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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Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation is a Nigerian non-profit founded in 2019 by Yinka Shonibare CBE RA and an esteemed board of Directors. It delivers residency and public programmes across two sites located in Lagos and Ijebu.
The Hambidge Creative Residency Program nurtures exceptional creative talents within the arts and sciences at their 600-acre creative sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains, providing the space and time needed for visionary works to be conceived and developed.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 8 weeks | Hambidge Residency Spring 2027 Session (mid-February through May) |
Harkat offers self-organised residencies, ranging from a monthly to tri-monthly basis.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 month - 3 months | Harkat Studios Residency |
Haystack’s Open Studio Residency runs from May 25–June 5, 2026. The program 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.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 2 weeks | Haystack 2026 |
| 2 weeks - 2 weeks | Open Studio Residency Studio Technician |
Headlands’ Artist in Residence (AIR) program awards fully sponsored residencies to approximately 50 local, national, and international artists each year. Residencies of four to six weeks include studio space, chef-prepared meals, comfortable housing, and travel and living expense reimbursements.
For our inaugural residency season, Headwaters is inviting applications from writers and artists of all experience level. Apply for a week-long residency solo or with a creative partner.
Our Writers in Residence Program supports free-to-writers residencies for selected women-identified writers at the retreat each year. Up to 7 writers can be in residence at a time, each housed in a handcrafted cottage.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 3 weeks | 2027 Writer-in-Residence Program |
Short-term artist residencies in a natural, rustic environment
Situated on the eastern shore of Kezar Lake in Lovell, Maine, Hewnoaks provides artists across all disciplines and career stages unencumbered time to think, work, and experiment.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 7 days - 10 days | 2026 Hewnoaks Summer Residency |
We offer solo residencies of 1-3 weeks in a well-appointed cottage in deep woods above Hammersley Inlet on Puget Sound. The cottage is five miles from Shelton, a small logging town. Residents are responsible for their own transportation to Holly House, and preparing their own food.
The multidisciplinary General Residency Program is our foundational residency structure. I-Park supports artists and designers working in the following creative disciplines: Music Composition, Creative Writing, Moving Image, Architecture, Landscape/Garden Design and Visual Arts.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 10 days - 10 days | 2026 Composers + Musicians Collaborative Residency |
Casa na Ilha is a retreat space to devote time and focus to your creative pursuits in an ecological paradise. Artists can intensely dedicate to their work in progress or develop new projects.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 4 weeks | ILHABELA ISLAND, BRAZIL- JUNE/JULY 2027 SESSIONS |
| 1 week - 3 weeks | WRITING SESSION & WORKSHOP 2027 - Ilhabela Island, Brazil |
| 2 weeks - 4 weeks | ILHABELA ISLAND, BRAZIL - FEBRUARY/MARCH 2027 SESSIONS |
Join us for the first ever Janis Brenner-Moulin/Belle Residency!
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 1 week | Improvisation-into-Choreography with Janis Brenner |
In Cahoots Residency is a place of collaboration and creative energy, a rare opportunity for uninterrupted work time as well as dialog with other artists. The residency provides housing and studio space to emerging and professional artists working in a variety of mediums.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 3 weeks | In Cahoots Residency June - December 2027 Application |
These residencies have public-facing components that could be a workshop, a temporary installation, a performance, or another type of community engagement at some point during the residency. Stipends and funds for these vary and are project-specific. These happen throughout the year.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 4 weeks | In the Making Residency (2027) |
MSeeking Musicians and Bands to Come to New Orleans to Enrich Our Music & Arts Non-Profit with your Unique Sounds. Immerse Yourself in our Rich, Local Culture. Stay for 6 Days at Hostel & Glamping Prices. Ends with Your Own Spotlight Appearance. Includes All of the Following:
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 6 days - 6 days | Calling All Indie, Underground Developing and Touring Band / Artists! |
Trillium Arts envisions an artist residency center where artists of many disciplines can find a creative home away from home, offering secluded space for rejuvenation in a beautiful, remote setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 7 days - 7 days | Trillium Arts: Fall 2026 Individual Artists Applications |
| 7 days - 7 days | Trillium Arts: Spring 2026 Individual Artists Applications |
| 7 days - 10 days | Trillium Arts: 2027 Individual Artists Residencies |
APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS
APPLY for periods between 01 May - 31 October annually
The outcome of your application will be communicated within one week.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 24 weeks | Individual Residency Programme, Italy: TAKING TIME / PRENDENDO TEMPO |
WVU Libraries’ Art in the Libraries Program invites applications for its 2027 Artist in Residence (AIR) Program, themed Common Threads: Industry, Labor & Community.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 days - 1 week | Call for Proposals: WVU AIR |
The Interdisciplinary Residency program is our flagship residency program – started in 2021, we plan to award about 32 Interdisciplinary Residencies annually.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 5 weeks | Oak Spring Garden Foundation: Interdisciplinary Residency Program - 2027 |
Established in 2019 in the Hudson Valley in Livingston, NY, Interlude Artist Residency is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting a flourishing practice for visual artists who are actively parenting.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 3 weeks - 3 weeks | Interlude's 2026 Open Call! |
The Watermill Center's longest-standing program, The International Summer Program unites a community of international artists for a creative intensive at our East End Campus each summer.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 3 weeks - 4 weeks | The Watermill Center: 2026 International Summer Program |
Program Dates: February 9-17, 2026
Itinera Arte is an independent platform for contemporary art based in Rio de Janeiro, dedicated to the research, education, and dissemination of artistic practices.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 months - 2 months | Expanded Field — Itinera Arte International Artist Residency Program |
The Jackman Goldwasser Residency at Hyde Park Art Center connects artists deeply with their own practice in the context of our vibrant, multifaceted community.
Jackrabbit Studios is a creative sanctuary and retreat space in the Southern California High Desert where artists, healers, makers, and thinkers are welcome, encouraged, and quite often: transformed.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 4 days - 4 weeks | Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 Open Call |