Residency Programs Profiles

A new 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.

Sculpture Space Residency Program

Utica, NY, United States

Sculpture Space seeks to build appreciation for the role of contemporary art and artists in society through residencies and other programs for outstanding sculptors that foster creative exploration, community collaboration, public engagement, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 months - 2 monthsSculpture Space 2026 Residency
2 months - 2 monthsSculpture Space 2026 Open Call (Nov 2025)

Self-Directed Residencies

Port Townsend, WA, United States

Artists, writers, performers, musicians, and creative professionals of all disciplines are encouraged to customize their time and conduct self-directed residencies. Projects might be the creative work of an individual or encompass the collaborative work of a group.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 week - 4 weeksSelf-Directed Residencies (2026)

SFW Residency at Kent Cultural Alliance

CHESTERTOWN, MD, United States

Resident artists will be embedded with a local community organization during the first week of residency to learn about the mission and goals of the organization, so as to be inspired with ideas for creative projects which will engage a broader cross-section of the public in those goals and missi

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
6 weeks - 6 weeksSFW Residency at Kent Cultural Alliance - 2026 Residency Sessions

Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program

Brooklyn, NY, United States

The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program awards rent-free non-living studio space to 17 visual artists for year-long residencies in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Its mission is to provide working studio space and community for artists.

Application Type
Open application

Sheepscot Arts Preserve

Alna, ME, United States

Sheepscot Arts Preserve is a new artist residency center that is dedicated to supporting Visionary, Outsider and Narrative (Visual) Artists of all disciplines with an emphasis on visual artists. We are located on 42 beautiful acres bordering the Sheepscot River in Alna, Maine.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 week - 2 weeks2025 Artist Residency

Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan

Jiali District, Tainan City, Taiwan

Since 2013, Soulangh Artist Village launched an art-in-residence program that aims to foster international exchange with artists from around the world and create a vibrant community of artists; local and international, emerging and established.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
45 days - 90 daysSoulangh Cultural Park Artists-in-Residence Program 2026

SU-CASA

New York, NY, United States

SU-CASA is a community arts engagement program that places artists and organizations for residencies at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City. The program provides selected artists with a stipend in exchange for the creation and delivery of arts programming for older adults.

Application Type
Open application

Surf Point

Mission

Surf Point provides time, space and support for members of the visual arts community to think, connect and create.

Program

Application Type
Application by nomination only

SVA's Artist Residency Programs

New York, NY, United States

SVA’s Artist Residencies offer artists, designers, and creative thinkers time, space, and a supportive community in which to develop ideas and focus on their artistic direction, with summer programs on campus in New York City, as well as year-round in online formats.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 10 weeksArtist Residency Programs
5 weeks - 5 weeksThe Artist Residency Project Fall 2025

SVA's Artist Residency Programs

New York, NY, United States

SVA’s Artist Residencies offer artists, designers, and creative thinkers time, space, and a supportive community in which to develop ideas and focus on their artistic direction, with summer programs on campus in New York City, as well as year-round in online formats.