Residency on my Back

Residency on my Back was a condensed yet intensive residency program of indeterminate length that sought to provide opportunities for gifted and diverse individuals to experience the world from a slightly elevated position. Support from Residency on my Back principally came in the form of a piggyback ride and living stipend for the duration of the ride. During the residency, residents were engaged in constant negotiation and positional precarity, providing a stimulating, rigorous environment in which to experience artistic creation, interaction and growth. Applications were permitted on a more-or-less rolling basis throughout the occasion of open studios, with three juried assessment periods on the day. During the afternoon of California College of the Arts open studios, four discrete residency periods occurred, with five practitioners benefiting from the generosity of the Residency on my Back program.