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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The Echo Artist Residency Program invites two artists each quarter to experiment and create site-specific projects for our galleries and the greater Cleveland community.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 4 weeks - 6 weeks | SPACES 2027 Open Call |
An Ecology of Exchange is a 3.5-week self-funded residency in Joshua Tree, California for writers, poets, musicians, choreographers, dance artists, and artists working in ephemeral, performance, or video installation forms.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 3 weeks - 4 weeks | Ecology of Exchange |
In the face of global ecological concerns such as climate change, rising sea levels, deforestation, human overpopulation and species extinction, the mission of the Ecology Residency is to provide ecologists, environmental journalists, filmmakers, inventors, educators, architects and others w
Ecotones is a consortium of biological field stations and marine labs that host artist residencies and other arts activities. As transition zones between two different environments, ecotones are rich environments.
Emerson Dorsch Artist Residency (EDAR) invites artists and thinkers to renew, reflect, and create on a 68-acre site in Western North Carolina.
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University offers a five-month residency (January through May 2025) in the Art Department, which is composed of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Ceramics, Fibers and Material Studies, Glass, Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM, Painting, Photogra
EIAF 2026–2027 Artist in Residence Program | Applications Open
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 |
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| 1 week - 12 weeks | January-March 2027 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.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 2 weeks - 5 weeks | Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence | 2027 |
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.
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Ellis- Beauregard Foundation | Artist Resident Program (MAINE)
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Elsewhere Studios sits in Paonia, Colorado — a town of 1,500 in the North Fork Valley, where the desert meets the mountains, surrounded by orchards, farms, and vineyards.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 1 month - 3 months | Elsewhere Studios Artist Residency — Now Booking November 2026 Through April 2027 |
The Emerging Artist and Writers Residency provides stipends, multiple resident gatherings, visiting artists & curators, and an open studio/public reading.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 1 month - 1 month | Emerging Artists Residency (2027) |
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) |
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-in-Residence |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 2 weeks | Open Call 2027 Essere Residency |
The "Expanded Photography Research Residency" is an international hybrid program bridging Latin America and Japan, co-organized by FotoCreativaBA and IDEA R LAB.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 1 month - 1 month | Expanded Photography Research Residency: Japan 2027-2028 |
Ey!Studio occupies a space of approximately 160 m² dedicated to the residency programme. The facilities include three private resident rooms and a central multi-purpose shared area of approximately 80 m² used by both residents and the Ey!Studio team.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 4 weeks - 2 months | Open Call Ey!Studio A. i . R Madrid Spain |
Fall into Focus - Residency program in Finland, Fall 2025
Residency program for artists, writers and researchers
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
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| 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.
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.