Residency Programs Profiles

A new tool for artists and organizations to find and compare residency programs.

People eating by a window in a dining hall. There are large trees outside of the window.
People dining at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts' Dining Hall. Photo credit: Haystack Staff. 

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

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.

 

For Residency Staff

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.

 

Find an upcoming or ongoing Open Calls:

> Search Upcoming Open Call Deadlines to access the upcoming deadlines, sorted chronologically by the deadline date.

> Search Ongoing Open Call Deadlines to access all ongoing deadlines. These open calls do not have a deadline and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Moab Arts Reuse Residency

Moab, UT, United States

The Moab Arts Re-Use Residency (MARR) program's mission is to challenge today's waste-making culture by providing a unique platform for artists at the intersection of art, community, and waste systems. The Moab area is highly impacted by the tourism industry, and, as a result, waste management.

Application Type
Open application

Monira Performance Residency

Jersey City, NJ, United States

The Monira Foundation’s Performance Residency for 2024 will provide space and time to Performing and Movement-based Artists in the New Jersey/New York area at the Monira Foundation Gallery.

Application Type
Open application

Monira Residencies, Chicago

Chicago, IL, United States

The Monira Residency Chicago is a 12-month residency that provides established working artists with a nurturing environment in which to create their work. This year, we will award one artist a studio.

Application Type
Open application

Monira Residencies, New Jersey

Jersey City, NJ, United States

Monira Foundations Artist in Residence Program supports established artists who work in any visual arts media for 1 year residencies.

Application Type
Open application

Monson Arts Artist in Residence

Monson, ME, United States

Monson Arts is an artists' residency and arts center in Monson, Maine. The goal of the residency program is to provide time and space for artists and writers to devote to their creative practices.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 4 weeksFall 2025 Open Call
2 weeks - 4 weeksSpring 2025 Open Call

Montello Foundation

Montello, NV, United States

The Montello Foundation provides a solitary retreat where artists can experience the vastness of a desert landscape from a safe building, a “base camp” a unique space for inspiration and creation, a place that provides a shield from distractions in the solitude of the desert.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 2 weeksSolitary Retreat in the Nevada Desert

Mother's Milk Art Residency

Newton, KS, United States

,Mother’s Milk is a 2-6 week interdisciplinary residency, supporting three or four visual artists, sound artists, dancers/choreographers, and creative writers at a time pursuing innovative work in their field.

Application Type
Open application

Nawat Fes

Fes, Morocco

Nawat Fes offers fully funded residencies in the eighth-century medina of Fes, Morocco to U.S. and international creators in multiple disciplines. The initiative engages art to cultivate understanding among multifaceted cultures through the exchange of ideas.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
8 weeks - 8 weeksOpen Call

Nocefresca Artist Residency

Milis, OR, Italy

Nocefresca is a residency that brings together artists, designers, writers and creative nomads from around the world. Our objective is for artists to focus on their projects while experiencing the inspiring environment of Sardinia island, Italy, rich in nature, history and culture.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 2 weeksNocefreschissima - Short Stay Programme in Sardinia Island
1 month - 3 monthsLast Spots - Sardinia Island, Italy (2024)
1 month - 3 monthsOpen Call - Sardinia Island, Italy (2025)

Oatmeal Creek Writers Residency Program

Bertram, TX, United States

Oatmeal Creek is a residency for writers of any kind.  The residency is situated on 240 private acres in the Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin, Texas.  The property has 5 miles of groomed trails which provide solitude as well as a place for exploration.  Each year during March

Application Type
Open application

Open AIR

Open AIR is a place-based Artist-in-Residence program that connects artists from all disciplines and origins with culturally, historically, and ecologically significant locations through collaborative partnerships in Montana.

Application Type
Open application

Open AIR

Missoula, MT, United States

Open AIR is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization that fosters creative collaboration in Montana. With headquarters in Missoula, MT, we serve urban and rural areas of Montana. 

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
4 weeks - 6 weeksOpen AIR's Call for Artists-in-Residence

Open Studio Residency

Deer Isle, ME, United States

Haystack’s Open Studio Residency runs from May 28–June 9, 2023, and fosters a dynamic exchange of ideas among peers and provides two weeks of studio time and an opportunity to work in a community of makers.

Application Type
Open application

Osage Arts Community

Belle , MO, United States

Osage Arts Community is a residency program that provides temporary time, space, and support for the creation of new work in a retreat format. These creative residencies are generally anywhere from one week to one year but average around six months.

Application Type
Open application

Parent Residency Grant

Kingston, NY, United States

The Parent Grant is a four-week residency for an artist with at least one dependent child under the age of 18. Artists may choose to work in any of our studio disciplines: intaglio, letterpress, papermaking, screenprinting, photography, or ceramics.

Application Type
Open application

Partners Program

Atlanta, GA, United States

For the first time ever, anyone can apply to become a SFI partner as long as they are an artist, cultural leader, or environmentalist working in or on behalf of South Fulton County.

Application Type
Open application

PASS: Performing Arts Salon Saturdays

Staten Island, NY, United States

PASS: Performing Arts Salon Saturdays is a performing arts residency program that takes place at Snug Harbor, focusing on the creation and development of new, original work in dance, music, theater, and multi-disciplinary performance.

Application Type
Open application