Stay up-to-date on the latest news in the artist residency field.

Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) News provides information about happenings at our organization and throughout the artist residency field. This includes announcements about upcoming ACA events, Advocacy Alerts that spotlight policy issues, funding opportunities for artists and arts organizations, and press releases.

In addition to this News page, ACA regularly sends newsletters that feature important news and happenings that are relevant to artists, artist residency staff and other arts administrators.

FIELD SURVEY | Cancellations + Postponements

May 1, 2020

AAC is tracking the current status of residency programs as they navigate COVID-19. Last week AAC launched a mini-survey exploring the current status of residency session and other programming.

FIELD NOTES | How we experience this moment.

April 24, 2020

“The decisions we make now will have an impact for years and decades and will reconfigure the planet.” — Yuval Noah Harari

FIELD NOTES | Pause. Record. Dialogue.

April 20, 2020

"The only answer to fear is more understanding. And there is no understanding if there is no effort to look more deeply to see what is there in our heart and in the heart of the other person." - Thich Nhat Hanh

TECH ACCESS | #ResidenciesConnect Recap

April 17, 2020

On Thursday April 14th, J. Soto, Manager of Programs and Inclusion at Eyebeam, Tony Grant, Co-Director at Sustainable Arts Foundation, and Flannery Patton Director of Member Services + Communications at AAC joined us for a #ResidenciesConnect session on Tech Access for Connectivity, Productivity + Information Exchange.

Seasonal Residency Programs | #ResidenciesConnect Recap

April 10, 2020

Residencies Connect Group Zoom screen shot

Residency practitioners took part in the discussed the impact and implications of postponement/cancellation on their residency programs in a discussion moderated by Lisa Funderburke Hoffman, Executive Director of the Alliance of Artists Communities, featuring Paul Sacaridiz, the Executive Director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.

FIELD NOTES | Generative Act

April 9, 2020

"Changing things, it's a generative act" - Tracy K. Smith

Prioritizing Staff and Artists Wellbeing | #ResidenciesConnect Recap

April 3, 2020

Twenty residency practitioners took part in the discussion exploring how organizations can center staff and artists at a moment when the ground is shifting. The conversation was moderated by Lisa Funderburke Hoffman, Executive Director of Alliance of Artists Communities and featured Carl Atiya Swanson, of Springboard for the Arts.

FIELD NOTES | Moving Forward, Together

April 3, 2020

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin

Dynamic Approaches to COVID-19 | #ResidenciesConnect Recap

March 24, 2020

AAC facilitated one of many field-wide online conversations on COVID-19 resources and approaches for residencies on March 24th.

COVID-19 Preparedness for Residencies Resources + Approaches

March 23, 2020

We recognize that residencies operate in communal contexts, and we are considering how COVID-19 affects artist mobility and general program operations. We will continue to connect you with translatable resources to support you in your decision-making processes during this public health crisis.