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.
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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.
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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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.
A quiet studio. A beautiful setting. Time for inspiration.
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.
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| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 1 week - 4 weeks | Celestial Inspiration - Annual Perseids Meteors - AUGUST 2025 |
| 1 week - 3 weeks | Friendsgiving with Donkeys |
The Scherbarth Residency Program provides lodging and studio space to artists and makers in the visual, performing, and literary arts to participate in the creative community at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts, and the rural community of Mineral Po
Since 1976, Sculpture Space has been a launchpad for more than 630 visionary artists from across the globe—a place where bold ideas take shape and connections spark across materials, cultures, and generations.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 2 months - 2 months | Sculpture Space 2027 Open Call (Nov 2025) |
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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.
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
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 6 weeks - 6 weeks | Kent Cultural Alliance - Spring 2026 Residency Session |
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.
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.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 1 week - 2 weeks | 2025 Artist Residency |
Away from the congested urban life of Japan and surrounded by mountains in the small town of Onishi (ogre stone) in Gunma prefecture, artists can work free from outside distractions.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 6 weeks | 2026 Shiro Oni Studio Artist Residency Open Call |
Sitka residencies provide time and space for self-paced work and reflection in an inspiring natural setting.
Create in Tranquility! Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat in the country outside of Laceyville, PA offers visual artists, writers, composers and other musicians three week summer residencies between May & Sept.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 3 weeks - 3 weeks | Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat Summer Residencies 2026 |
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.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 45 days - 90 days | Soulangh Cultural Park Artists-in-Residence Program 2026 |
South Porch Artists Residency is a retreat space for working artists, scholars and clergy to pursue creative projects.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 1 week - 4 weeks | Ongoing Call for 2025 |
The STAR Collaboration (Students, Teachers, Artists-in-Residence) at Eagle Hill School advances artistic approaches to education by connecting diverse learners to accomplished artists who live, learn, and create new work on campus.
The Steel Yard’s Micro-residency program can assist you in growing and strengthening your creative industrial art practice with flexible time commitments.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 1 month - 3 months | The Steel Yard: Micro Residency |
The Steel Yard’s Year-long Residency program can assist you in growing and strengthening your creative industrial art practice.
Storyknife offers writing residencies for two and four week periods. Each accepted woman writer will have her own cabin where she can write and reflect, sleep and dream. Storyknife's onsite chef will provide all meals.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 2 weeks - 4 weeks | Residency Applications (2026) |
From February through November of each year, Stove Works’ Artist Residency invites eight artists to live/work for one to three months at a time.
The Studio Workspace Residency is an opportunity for artists to create new work and fully immerse themselves in WSW’s supportive environment. We invite applications from artists at any stage of their careers.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 2 weeks - 4 weeks | July – December 2026 Studios at MASS MoCA Residency |
The StudioWorks Artist-in-Residence Program at the Tides Institute & Museum of Art (TIMA) offers residency opportunities to visual artists from the U.S.
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.