Artist residency staff and leaders regularly navigate mental health and psychological concerns among artists, staff, or within the broader residency environment. Responding effectively requires understanding our own responses to stress, recognizing when someone may need additional support, and knowing the limits of our role.

This hands-on training led by a mental health clinician offers concrete tools and approaches for recognizing and responding to psychological distress in your residency community.

Paid program - advanced registration required. 

The Emerging Program Institute (EPI) is ACA’s foundational training curriculum for new and emerging artist residencies interested in launching, developing, or strengthening their programs. For more than 19 years, ACA has offered the only professional development program specifically for founders and staff of early-stage artist residencies.

Paid program—advanced registration required.