Residency Programs Profiles

MacDowell is an artist residency program located in the small town of Peterborough, New Hampshire.  Artists-in-residence need to be comfortable with a degree of solitude and disconnection from the outside world. Studios are comfortably furnished with the artists’ needs in mind.

Located on the sixth floor of the Museum and open to the public, the Artist Studios at MAD is a community engagement and professional development program for contempora

MADE brings together a select group of Creatives from different, but related fields, with different expertise, under the same roof where each can engage and share with one another distinct perspectives, skills, and reflections.

This is an ongoing programme open all year round for artists of all disciplines. The theme and focus of the programme is the emergence of the authentic self through creativity. The programme is self directed and self funded. 

Manship Artists Residency is dedicated to the preservation of an environmentally and historically significant site that has been given new life as an international, interdisciplinary artists residency for the benefit of the community and visitors to Cape Ann.

Middlebrook Arts Research + Residency Center is an accessible and inclusive dance and arts residency center located in the community of Jefferson, NY.

Marathons engage the practices of drawing, painting, and sculpture as direct methodologies for understanding one’s experience in the world. Open to artists of all levels, courses are taught daily in-person or virtually in real time from 9am–6pm ET.

Marble House Project is a multi-disciplinary artist residency program that fosters collaboration & the exchange of ideas by providing an environment for artists across disciplines to live and work side by side.

Mattering Worlds is an international media art residency exploring artistic practice in relation to more-than-human ecologies, technological infrastructures, and environmental transformation.

Located in the remote tropical mountain jungle, Mauser Ecohouse creates a unique tranquil, inspirational, health-conscious, and community-minded living experience for the artists.

The McColl Center's internationally acclaimed Artist-in-Residence program serves as a catalyst for growth for emerging and mid-career artists.

Each summer for the past three years, McLennon Pen Co. has transformed the traditionally quiet month of August into a period of artistic production and public engagement through our Summer Artist-in-Residence program.

McNeely Artist Residency at Sonoma Academy

Mentorship Residency Program

Mesa Refuge welcomes a diverse group of writers, filmmakers, audio journalists and other creatives—both emerging and established—who are defining and/or offering solutions to the pressing issues of our time.

Our Core Residency program -- we will celebrate our 50th anniversary in July 2023 -- is one of the longest-running in country.

The Steepletop Residency, inaugurated in 2021, is a partially-subsized one-month stay; intended for scholars and creatives with institutional or private funding, cost is $3000.

From mid-December through late March yearly we offer the Wintertide Rustic Retreat with reduced-fee stays (does not include food/groceries) from a long weekend to one month.  Alumni of our Core and Steepletop residences may also apply to stay for free with work/trade.

We provide accepted artists with space and time to create new work without the interruptions of normal life and with the bonus of healthy meals. During each residency, we host visiting artist presentations as well as resident "show & tells" -- both are dessert potlucks.

Purpose: The “Miss Sarah” Fellowship for Black Women Writers aims to provide Black women writers a restful environment conducive to reflection and writing.

MMCA Residency, run by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), is now receiving applications for the International Artist Residency Program 2023.

The Moab Arts Re-Use Residency (MARR) program's mission is to challenge today's waste-making culture by providing a unique platform for artists at the intersection of art, community, and waste systems. The Moab area is highly impacted by the tourism industry, and, as a result, waste management.

Moku Art Studio's mission is to create a space that highlights art concerning environmental issues such as ocean conservation, education, and protection, as well as sustainability.

The Monira Foundation’s Performance Residency provides space and time to Performing and Movement-based Artists in the New Jersey/New York area at the Monira Foundation Gallery.

The Monira Residency Chicago is a 12-month residency that provides established working artists with a nurturing environment in which to create their work. This year, we will award one artist a studio.