The Pie Ranch Art Residency
The Pie Ranch Artist Residency is specifically designed for artists whose work addresses food issues, farmworker issues, agroecology, Indigenous foodways, and/or food self sufficiency or artists who would like to propose and create new work that address these topics.
We are excited to host artists from multiple disciplines and/or artists who work across many disciplines including but not limited to: visual artists, painters and muralists, film makers, writers and poets, musicians, chefs, photographers, dancers, and more.
We also welcome artists’ collaborations that would like to work on a project together during their time at the residency.
This residency will be self-directed and project-based. Artists can choose to continue working on a pre-existing project that addresses topics of food justice or work on a new body of work.
We prioritize proposals aligning with Pie Ranch’s mission and values and that align with the intersections of art, food, and farming.
As a non-profit educational farm, we are committed to creating a community of artists from diverse backgrounds.
PO Box 363
Pescadero, CA 94060
United States
Residency Program Information
Residency Program Summary
Application Information
The mission of our Artist Residency is to expand the impact of our vision and mission of food resilience through arts and culture. We believe that creativity is essential to the soul, that artistic expression is vital to society, and that art can change the world. Because of that, we believe that art can have a deep imprint in the food movement by being able to express and contribute ideas or concepts differently (through visual arts or other) in order to create a deeper connection to the land, community, and the larger food movement.
As a non-profit educational farm, we are committed to creating a community of artists from diverse backgrounds.
Eligibility:
- Artists or artist collaborator teams whose work addresses food justice, agro-ecology, and/or food sovereignty movements or artists who would like propose new works addressing these topics
- Artists who are 23 years of age or older
- Artists who are not currently in a 4-year degree seeking program
Residency Fees per Resident:
Due to lack of funding, this year we can only offer paid residencies. These are the Rental Options for the 2 week residency:
- Farmhouse + Studio $ 2,030.00
- Farmhouse $ 1,750.00
- Yurt + Studio $ 1,330.00
- Yurt $ 1,050.00
The artist residency fee includes the following for each of the artist residents:
- Your own private and comfortable bedroom in a recently built farmhouse or 13ft yurt.
- Shared beautiful kitchen with cohort, toilet, bathtub, laundry, wifi.
- 28 beautiful acres of land to explore and be inspired by.
- A safe and supportive creative community to explore new projects.
- For a small additional fee you can also have your own shared studio, our farm’s Classroom barn with heating, wifi. Open 24/7. Each station has a desk with an oil cloth, chair, and large window for natural light.
No grants or scholarships are available this year due to lack of funding.
Accessibility
It will be hard for artists with limited mobility to participate on this residency as housing has stairs.
Housing is not accessible but studio and rest of farm facilities are.
Housing & Accomodation
The residents will be sharing bathrooms, kitchen, studio space and living room.
Studio & Facilities
The Shared studio is at our farm’s classroom barn, which has heating and wifi. It is open 24/7.
Each station has a desk with an oil cloth, chair, and large window for natural light.