Back Door Residency

Back Door Artist Residency is organized by Paper Chair and is located at Greater Denton Arts Council. The residency provides emerging artists in North Texas with time and space to create their work.

Applications will open in late 2026, and four artists will each complete a three month residency in 2027. Paper Chair’s board will help establish the program as the first year’s residents in 2026.

Back Door Residency is made possible by generous support from Greater Denton Arts Council.

Open Studios

Current residents Max Marshall and Joshua Bryant invite you to visit them at their studio at Greater Denton Arts Council. This is a unique opportunity to talk with the artists about their current work and learn about their process.

Check back soon for Open Studio dates!

Getting there

Greater Denton Arts Council
400 E. Hickory Street, Denton, TX 76201
The entrance is facing Hickory Street. If GDAC is open, walk through Festival Hall and exit the door in the back of the room. Turn left and walk up the stairs to enter Back Door Residency.

At this time, Back Door Residency is not wheelchair accessible due to the age of the building. We are working to make the space ADA accessible in the future.

Current Back Door Residents

July – September 2026

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Joshua Steven Bryant

Joshua Steven Bryant is an interdisciplinary artist making sculptures and paintings inspired by personal experiences, community, accessibility, and humor. Joshua’s work stems from experiences with disability through chronic pain that left him largely immobile for two years. From that time spent chair-bound, chairs have become a visual link across his work. Bryant’s process is a blend of abstraction and conceptualism, heavily intuitive and a way for him to think out loud. He earned his BFAs and MFA from the University of North Texas. Bryant teaches studio art for UNT and has co-founded Paper Chair Studios, a nonprofit supporting local artists.

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Max Marshall

Max Marshall is an artist, curator, and educator based in Fort Worth, Texas. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art with an emphasis in Sculpture from Texas Christian University in 2024 and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in 2015. In her work, Marshall questions how mainstream mythologies are created, how they influence contemporary life, and why specific mythologies persevere over others. She is currently the co-owner and co-director of Giant Runt, an artist-run gallery in Fort Worth, TX.