CREEKSIDE ARTS is an Artist-in-Residence Program that is a unique opportunity to reflect, create, and explore in an inspiring setting among the Redwoods of Northern California. Preference will be given to applications that demonstrate a project focus on what is dear to our community: Land, place, community, nature, climate, education, and social and political consciousness.
We provide an inspiring natural setting among the coastal redwoods of Northern California for individuals as well as collaborative artistic work and expression. We welcome artists from a broad range of creative disciplines. We provide a unique opportunity to reflect, create and explore away from the hectic demands and constraints of daily life.
Our location in the heart of the redwoods and home of the Wiyot people provides a natural setting that guides our commitment to a healthy and sustainable environment. Our program facilitates an exchange of creative thought and expression between participants, the neighborhood, and the larger Northern California community with a focus on new work with a social and political consciousness.
Our one week Fall Writers residency provides each artist with fully equipped private living quarters and individual separate work/studio spaces. In addition to providing a space for solitary work, our program supports and encourages a collaborative atmosphere. Evening gatherings provide an opportunity to get to know the other resident artists as well as the permanent members of the Creekside Arts community.
Films, discussions, and exchanges with local Northern California writers are a part of these gatherings. Our residencies conclude with a creative interaction with the larger Humboldt County community.
Imagine spending a week nestled along the breathtaking Northern California Pacific Coast, surrounded by the majestic Redwood Forest and Wiyot land. At Creekside Arts, we believe in the power of the written and spoken word—storytelling. That’s why we’re excited to announce our Fall Writers Residency Program. We invite writers and storytellers to spend a week with us at Creekside Arts.
If you’re a writer or storyteller of any persuasion, this is the perfect opportunity for you to share your tale, whether it’s a fable, poem, fantasy, or autobiography. We’re looking for artists whose work aims to captivate and transport audiences through the power of their narratives.
During your stay, you will be supported by an environment that’s both nurturing and inspiring. Our symbiotic collaborative energy will encourage you to create, imagine, and practice your skills, surrounded by the stunning natural beauty of our surroundings. Join us for an unforgettable experience where you’ll have the freedom to write, explore, collaborate, and perform and bring your writing and storytelling to new heights.
Residency Eligibility
Residency Experience Summary
Application Information
Duration of residency
1 week. Full-length stay required.
Disciplines, work equipment, and assistance
We seek writers who are caring and compassionate, who aspire to a life of peace– just
and equitable to all, sustainable in the long term for all living creatures. We seek writers
who are encouraged and energized by an engagement with other writers. We are
asking our writers and storytellers to come work on their projects in full respect of
Creekside Arts’ mission: to create an environment in which creative artists and
audiences interact in a positive and structured way to learn from and inform each other
and then bring that learning into the larger Humboldt community. To that end, Creekside
Arts is committed to equity and welcoming people from diverse cultures, backgrounds,
and experiences. To encourage and foster that community, at the end of the week,
writers are expected to participate in a showing or reading of their work.
Fees and support
The 1 week residency is $650 per participant. The fee covers lodging and studio workspace. It includes a welcome dinner, a farewell dinner, and several dinners/events throughout the residency ( discussions, community outreach to local artists, and creative experiences). Artists are responsible for transportation to and from our residency, (we provide transport to and from ACV airport to the residency), and meals outside of the welcome and farewell dinner. Artists are responsible for their own creative materials. The residency will help with locating supplies as needed.