KANSAS CITY, MO, JUNE 5, 2026: Charlotte Street is excited to announce the selection of 17 artists for the two-year Studio Residency Program. The group of 9 visual artists, 5 performers, and 3 writers were selected from a highly competitive pool of 167 applicants, by a jury of regarded arts industry experts. The incoming residents will join the 2025-2027 cohort of 14 artists in studio spaces on the Charlotte Street Campus in June and will publicly commence their residency at the annual Slide Slam event on Tuesday, June 16 at 6:30 PM in Charlotte Street’s Stern Theater (3333 Wyoming Street, Kansas City, MO).
With support from the Windgate Foundation, Charlotte Street’s Studio Residency Program provides visual artists, writers, and performing artists with a rich creative environment that promotes community-building, creative production, artistic experimentation, learning, and cross-disciplinary work. Approximately 30 artists each year receive free studio space (accessible 24/7), rehearsal space, professional development, exhibition and performance opportunities, and mentorships. Artists receive Residency for two-year terms, on a rotating basis, with a new cohort of approximately 15 joining each June.
VISUAL ARTISTS
Poppy DeltaDawn, @poppydeltadawn
Adrienne Walker Hoard, @adriennewalkerhoard
Justin Korver, @justincaseyourewondering
Gaylin Eugene Nicholson, @gaylin_nicholson
Harold Smith Jr, @haroldsmithart
Chaneryna Thach, @chaneryna_thach
PERFORMANCE ARTISTS
Winston Dynamite Brown (The DynamitExperience), @thedynamiteexperience
Moo Contemporary (Kaitlyn Gardner Scahdë & Troy Gardner), @moocontemporary
Silvee (Hannah Kelly), @silveemusic
Austin Manuel Williamson, @amwsound
WRITERS
Artist applications were submitted and scored through the online submission platform. This year’s jury reviewed and rated 167 applications individually and then as an in-person group. Charlotte Street administers the selection process, but staff are not voting panelists.
The jury panel included:
Victor Antillanca, VA-Films; Director & Producer, Documentary Filmmaker
Ann Dean, Lawrence Arts Center; photographer/instructor
Michael Schonhoff, Art + Design Labs and KCAI Gallery at the Kansas City Art Institute; Director
Learn more about of the artists in Charlotte Street’s Studio Residency program at the Slide Slam on Tuesday, June 16 at 6:30 PM. The annual Slide Slam event allows each artist to share a 3-minute presentation about their practice and goals with the audience.
For questions regarding the Studio Residency, please contact Patrick Alexander, Programming + Residency Manager at [email protected].
ABOUT CHARLOTTE STREET’S STUDIO RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Charlotte Street’s Studio Residency Program provides free studio and rehearsal spaces to a mixed disciplinary cohort of exceptional artists for 2 year-long terms. Through the program’s offerings—which include free studio space, advisors, public programs, monthly cohort meetings and presentations, studio visits and access to a multidisciplinary network of artist peers—Charlotte Street’s Studio Residency Program encourages creative production, artistic experimentation, professional development, and community building. The program fosters Charlotte Street’s values of risk taking, openness, excellence, and collaboration by creating an environment where artists use the platforms and resources available to meet personal goals and career milestones.
ABOUT CHARLOTTE STREET
Charlotte Street centers Kansas City’s most forward-thinking visual artists, writers, and performers—acting as the primary incubator, provocateur, and connector for the region’s contemporary arts community, and its leading advocate on the national stage. Since 1997, Charlotte Street has distributed over $3 million in awards and grants to artists and their innovative projects and has hosted countless exhibitions, performances, convenings, and conversations connecting and challenging Kansas City’s contemporary art ecosystem. For more information about Charlotte Street, its awards, programs, and initiatives, visit www.charlottestreet.org.
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