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 call deadlines

 

> 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, sorted alphabetically by open call name. These open calls do not have a deadline and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Civitella Ranieri

Umbertide, PG, Italy

Civitella Ranieri Foundation is an international residency program bringing together visual artists, writers, and composers to work independently and communally without judgment or interruption.  Every year from May to November, CRF opens the doors of its 15th-century castle in Italy to 12-15 acc

Application Type
Application by nomination only

Core Residency Program

Houston, TX, United States

The Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston awards residencies to exceptional, highly motivated visual artists and critical writers who have completed their undergraduate or graduate training and are working to develop a sustainable practice.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
9 months - 21 monthsCore Residency Program

Cow House Studios

Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland

Cow House Studios artist residencies have provided studio space for professional visual artists working in any discipline. These residencies offer a valuable platform for emerging, mid-career, and established artists.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 2 weeksCultivate: A Village Vision for Rathnure

Creative Residency

Brewster, NY, United States

Creative Residencies provide individual artists, innovators and small groups (up to four people) with the opportunity to create and ideate in the company of others away from the stress and noise of everyday life.

Application Type
Open application

Creative Residency Program

Elizabethtown, NY, United States

Situated on 320 acres of farm and forest bordering the Hurricane Mountain Wilderness area in New York's Adirondack Mountains, Craigardan's creative residencies are open-minded and place-based by design. We welcome all proposals and encourage multi- and interdisciplinary thinking.

Application Type
Open application

Dorland Mountain Arts

Temecula, CA, United States

Dorland Mountain Arts is a beautiful retreat where artists, writers, musicians, and composers can create in a secluded and protected natural setting. Dorland is located near Temecula Valley Wine Country, about 100 miles south of Los Angeles and sixty miles north of San Diego.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
1 week - 2 monthsResidency Program

Ecology Residency

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 workin

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 3 monthsEcology Residency October 2023 - April 2024

Family Artist Residency

This week-long residency for Minnesota parent-artists across disciplines offers the opportunity for them to bring their spouse/partner and 1-2 children to focus on their work while their child/ren enjoy age-appropriate, supervised activities onsite and in town.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
weeks2023 Family Artist Residency

Fellowship Program

Provincetown, MA, United States

The Fine Arts Work Center offers a unique residency for writers and visual artists in the crucial early stages of their careers.

Application Type
Open application

Golden Spot Residency for Oregon Visual Artists

Otis, OR, United States

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.

Application Type
Open application
Residency LengthOpen Calls
2 weeks - 1 monthGolden Spot Residency October 2023 - April 2024