Apply for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s 2027 Arts/Industry Residency

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC) is now accepting applications for the 2027 Arts/Industry residency, a three-month program hosted by Kohler Co. in Kohler, Wisconsin. More than 600 artists have benefited from this celebrated artist residency since its beginning in 1974.

Kohler Co. will host four artists at a time for the three-month residency: Within each cohort, two residents work in the Kohler Co. Pottery and two in the Foundry. Advance experience working with clay or metal is not required — artists must simply have an interest in adapting industrial processes to their practice. 

A photograph of a figure welding in a warehouse.
Arts/Industry artist-in-residence Nirmal Raja in the Kohler Co. Foundry. 

In addition to 24/7 studio access, residents receive free industrial materials, use of equipment, technical support, photographic services, housing, round-trip transportation, and a monthly honorarium. Artists may choose to work in the Pottery or Foundry.

Arts/Industry is a collaboration between the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, a nonprofit arts organization in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Kohler Co., the global kitchen and bath manufacturing company headquartered in nearby Kohler, Wisconsin. The program is funded by both JMKAC and Kohler. 

The deadline to apply for the 2027 residency is February 28, 2026.

For program details and application guidelines, visit jmkac.org/applications.

A photograph of an artist sculpting in a warehouse
Arts/Industry artist-in-residence Erin Smith in the Kohler Co. Foundry. 
A photograph of an artist sculpting in a warehouse
Arts/Industry artist-in-residence Ger Xiong in the Kohler Co. Foundry. Photo: Kohler Co.

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