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, 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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The Watermill Center’s Artist Residency Program began in 2006 when The Center officially opened as a year-round facility.
A place to write and film and create. To find and renew creativity while surrounded by spiral-vined gardens, creaky wraparound porches and towering magnolias. To walk among the whispers of friendly ghosts and pastoral splendor.
In 1997, Nancy B. Negley purchased the former residence of Dora Maar. In a five-year effort, she rehabilitated and updated this spacious eighteenth-century, four-story stone residence in the village of Ménerbes.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 month - 2 months | Dora Maar House Open Call for 2025 Residencies |
| 1 month - 2 months | Dora Maar House Open Call for 2026 Residencies |
One-week Art Residency Retreat stays. These retreats can accommodate up to 4 creatives during any one week period (a collaborative studio experience is possible). Accommodations and family-style dinners Included.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 4 weeks | Art Retreat in Downeast Maine |
In 2012 the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts opened its doors to a one-of a-kind artist residency for artists working in paint.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 4 weeks - 4 weeks | 2026 Residency Open Call |
The Hundredth Hill Writer and Musician Retreats provide creatives 50 acres of pristine woodlands and four original, upcycled, and finely-crafted residences for week- and month-long retreats in the rolling hills just outside Bloomington, Indiana.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 1 month | The Hundredth Hill Artist Retreat for Writers and Musicians |
The Luminary 2024 Residency Open Call supports creative practitioners who engage with pressing issues of our time.
Located in the heart of historic New Orleans, The New Quorum Artist Residency program provides emerging and established musicians, composers and writers with a focused period of time to pursue artistic development, exchange ideas, and engage with the larger New Orleans arts community.
The Nicholson Project is an artist residency program coupled with a neighborhood garden that works to support artists and serve as a creative and innovative cultural hub.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 10 weeks - 10 weeks | The Nicholson Project 2026 Residency Open Call (Washington DC) |
The Rice Place is an ongoing endeavor of the Friends of Clyde Rice. Clyde and Ginny Rice's historic home serves as a retreat for writers, artists, musicians, naturalists, and others who seek a safe haven in which to reflect and create.
Sunlit Residency honors the legacy of anthropologist Dr. Sue-Je Lee Gage, pioneering scholar of Amerasians in South Korea, change maker, beloved teacher and mentor whose talents and interests spanned the fine arts, the humanities, and the social sciences.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 4 weeks | Summer 2025 Residency Program |
| 2 days - 4 weeks | Year-Round Residency Programs |
The purpose of The Whirlybird Compound Artist in Residency of Acadiana, run by Christy Leichty and Jim Phillips, is to enhance the creative process of artists through cultural immersion.
One of the few things that was clear at the start of this pandemic was the fact that the format of the residencies as such, and the way we support artistic practices, needed to adapt and evolve.
Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center is located in the Madou district, on the northern outskirts of Tainan City. Madou is a tranquil and leisurely small town with a laid-back lifestyle, located approximately 50 minutes drive from downtown Tainan.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 45 days - 90 days | Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultutal Center Artists-in-Residence Program 2025 |
Tusen Takk’s residencies are geared for artists to explore new ideas or expand current work. We look for ideas and work that will affirm and enrich the human spirit, giving form to chaos and perception to beauty.
Ucross is a vital and relevant resource for artists of all backgrounds and disciplines, who come from all over the United States and the world. The uninterrupted time and space offered is increasingly rare, and the connections built within the community are of great importance to artists.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 6 weeks | Ucross Spring 2026 Artist Residency Open Call |
| 2 weeks - 6 weeks | Native American Fellowships for Visual Artists and Writers: Spring 2026 |
Roman J. Witt Residency Call For Proposals
Vashon Artist Residency provides a diverse group of artists the time and space to create, the opportunity to engage with other residents and the experience of living and working amidst the ecology and community of Vashon Island located on the beautiful Salish Sea in Washington State.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 4 weeks | 2026 Residency Application |
Vermont Studio Center (VSC) was founded by artists in 1984. We welcome writers and artists for residencies in Johnson, Vermont, and host online programs and events.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 4 weeks | Vermont Studio Center Open Call |
Villa Barr is the most recent addition to the parks and recreation division of the City of Novi, Michigan.
Villa Barr is the most recent addition to the parks and recreation division of the City of Novi, Michigan.
Villa Barr is the most recent addition to the parks and recreation division of the City of Novi, Michigan.
Villa Barr is the most recent addition to the parks and recreation division of the City of Novi, Michigan.
Our Visual Arts Residency supports artists in experimenting with their craft and developing their focus or testing new ideas, while also engaging in vital public dialogue.