Prairie Ronde Artist Residency

03/20/2026

Spring 2026 Resident, Mariana Noreña is here!

Mariana Noreña explores how humans relate to place through ecology, history, and mythology. Her research-driven, site-responsive practice investigates the material memory of landscapes and natural phenomena, creating echoes between geological processes and daily life. Working with earth matter and locally sourced materials, she reveals intimate and collective stories that speak to the symbiotic relationship between humans and their environment.
Mariana holds dual bachelor's degrees in Design and Fine Arts with an emphasis in Painting and Drawing from La Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), for which she received a merit distinction on her thesis project “You Were Here” which explored the landscape of the body through alternative portraiture. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

03/19/2026

Welcoming our Spring 2026 Resident Xingyu Huang!

Xingyu Huang is a Chicago and Los Angeles–based artist working across sculpture, architecture, and digital media. Her practice examines adaptation as a shared condition between human and non-human systems, tracing the emotional, infrastructural, and ecological reverberations of transformation.

Through collaborations with scientists and local communities, Huang integrates biological and computational systems into her installations—constructing hybrid ecologies where plants, bacteria, sensors, and sound coalesce into responsive environments. Her research-based and site-specific works translate data and environmental processes into affective sonic and moving-image experiences.

Huang’s work has been exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center, University of Chicago, Zhou B Art Center, 4C Gallery, and SAIC Galleries. In 2025, she contributed to a collaborative project featured in the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
She received the Arts, Science + Culture Initiative Grant from the University of Chicago and was nominated for the AICAD Teaching Fellowship. Huang earned her MFA in studio art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and dual degrees in Architecture and Environment Design from the University of Edinburgh and Donghua University.

02/27/2026

APPS DUE SUNDAY!! ✏️

Get those applications in for our Summer 2026 Residency.

Link to apply in bio.

01/11/2026

The first of our speaker series this year is with Kalamazoo poet Steve Brown!

Friday January 16th, join us for an evening of poetry and discussion at the Prairie Ronde Art Gallery in downtown Vicksburg.

This is a FREE event.

12/01/2025

We’re extending our deadline until Friday!

Giving you all some extra time to get back into the swing of things after the holiday weekend. Can’t wait to see your work.

11/26/2025

Applications for our Spring 2026 Residency are due Monday Dec 1st!

Take the holiday weekend to submit! Our residencies last between 5-7 weeks, we work with our accepted residents to find a time that works best with their schedule.

Looking forward to seeing your work.

11/17/2025

We are honored to have won the Epic Award by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo! 🥲

Since 1985, the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo has been proud to recognize the exceptional artists, arts organizations and arts supporters in the Kalamazoo area through the Community Arts Awards (CAA).

Thank you to , our partners and all of our residents and local community members who make this residency what it is!

11/07/2025

Considering applying to Prairie Ronde? Check out what we have to offer for accepted residents.

10/14/2025

Tickets are going fast for this Thursday's conversation with author Bonnie Jo Campbell!! Get yours now!

The Not-So-Secret Life of Bonnie Jo Campbell is part of the Come As You Art™ salon series hosted at the Prairie Ronde Artist Gallery.

10/14/2025

This Thursday Oct 16th! A conversation with author Bonnie Jo Campbell () at the Prairie Ronde Artist Gallery.

Tickets are free, but going fast. Reserve your spot at the link in bio!

08/28/2025

An excerpt from our latest artist video with 2025 Summer Resident Veronica Pham ( )

Link in bio to watch the full video 🎬