The Arts Writing Residency

The Arts Writing Residency

02.28.2022

The Arts Writing Residency embeds an arts writer in St. Louis’ Black arts communities, where they will incubate and enhance the city’s arts critical discourse.

The Black Embodiments Studio (Seattle, WA), Burnaway (Atlanta, GA) and The Luminary (St. Louis, MO) have long worked to incubate critical arts discourse in their respective cities, forging ties with artists, critics, researchers, and audiences for whom the arts are a central site for convening, reflection, and change. The Arts Writing Residency is a joint endeavor that advances the organizations’ long-standing commitments to arts writing as a necessary component to healthy arts communities—and reflects their beliefs that arts writing can and should be supportively cultivated and adequately compensated.

To this end, the residents will be hosted at The Luminary, their writing practice will be guided by The Black Embodiments Studio, and their work will be published by Burnaway.

The Arts Writing Residency will provide a structure of support for two writers to enter into and engage with St. Louis’ Black artists, and with museums, galleries, and events that feature and support them. The writers will receive housing accommodations in The Luminary’s residency apartment for one month, a $3,250.00 stipend to support their writing, and $350.00 travel stipend.