Curatorial Residency

Since our Curatorial Residency program began in early 2018, Wave Pool has given THIRTEEN emerging curators the opportunity to execute an exhibition in our main storefront gallery with mentorship, resources, and fiscal support.

We know that Curators are often the gatekeepers for artists’ seeking exhibition opportunities, and that beyond internships at local museums, Cincinnati is overwhelmingly lacking in opportunities for aspiring curators.

Given the dearth of prospects for aspiring arts organizers locally, the Curatorial Residency Program enables those in need of experience to pursue this kind of professional development.

This program seeks to foster ongoing professional development for individuals with curatorial inclinations, in order to find their voice and gain valuable hands-on experience.

The 2024 resident will receive:

·      a modest exhibition budget of $2,000

·      a curatorial honorarium of $500

·      mentorship

·      administrative support

·      marketing assistance 

·      gallery space to fulfill bold visions

Forming new creative partnerships and engaging community residents through programming, our Curatorial Residents serve Wave Pool’s mission of pairing communities’ knowledge of their needs with artists’ sense of possibility.

The Wave Pool Curatorial Residency Program is decided by an open call and juried process in the Fall for the following year.

The 2024 Curatorial Residency Program is funded by supporters of our annual Pool Party.

 

Applications for 2024 are closed.

Announcing Wave Pool’s 2024 Curatorial Resident:

Rachael Banks, The Passage, 2020

Lindsey Cummins: Kith and Kin: Things Well Known 

Kith and Kin: Things Well Known is an exploration into the collective significance of interpersonal relationships and their connection to place within the Ohio River Valley region. In the works of artists Rachael Banks and Kacey Slone, concerns surrounding family, home, folklore, and the passage of time find resonance in ephemeral and ordinary moments. Personal reflections become stories through which the two artists imagine and reimagine states of belonging.

About the Curatorial Resident:

Lindsey Cummins (she/her) is a Louisville, KY based Independent Curator. In 2020, Lindsey founded Printed, an arts collective whose mission is to build community through print. She is the co-curator of a traveling zine exhibition titled, "Papertrail,” which has shown at Carbon Copy Gallery in Louisville and the Print Room in Aberdeen, Scotland. Lindsey received her education at Louisville’s Hite Art Institute. and currently works at the Great Meadows Foundation.


Past Curatorial Resident Exhibitions:

Exhibition: Encompassing
Resident Curator: Kacie Finnegan
2023

Exhibition: Not Quite Fatal
Resident Curator: Chelsea Smith
2022

Exhibition: INTER/INTRA (2023)
Resident Curator: Rebecca Copper
2023

Exhibition: Amid عامد
Resident Curators: Iman Jabrah & Noel Maghathe
2022

Exhibition: C.R.A.S.H.
Resident Curator: Simone Yael
2021

Exhibition: Breathe! Artists Respond to the Crises of Our Age
Resident Curator: Andrea Torrice
2021

Exhibition: Faux Real Resident Curator: Sidney Cherie Hilley 2020

Exhibition: Faux Real
Resident Curator: Sidney Cherie Hilley
2020

Exhibition: Sentiments of Here Resident Curator: Sso Rha Kang 2020

Exhibition: Sentiments of Here
Resident Curator: Sso Rha Kang
2020

Exhibition: Uncanny Valley Resident Curator: David Corns 2019

Exhibition: Uncanny Valley
Resident Curator: David Corns
2019

Exhibition: 1,954 Miles Resident Curator: Harry Sanchez Jr. 2018

Exhibition: 1,954 Miles
Resident Curator: Harry Sanchez Jr.
2018

Exhibition: Midwest Markdowns Resident Curator: SUBSTUDIO 2018

Exhibition: Midwest Markdowns
Resident Curator: SUBSTUDIO
2018

Exhibition: WITH NO MEMORIES WITH NO TIES NO PHANTOMS TO TEND FOR Resident Curator: Abby Friend 2018

Exhibition: WITH NO MEMORIES WITH NO TIES NO PHANTOMS TO TEND FOR
Resident Curator: Abby Friend
2018

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