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.

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

Penland Winter Residency

Penland, NC, United States

Penland’s Winter Residency program is a short-term residency opportunity for artists seeking to work independently in one of our 16 media specific studios during Penland’s quiet season.

Application Type
Open application

PlatteForum Artist in Residence (AIR)

Denver, CO, United States

Based in Denver, CO, PlatteForum’s Artist Residency is a competitive, international program that provides artists the time, studio space and support to create new work and dive into social justice topics.

Application Type
Open application

PLAYA Arts and Science Residency Program

Summer Lake, OR, United States

PLAYA’s residencies are open to the global community of scientists, naturalists, biologists, musicians, designers, sustainability leaders, social practice artists, musicians, visual artists, writers, performing artists, and collaborations and individuals engaged in interdisciplinary wor

Application Type
Open application

PlySpace Residency

Muncie, IN, United States

PlySpace is an artist-in-residence program dedicated to offering visual artists, writers, performers, designers, and other creative individuals time and space to investigate and pursue their own practices.

Application Type
Open application

Print + Paper Technical Residencies

Colton, OR, United States

We are excited to announce the evolving relationship between our two technical residency programs that will be concurrently hosted at our partner campus Camp Colton, in fall 2022 and spring 2023.

Application Type
Open application

Printmaking Barcelona Residency Program

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Located in the heart of Barcelona, ​​Printmaking Barcelona has been, since 1986, an artistic studio for artists to develop their works in the field of chalcographic engraving. Using essential techniques such as monotypes, etching, aquatint, mezzotint, carbourundum among others.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 week - 3 monthsPrintmaking Barcelona Open Call for Fall & Winter

Public Art Mural Grant

Kingston, NY, United States

This Public Art Mural Grant is a four-week residency in which an artist will create an original work for WSW’s mural wall.

Application Type
Open application

Public Art Residency

Boston, MA, United States

BCA’s Public Art Residency program supports two artists or artist teams each year to activate our public plaza and other areas across BCA campus with interactive, temporary public art.

Application Type
Open application

QHHQ Self-Guided Residency

Harpers Ferry, WV, United States

A retreat-style residency in the Quonset Hut Headquarters in Bakerton, WV.

At its most basic, a residency is a place for someone to live and work. What to work ON is determined by the resident.  

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 week - 1 monthRetreat Residency in Rural West Virginia

RADicle

Boyne City, MI, United States

RADicle is The Croft Residency's collaborative residency with RAD Fest in Kalamazoo, MI. The residency includes a fall residency at The Croft, usually in September, and a performance opportunity the following spring as a featured artist at RAD Fest in Kalamazoo, in early March.

Application Type
Open application

Ragdale

Lake Forest, IL, United States

Ragdale is one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country, located 30 miles north of Chicago and accessible locally by Metra train and internationally by O’Hare airport.

Application Type
Open application

Research Publication Residency Grant

Kingston, NY, United States

The Research Publication Residency Grant is a 6-8 week residency designed for individuals to work onsite in the WSW Archives and Reading Room on the completion of research titles that expand upon topics central to WSW’s core mission and history, including but not limited to:

Application Type
Open application