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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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 Residency supports creative practitioners who engage with pressing issues of our time.
The Micro-Residency at Bischoff Inn Inn offers artists a clean, calming and peaceful space for study, work and relaxation. Residencies last for 1 or 2 weeks and are equal parts relaxation and productive work time.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 2 weeks | Winter/Spring 2025-2026 Session |
| 1 week - 2 weeks | Summer 2026 Micro-Residency Program |
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 2027 In-House Residency Open Call (Washington DC) |
| 6 months - 8 months | The Nicholson Project 2027 Local Artist Studio Residency (LASR) Open Call (Washington DC) |
The Paseo Project Artist in Residence Programs bring artists from all over the world to Taos, offering dedicated time and space to pursue their creative work.
Immerse yourself in your craft in the lush nature surrounding Blue Spring Creek for a 6-day writers' retreat tucked away in Ashland City, TN, just 30 minutes outside of Nashville!
Save the date for November 6-7th, 2026 for the next Porch Writing Retreat!
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.
The Sable Project started with a forested piece of land near a mountain called Sable and an idea to bring creative people together in order to grow food and make art.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 days - 5 days | Summer Guest Artist Residencies |
The Sable Project started with a forested piece of land near a mountain called Sable and an idea to bring creative people together in order to grow food and make art.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 10 days - 10 days | 10-Day Summer Residencies |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
The Trinacria Festival Residency is a 3-week, community-centered program designed for professional artists whose work directly engages the Pezzolo community. The dates of the program are July 24 - August 13, 2026.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 21 days - 21 days | Trinacria Festival Residency 2026 |
Cultivarte is an ecological artist residency located in the warm and peaceful mountains of Anapoima, Colombia. Our program offers artists, writers, and creatives a quiet and inspiring environment to deepen their practice, rest, reconnect, and develop new ideas.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 3 months | TROPICAL ART RETREAT |
The Truro Clay Works Artist Residency invites three ceramicists to join our creative community for a one-year term starting October 5 of 2026. Residents live in a large fully furnished communal home with private bedrooms, two full shared bathrooms, living room, laundry room, pantry and kitchen.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 month - 1 year | Truro Clay Works Ceramic Residency |
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.
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 Fall 2026 Artist Residency Open Call |
| 4 weeks - 4 weeks | Ucross Native American Fellowships for Visual Artists and Writers Fall 2026 Open Call |
| 2 weeks - 6 weeks | Ucross Spring 2027 Artist Residency Open Call |
| 2 weeks - 6 weeks | Ucross Native American Fellowships for Visual Artists and Writers: Spring 2027 |
Roman J. Witt Residency Call For Proposals
Vashon Artist Residency supports artists by offering time, space, and resources to reflect, create and connect on spectacular Vashon Island on the shore of the Salish Sea in Washington State.
VCCA’s artist residency program at Mt. San Angelo in Amherst, Virginia, hosts up to 360 writers, visual artists, and composers each year in residencies of varying lengths with flexible scheduling (up to six weeks with no minimum length of stay).
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 30 days | Virginia Center for the Creative Arts: Wachtmeister Award |