Residency Programs Profiles

A 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.

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Open AIR

Missoula, MT, United States

Open AIR is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization that fosters creative collaboration in Montana. With headquarters in Missoula, MT, we serve urban and rural areas of Montana. 

Application Type
Open application

Orein Arts Residency

Pine City, NY, United States

The Monastery Arts Residency brings artists and writers to live, create, and seek beauty for a week under summer skies at Mount Saviour Monastery near Elmira, NY. It is the only arts residency in the world that takes place at an active Catholic monastery.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 week - 1 weekMonastery Arts Residency OPEN CALL Summer 2026

Osage Arts Community

Belle , MO, United States

Osage Arts Community is a residency program that provides temporary time, space, and support for the creation of new work in a retreat format. These creative residencies are generally anywhere from one week to one year but average around six months.

Application Type
Open application

Partners Program

Atlanta, GA, United States

For the first time ever, anyone can apply to become a SFI partner as long as they are an artist, cultural leader, or environmentalist working in or on behalf of South Fulton County.

Application Type
Open application

Penland Winter Residency

Penland, NC, United States

Penland’s Winter Residency program is a short-term residency opportunity for artists seeking to work independently in one of our 16 media specific studios during Penland’s quiet season.

Application Type
Open application

Peter Bullough Foundation Artist Residency

Winchester, VA, United States

The Peter Bullough Foundation provides intimate, focused residencies to artists and writers, with diverse backgrounds and interests, including those elevating voices and topics relevant to the LGBTQIA2S+ community. We believe a residency is a radical, experimental community of trust. 

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 month - 1 monthFall 2026 Residency Open Call
2 months - 2 monthsLocal Summer 2026 Residency
1 month - 1 monthSpring 2027 Residency Open Call

Pezzolo Creative Intensives

Messina, ME, Italy

Pezzolo Creative Intensive are a workshop-format training residency for artists eager to refine their craft. Join leading practitioners in Sicily for a 1 - 2 week immersive workshop designed to deepen creative skills and artistic practice.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
7 days - 8 daysExploring Shakespeare in Sicily

Pezzolo Retreat Residency

Messina, ME, Italy

The Pezzolo Retreat Residency is a self-directed creative retreat designed for artists seeking uninterrupted time and space to explore, rest, and experiment. 

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 week - 3 weeksPezzolo Retreat Residency 2026

PLAYA Arts and Science Residency Program

Summer Lake, OR, United States

PLAYA’s residencies are open to the global community of scientists, naturalists, biologists, musicians, designers, sustainability leaders, social practice artists, musicians, visual artists, writers, performing artists, and collaborations and individuals engaged in interdisciplinary wor

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
5 days - 11 days2026 Self-Directed Residency
12 days - 26 days2027 Art/Sci Awarded Residency
5 days - 31 daysMigration in Changing Climates

PlySpace Residency

Muncie, IN, United States

PlySpace is an artist-in-residence program dedicated to offering visual artists, writers, performers, designers, and other creative individuals time and space to investigate and pursue their own practices.

Application Type
Open application

Pocoapoco Residency

Minneapolis, MN, United States

Our residency program is dedicated to supporting the artistic investigation and creative practice of interdisciplinary artists and cultural workers from Oaxaca, the United States, and around the world.  This program embodies our belief that creative inquiry and intercultural dialogue is esse

Application Type
Open application

Popps Packing Residency Program

Hamtramck, MI, United States

The Popps Packing residency program was born in 2012 and has grown into a robust international AIR that has welcomed over 100 artists into our unique arts and community ecosystem.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 month - 3 months 2026 Studio Residency

Printmaking Barcelona Residency Program

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Located in the heart of Barcelona, ​​Printmaking Barcelona has been, since 1986, an artistic studio for artists to develop their works in the field of chalcographic engraving. Using essential techniques such as monotypes, etching, aquatint, mezzotint, carbourundum among others.

Application Type
Open application

Public Art Residency

Boston, MA, United States

BCA’s Public Art Residency program supports two artists or artist teams each year to activate our public plaza and other areas across BCA campus with interactive, temporary public art.

Application Type
Open application

QHHQ Self-Guided Residency

Harpers Ferry, WV, United States

A retreat-style residency in the Quonset Hut Headquarters in Bakerton, WV.

At its most basic, a residency is a place for someone to live and work. What to work ON is determined by the resident.  

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
3 weeks - 2 monthsRural Residency in West Virginia

Rising: Climate in Crisis Residencies

New Orleans, LA, United States

Rising: Climate in Crisis Residencies at A Studio in the Woods invite artists to face the severity of the climate crisis and be agents of change to guide our collective understanding, response, and vision as we shape our shared future.

Application Type
Open application

Rising: Climate in Crisis Residencies

New Orleans , LA, United States

Rising: Climate in Crisis Residencies invite artists to be agents of change in guiding our collective understanding, response, and vision as we shape our shared future. 

Application Type
Open application

Rural Hackers Residency

Ponte Caldeas, ANceu, Pontevedra, Spain

Imagine waking up to the sound of the forest, walking stone paths worn smooth by generations, and sharing a meal with people who have lived their whole lives in the same valley. Then opening your laptop. Picking up your tools.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 month - 1 monthRural Hackers Residency

Sally and Don Lucas Artists Program (LAP)

Saratoga, CA, United States

Established in 1939, Montalvo Arts Center is home to the third oldest residency program in the United States. In 2004, Montalvo recommitted to its support of artists and opened a new, state-of-the-art facility, relaunching as the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program.

Application Type
Application by nomination only

Santa Fe Art Institute Thematic Residency

Santa Fe, NM, United States

The Santa Fe Art Institute Thematic Residency Program supports dynamic creative practices that engage complex social issues, inspire individual transformation, and inform collective action. SFAI welcomes local, national, and international applicants of all backgrounds.

Application Type
Open application