c3:papermaking residency
In partnership with Pulp & Deckle Studio
One month residencies, May-August 2020.

The c3:papermaking residency was established in 2014 to engage artists with little or no experience in hand papermaking, and offer them an opportunity to learn the craft and stretch the limitations of what the medium can do. Provided with instruction and guidance via technical assistance from a professional papermaker/artist at Pulp & Deckle studio and exclusive 24/7 access to the studio, residents create and exhibit new work.

​Each year, four artists are selected for intensive, month-long residencies during which they work in the Portland, OR based Pulp & Deckle studio. Lead papermaker, Jenn Woodward provides guidance for residents to help realize their individual projects. She also educates and assists residents with all equipment use, fiber preparation, cleaning, and any other studio needs. Upon completion of the four month-long residencies, a group exhibition is held at c3:initiative or a partnering location.

Artists are selected via open call and a rotating jury process. Finalists will be interviewed by c3:initiative and Pulp & Deckle staff members. Notifications regarding selected artists will be made in spring 2020. Selected residents will be required to sign a memo of understanding prior to their residency. All residencies will be scheduled from May-August 2020.
​The residency focuses on illuminating possibilities within the medium of papermaking and encourages experimentation, risk, research, and collaborative learning. The group exhibition highlights hand papermaking as a contemporary art medium. 

RESIDENTS RECEIVE:
- An introductory group orientation at our studio with the four papermaking residents 
-  A one month residency at our studio, with exclusive 24/7 studio use
- A materials stipend of $250
- A group exhibition with the 2020 papermaking residents at c3:initiative

APPLICATION PROCESS
The 2020 application period has closed. Check back for an announcement of the selected residents this spring, and visit the c3:initiative program page for more info on the residency.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RESIDENCY AND TO APPLY VISIT THE C3:INITIATIVE PROGRAM PAGE.