InResidency - Artist Residency CDMX From The Bureau of Queer Art

InResidency is TBQA’s low-residency program built for artists who need real momentum without relocating. It happens online with optional in-person time in Mexico City (CDMX)—a hybrid studio ecosystem where queer and allied artists build community, deepen practice, and move work forward with intention.

You’ll get weekly studio visits, structured critique, and curatorial mentorship that support both the technical “how” and the conceptual “why.” The program is designed to cut through isolation and distraction, replacing it with accountability, dialogue, and a shared studio culture. InResidency also opens pathways to TBQA’s publishing and exhibition ecosystem—because making the work is only half the story; being seen in the right context is the other half.

TBQA charges a monthly subscription of $1200 MXN via PayPal, with a minimum of 3 months of participation required for continuity of the community.  Need based scholarships are available. 

At TBQA, artists are not treated as subjects of documentation, but as collaborators in the creation of meaning. Written features begin with artist responses, interviews, and materials provided directly by the artist. These are then shaped through an editorial process that may include restructuring, condensation, and the development of a cohesive narrative voice. This process may involve the use of writing tools to assist in clarity, flow, and translation across languages, but the ideas, experiences, and core language remain grounded in the artist’s original contribution. The goal is not to replace the artist’s voice, but to hold it—to extend it into a form that can circulate, be read, and be remembered. We don’t transcribe artists. We write with them. Their words are the ground. The text is the meeting.