Red Bull Arts Detroit Is Now Accepting Applications For 2020

DETROIT, MI — Calling all area artists. Red Bull Arts Detroit has announced that applications for the program’s 2020 Artist Residency and Curatorial Fellowship are now open to the public.

Red Bull Arts Detroit will also make structural changes to its 2020 program, organizers explained.

Program changes

As one of Red Bull Arts’ two public-facing spaces, Red Bull Arts Detroit is the home of the program’s Curatorial Fellowship, and rolling Local Micro-Grant Initiative. In an effort to increase the program’s accessibility for a diverse pool of applicants, the Artist Residency will shorten in length to two months, respecting the fact that many artists are unable to make a three-month commitment.

Rather than each residency term culminating in an exhibition, the Red Bull Arts team will curate public exhibitions, accompanied by the annual Curatorial Fellow exhibition. In addition to the $5,000 unrestricted stipend, the Curatorial Fellowship now includes a $15,000 exhibition budget to be utilized for the exhibition by the Fellow.

Applications will be reviewed by a committee of celebrated arts professionals, who will select nine Artists-in-Residence and one Curatorial Fellow.

Red Bull Arts Detroit’s 2020 Selection Committee comprises artist, writer and curator, Michelle Grabner; writer, artist and Associate Curator of Exhibitions at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Legacy Russell; artist and 2018 Red Bull Arts Detroit Artist-in-Residence Joiri Minaya; and art historian and theorist Michael Stone-Richards.

“Red Bull Arts Detroit is a unique residency and fellowship program, in that it aims to amplify cultural exchange between its residents and the local arts community,” said Red Bull Arts Detroit Program Manager Matt Eaton. “The program not only fosters the development of new, thought-provoking work, it invites local and international artists, curators, and thinkers to engage with and bear witness to the rich cultural community in Detroit.”