Residency Programs Profiles

A new tool for artists and organizations to find and compare residency programs.

People eating by a window in a dining hall. There are large trees outside of the window.
People dining at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts' Dining Hall. Photo credit: Haystack Staff. 

Artist residencies provide artists, scholars, educators and other creative professionals with time, space and resources to work, individually or collectively, on the research and development of their practice. Click SEARCH on the left side, below the side navigation to access the search functions. Tag words and filtered searches help narrow results.

 

For Artists

For artists, the residency experience begins with research. By selecting tag words or phrases and filtering searches based on location, discipline, context, and more, artists will better understand differences in programs and determine which residencies might be a good fit. After creating a filtered search, users can save the list of results. This saved list then becomes a resource for artists throughout the research and inquiry process. Artists can learn more about the residency experience here.

 

For Residency Staff

Residency staff and arts administrators may use the directory to find and connect with similar programs based on geography, typology or context. The directory is also a resource for learning about the policies, strategies, and program design of other organizations. Like artists, residency staff and arts administrators can narrow their searches using tags and filters and save the results as a reference list.

 

Find an upcoming or ongoing Open Calls:

> Search Upcoming Open Call Deadlines to access the upcoming deadlines, sorted chronologically by the deadline date.

> Search Ongoing Open Call Deadlines to access all ongoing deadlines. These open calls do not have a deadline and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Manship Artists Residency

Gloucester, MA, United States

Manship Artists Residency is dedicated to the preservation of an environmentally and historically significant site that has been given new life as an international, interdisciplinary artists residency for the benefit of the community and visitors to Cape Ann.

Application Type
Open application

Marathons: Intensive Workshops in Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture

New York , NY, United States

Marathons engage the practices of drawing, painting, and sculpture as direct methodologies for understanding one’s experience in the world. Open to artists of all levels, courses are taught daily in-person or virtually in real time from 9am–6pm ET.

Application Type
Open application

Marble House Project

Dorset, VT, United States

Marble House Project is a multi-disciplinary artist residency program that fosters collaboration & the exchange of ideas by providing an environment for artists across disciplines to live and work side by side.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
3 weeksMarble House Project AIR 2025

Mentored Woodworking Residency with Master Woodworker Doug Stowe

Eureka Springs, AR, United States

The Eureka Springs School of the Arts is looking for practicing woodworkers seeking focused time to refine their skills, create work, and/or explore new avenues within their medium for a Mentored Residency under Master Woodcrafter, Doug Stowe.   

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 2 weeksMentored Woodworking Residency with Master Woodworker Doug Stowe

Mesa Refuge: Residency

Point Reyes Station, CA, United States

Mesa Refuge welcomes a diverse group of writers, filmmakers, audio journalists and other creatives—both emerging and established—who are defining and/or offering solutions to the pressing issues of our time.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
14 days - 14 daysMesa Refuge 2024 Residencies

Millay Arts Core Residency

Austerlitz, NY, United States

Our Core Residency program -- we will celebrate our 50th anniversary in July 2023 -- is one of the longest-running in country.

Application Type
Open application

Millay Arts Wintertide Rustic Retreat

Austerlitz, NY, United States

From mid-December through late March yearly we offer the Wintertide Rustic Retreat with reduced-fee stays (does not include food/groceries) from a long weekend to one month.  Alumni of our Core and Steepletop residences may also apply to stay for free with work/trade.

 

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
4 days - 30 daysWintertide Rustic Retreat Rolling deadline

Mineral School

Mineral, WA, United States

We provide accepted artists with space and time to create new work without the interruptions of normal life and with the bonus of healthy meals. During each residency, we host visiting artist presentations as well as resident "show & tells" -- both are dessert potlucks.

 

Application Type
Open application

Miss Sarah Fellowship for Black Women Writers

Mars Hill, NC, United States

Purpose: The “Miss Sarah” Fellowship for Black Women Writers aims to provide Black women writers a restful environment conducive to reflection and writing.

Application Type
Open application

Moab Arts Reuse Residency

Moab, UT, United States

The Moab Arts Re-Use Residency (MARR) program's mission is to challenge today's waste-making culture by providing a unique platform for artists at the intersection of art, community, and waste systems. The Moab area is highly impacted by the tourism industry, and, as a result, waste management.

Application Type
Open application

Monira Performance Residency

Jersey City, NJ, United States

The Monira Foundation’s Performance Residency for 2024 will provide space and time to Performing and Movement-based Artists in the New Jersey/New York area at the Monira Foundation Gallery.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 month - 1 monthPerformance Residency

Monira Residencies, Chicago

Chicago, IL, United States

The Monira Residency Chicago is a 12-month residency that provides established working artists with a nurturing environment in which to create their work. This year, we will award one artist a studio.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
12 months - 12 monthsMonira Residencies, Chicago

Monira Residencies, New Jersey

Jersey City, NJ, United States

Monira Foundations Artist in Residence Program supports established artists who work in any visual arts media for 1 year residencies.

Application Type
Open application

Monson Arts Artist in Residence

Monson, ME, United States

Monson Arts is an artists' residency and arts center in Monson, Maine. The goal of the residency program is to provide time and space for artists and writers to devote to their creative practices.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 4 weeksFall 2024 Open Call

Montello Foundation

Montello, NV, United States

The Montello Foundation provides a solitary retreat where artists can experience the vastness of a desert landscape from a safe building, a “base camp” a unique space for inspiration and creation, a place that provides a shield from distractions in the solitude of the desert.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 2 weeksSolitary Retreat in the Nevada Desert

Mother's Milk Art Residency

Newton, KS, United States

,Mother’s Milk is a 2-6 week interdisciplinary residency, supporting three or four visual artists, sound artists, dancers/choreographers, and creative writers at a time pursuing innovative work in their field.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 6 weeksMother's Milk Art Residency

Mudhouse Residency

Koutsounari, Greece

The Mudhouse Residency is an artist residency program designed to provide a cultural immersion; with the local community of a unique Cretan mountain village, with the rich historical context of the ancient Minoan civilization, and wi

Nawat Fes

Fes, Morocco

Nawat Fes offers fully funded residencies in the eighth-century medina of Fes, Morocco to U.S. and international creators in multiple disciplines. The initiative engages art to cultivate understanding among multifaceted cultures through the exchange of ideas.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
8 weeks - 8 weeksOpen Call