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.

Find an upcoming or ongoing Open Calls:

> Search Upcoming Open Call Deadlines to access the upcoming deadlines, sorted chronologically by the deadline date.

> Search Ongoing Open Call Deadlines to access all ongoing deadlines. These open calls do not have a deadline and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Nawat Fes

Fes, Morocco

Nawat Fes offers fully funded residencies in the eighth-century medina of Fes, Morocco to U.S. and international creators in multiple disciplines. The initiative engages art to cultivate understanding among multifaceted cultures through the exchange of ideas.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
8 weeks - 8 weeksFunded Residency in Morocco: Open Call

Nocefresca Artist Residency

Milis, OR, Italy

Nocefresca is a residency that brings together artists, designers, writers and creative nomads from around the world. Our objective is for artists to focus on their projects while experiencing the inspiring environment of Sardinia island, Italy, rich in nature, history and culture.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 2 weeksNocefreschissima - Short Stay Programme in Sardinia Island
1 month - 3 monthsLAST SPOTS - Sardinia Island, Italy (2025)
1 month - 3 monthsOpen Call - Sardinia Island, Italy (2026)

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

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

Prairie Ronde Artist Residency

Vicksburg, MI, United States

Prairie Ronde Artist Residency offers artists from a range of disciplines a 5 - 6 week residency in the historic village of Vicksburg, Michigan.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
5 weeks - 7 weeksPrairie Ronde Artist Residency Spring Session 2027
5 weeks - 6 weeksPrairie Ronde Artist Residency Summer Session 2027
5 weeks - 6 weeksPrairie Ronde Artist Residency Fall Session 2027
5 weeks - 7 weeksArtist Residency Fall Session 2026

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
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 week - 3 monthsPrintmaking Program All the seasons

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