond the end term of each artist’s studio residency, as BCA Studio Residency Alumni are also invited to participate in our “Plus One” receptions and to apply for Project Room Exhibitions.

Important Notes:

• Studios in the building are WORK ONLY, not live-work space;
• Studios and common space in the building may not be the site of any public events, which means that any non-residents coming into the building must be entering on the basis of an individual invitation; and
• The studios building is a four floor, walk-up building, with no elevator and no loading dock.

In Addition

We look forward to inviting artists across disciplines to pursue their art through the BCA Studio Residency program, within the realistic constraints and restrictions related to the physical structure itself, which includes a particulate-based fire suppression system, non-sound-proofed walls and floors, sometimes spotty wi-fi and old pipes.

We welcome applications from artists at all career stages, income levels, and geographic locations. We primarily seek applications from visual artists (painters, sculptors, installation artists, photographers, video/new media artists, fiber artists, printmakers, etc.). Our studios are not well suited for artists who do not work quietly (nothing is sound-proofed). In addition, the studios have only light ventilation, so an art practice generating strong fumes cannot be accommodated. 

We anticipate that artists selected for this cohort of BCA’s Studio Residency program will have the opportunity to move into their studio space as of September 15, 2024. 

Programmatic events and activities will commence in late September and early October 2024.  Studio Residency artists may remain in the program for a maximum of 33 months (through June 15, 2027).  This group joins a vibrant group of artists already participating in the Studio Residency program.