In Residence, a 2025 Fellowships Journal
This October, our five ArtsLink International Fellows have embarked on their in-person residencies with host organizations across the US. Hailing from Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Ukraine, these artists will spend the next five weeks immersed in exchanges, collaborations, and lasting connections.
“In Residence” is a live journal documenting the fellows’ experiences firsthand. Updated regularly with their photos and words, it serves as a collective chronicle of five weeks spent in unfamiliar territoryโdiscovering new cultural landscapes while weaving bonds over common threads
Arrivals - October 6th
Olha Filonchuk has arrived in Kansas, a long way from home in Ukraine, to start her residency at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at University of Kansas – hosted by Vitaly Chernetsky.
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Another fellow from Ukraine, artist Diana Berg, is settling into sunny Santa Ana, California – where her residency at Grand Central Art Center with host John D. Spiak is just beginning.
Meanwhile in Ohio, Kazakh artist and DJ Sabina Fattakh has made their way to Cleveland, where they received a warm welcome from M. Carmen Lane at ATNSC: Center for Healing and Creative Leadership, the host venue for their residency.
Sabina and their host Carmen hit the ground running on their first day, visiting galleries, community spaces around Cleveland, and the Cleveland Institute of Art while making valuable connections.
Video by Sabina Fattakh
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