Your Donation to the 2024 Annual Fund enables our provision of generous studios, production support, educational programs and critical dialogue among the artists and writers we host, local audiences, creative professionals and students.
We have granted residencies to 160 artists and writers from across the United States and 17 countries, to produce in unique context to Corsicana. Their sterling caliber of studio work has yielded over fifty exhibitions and thirty books reaching audiences far beyond Texas and the English language, marking this residency as a significant contributor to a worldwide cultural arena. The ripples of this mission are expanding through North Texas as well: This year we launched new educational workshops at the University of Texas at Arlington and Southern Methodist University. The recent DUST installation -- a found, accidental time capsule of 2,626 forgotten photographs from 1948 – 1966 depicting daily life in Corsicana, welcomed nearly 3,000 visitors with critical acclaim. Organized from residency work by Michael Thomas, it is just one local example of this year's growing field of exhibitions, video installations, publications and compositions mounted directly from residents’ studio work to museums and venues in hubs like Reykjavík, Dallas and Berlin.
The power of this cultural environment bridging international artists and writers to this small town and North Texas is realized only with your donation.
Donations also welcomed by check made to “Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency” and mailed to:
203 North Commerce Street, Corsicana, TX 75110
Alumna Tricia Park performs compositions for violin created during December 2023 Open Studios.
RESIDENTS & PARTNERS in SHARED MISSION
Video generously underwritten by the Corsicana Visitors’ Bureau, in recognition of this residency’s commitment to Downtown Corsicana and partnerships with arts organizations across Texas, to elevate the next art and literature by an international community of artists and writers. Composed and edited by Documentarian and former resident Trey Burns.
Resident Michelle Weinberg with students in her 100W studio.
ILLUMINATED HISTORY OF 100 WEST - CORSICANA
Founders and director Kyle Hobratschk, Travis LaMothe, Adrienne Lichliter-Hines, David Searcy, Nancy Rebal, and Corsicana Residency nonprofit board members Joe B. Brooks and Sally Warren. Resident cameos in order by Rachel Mica Weiss, Olivia DiVecchia, Tom Holmes, Francisco Moreno, Alysia Nicole Harris, Kemar Wynter, Erik DeLuca, Kerri Arsenault, Linus Lohmann, Céline Leroy. Video funded by the Corsicana Visitors' Bureau, composed and edited by Documentarian and former resident Trey Burns.