Djerassi Resident Artists Program
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is located in a rural setting in the Santa Cruz Mountains, one hour south of San Francisco. The Program offers six month-long residencies each year from mid-February through mid-November, at no cost, to artists in the disciplines of literature, visual arts, media arts/new genres, choreography, and music composition. Djerassi provides housing and studio accommodations, all meals and full administrative support to over 60 artists each year. In addition, we offer accommodations to artists during the Winter Residency Program and offer free public tours of the Program's property and sculpture collection. The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is designed as a retreat experience to pursue personal creative work and share collegial interaction within a small community of artists. In this spirit residents are expected to commit themselves for the entire residency session they are awarded.
2325 Bear Gulch Road
Woodside, CA 94062
United States
Residency Program Information
Residency Program Summary
Application Information
National and international visual artists, composers, choreographers, media artists, writers and scientists (for Leonardo@Djerassi) are eligible. Alumni must wait five seasons before re-applying for a return residency. Artists who were placed on alternate status may re-apply for the next season. Please note the application form, resume and all support materials must be in English. Eligibility recently expanded to include degree-seeking students. Please feel welcome to apply. Please visit our guidelines page for more information.
All residencies are offered free of charge.
Accessibility
Select building entrances, restrooms and communal spaces in the Artists’ Barn, Artists’ House, and Middlebrook Studios are accessible for most mobility devices.
Artists with limited mobility are free to experience all aspects of a residency at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Accessibility accommodations include accessible parking and accessible living and working space. If you have any mobility, physical health, mental health, or other need for accommodations, please contact us directly.
We offer a variety of unique live/work spaces, many but not all of which are reached via stairs. The property is nestled in the hills, with little flat ground between buildings. There is a gravel footpath between the Artists’ House and Artists’ Barn that is about 300 steps and slightly inclined. There is also a small, steep hill between the Artists’ Barn and Middlebrook Studios.