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.
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Elf School of the Arts is a nonprofit artist residency in Hayesville, NC. Situated beside the Appalachian Mountains and Lake Chatuge. Elf was originally an elementary school started in 1928 but has been renovated from 2022-2024 into an artist residency and concert venue.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 12 weeks | July-September 2026 Residency |
This is our most prestigious artist award and is open to visual artists, literary artists, dancers, and musicians. The award includes a $10,000 individual grant and requires a two-to-eight-week stay at Oak Spring.
In 2017, the Murray- Holman family partnered with Collar Works to design a summer residency program for visual artists, with unique opportunities for individuals and families.
ASSOCIATED RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Ellis- Beauregard Foundation | Artist Resident Program (MAINE)
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The Emerging Artist and Writers Residency provides stipends, multiple resident gatherings, visiting artists & curators, and an open studio/public reading.
The Emerging-Artist-in-Residence (EAiR) Program serves promising younger artists who have had previous experience working with glass. Six artists are selected from applicants worldwide. They receive a $2,000 stipend, lodging, and access to studios for two months each fall.
The Emmanuel College Art Department offers a six-week artist residency to four artists each summer. The residency supports a diverse group of artists, providing uninterrupted time and space for established and emerging artists to develop their work.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 6 weeks - 6 weeks | Emmanuel College Artist Residency (ECAR) |
Designed for emerging and established painters and drawing artists, this 4-week residency from June 27 to July 24, 2026 offers dedicated studio time to deepen your practice, experiment with new techniques, or complete ongoing projects in ESSA’s inspiring Ozark campus setting.
Essere Residency, founded in 2023, is an annual, self-directed program designed to encourage the professional and personal growth of creatives of all disciplines at any stage of their career or personal self-expression.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 2 weeks - 2 weeks | Open Call 2027 Essere Residency |
Our residency programme #Ey!Studio is designed to provide the ideal environment for artistic creation in Madrid. The residencies are for artists and curators (no collectives accepted) of any nationality and age who do not live in Madrid, Spain.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 3 months | Open Call Ey!Studio A. i . R |
Fall into Focus - Residency program in Finland, Fall 2025
Residency program for artists, writers and researchers
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 month - 1 month | Fall into Focus - Residency program in Finland, Fall 2026 |
Fergus Falls is a regional hub of arts and culture in West Central Minnesota, with a variety of organizations and spaces dedicated to visual arts, dance, performance, and artistic development.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 4 weeks - 4 weeks | Springboard for the Arts - Falls Community Arts Exchange |
July 13-19, 2026
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| s - 7 days | 2026 Family Artist Residency |
Located in the historic town of Hillsboro, Virginia, the Farwell Cottage hosts 1-3 residents in the month of January every year.
The Fine Arts Work Center offers a unique residency for writers and visual artists in the crucial early stages of their careers.
For over 30 years, Kala Art Institute has awarded artists time, space, and financial support for their work through the Kala Fellowship. The Kala Art Institute Fellowship is an artist residency award for local, national, and international artists.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 month - 9 months | 2026-2027 Fellowship and Other Residencies |
Since its creation 50 years ago, the Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship has become one of the leading residency programs in the world.
Foundation House, located in back country Greenwich, CT, opens its doors for 10 days to six residents, allowing residents the time and space for concentrated creation in beautiful and inspiring surroundings.
Fountainhead Residency provides artists with connections to thrive in their careers and a nurturing environment to create, converse, inspire and be inspired.
Located on the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum campus in Wausau, Wisconsin, the Glass Box Studio provides space and time for artists to experiment, explore, and produce individually developed or collaborative artwork in any medium.
Golden Apple Art Residency is situated within a very quiet and secluded spruce forest, approximately an hour north of Acadia National Park along the rocky coast of DownEast Maine.
Thanks to a grant from the Ford Family Foundation, the Sitka Center will be able to offer a special residency opportunity to practicing, mid-career, Oregon artists. This program is for 2-4 weeks based on the artists availability. This residency includes a stipend of $500 per week.
The Good Hart Artist Residency offers 10-21 day residency stays to visual artists, writers, and composers at any stage of their career.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 10 days - 21 days | Good Hart Artist Residency - Open Call for Residencies in 2026 and Early 2027 |
Artist residence studio workshop in Barcelona, provided by the legendary art print studio founded in 1945 by Joan Barbarà.
The Grand Canyon Conservancy (GCC) Artist-In-Residence program is designed to host individual artists with a well-developed body of work that engages contemporary themes -- especially those tied to conservation, cultural identity, and community. The residency prioritizes artists whose work a
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 4 weeks - 10 weeks | 2026 Grand Canyon Artist in Residence |