Program:
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
The Artist in Residence Program provides 6 months’ of free, professional studio space at the Golden Belt Campus in Durham for one or more local artist(s) each year. Resident Artists also receive a stipend, regular support from local professional artists, access to DAG’s professional resources and networks, and an exhibition in the DAG Gallery at Golden Belt at the end of the residency.
Applications for the 2026 are closed. Check back in the Spring for updates on 2027 Applications.
2026-2027 Artists in Residence
Bailey Adkins
Bailey Adkins is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores questions of power, control, image association, and materiality. Working across painting, leatherwork, and object-making, Adkins creates sensual, surreal environments that examine the relationships between identity, desire, utility, and bodily autonomy. Adkins’ paintings draw viewers into warm, lurid worlds where dogs, hyenas, and human figures engage in quiet yet charged encounters. Referencing classical compositional techniques alongside imagery drawn from contemporary and historical visual culture, the work considers how power operates within the body and how ideas of dominance and submission are constructed and performed.
Alongside painting, Adkins incorporates leatherwork and material studies, often using leather to frame or extend the paintings themselves. Drawing from objects and visual languages historically associated with queer communities, as well as erotic imagery, BDSM, and niche kink subcultures, Adkins investigates the space between representation and use. Bailey is excited to accept this residency opportunity and continue exploring nature's power dynamics while also exploring the depth of various mediums.
Brittany Fisher
Brittany Fisher is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Durham, North Carolina. Working across traditional and digital mediums, Brittany creates vibrant, expressive works that explore new ideas through experimentation with materials, texture, and composition. Her studio practice primarily incorporates acrylic paint, oil pastels, and mixed media on canvas, while her digital practice utilizes Adobe Fresco to develop original designs for prints, apparel, and other merchandise.
Brittany’s professional art practice includes commissioned works for private collectors in Atlanta, Georgia, and Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as participation in group exhibitions throughout the Triangle. Her work has been exhibited at Co-Lab in Raleigh, Peel Gallery in Carrboro, and the Durham Art Guild. In 2025, she was also a featured artist in the Living in Color exhibition presented as part of the Raleigh Art and Film Festival.
As an emerging artist, Brittany is committed to continually challenging and expanding her creative practice. She is excited to join the Durham Art Guild’s Artist Residency program as an opportunity to explore new concepts, experiment with unfamiliar mediums, and further develop her artistic voice within a community of fellow creatives.
Past Artist in Residence Recipients
2025 DAG Artist in Residence Gregory Weaver IG@voodustyle
2025 DAG/Black on Black Project Derrick Davis
2024 DAG/Black on Black Project Artist in Residence: Antonia Brown
2024 DAG Artist in Residence: Huiyin Zhou
2024 DAG Artist in Residence: Jake Heffington
2024 DAG (Micro) Artist in Residence Ina Liu
2023 DAG Artist in Residence: Michelle Wilkie
2023 DAG/Black on Black Project Artist in Residence: Sanjé James
2023 DAG Artist in Residence: Delayna Robbins
2022 DAG Artist in Residence: Isabel Lu
2022 DAG/Black on Black Project Artist in Residence: Assata Goff
2021 DAG Artist in Residence: Derrick Beasley
2021-2022 DAG/Black on Black Project Artist in Residence: Haillee Mason
2021 DAG Mini Artist Residency: Antonio Alanís
2020 DAG Artist in Residence: Claire Alexandre
2020-2021 DAG/Black on Black Project Artist in Residence: Shay Hendricks
2019 DAG Artist in Residence: Jade Wilson
2019-2020 DAG/Black on Black Project Artist in Residence: Anthony Patterson
2018: Gemynii
2017: Stephen Hayes
2016: William Paul Thomas
2015: Maready Evergreen
2014: Brianna Gribben and Lile Stephens