If nature is your muse, collaborator, or co-conspirator, then make plans for a residency in March and/or April in Tennessee. 

Feel fresh with comfortable temperatures, pops of color and variety of greens. You'll hear the birds and possibly feel the spring rain. Take the shoes off and stand on the grass for a grounding experience.

“Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light, and that makes them beautiful." – Jim Carrey

A variety of flowers begin to bloom starting with the daffodils in February, but you'll also see wild flora such as clovers and dandelions. The trees begin their sprouting and the daylight is a minute longer day by day.

Those who stay at least 2 weeks will receive a guided Forest Therapy (aka Forest Bathing) walk (certified guide by ANFT) for a deeper connection to the land. Make the creative habit to wander the landscape on a daily basis. 

“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm." – John Muir

This is an ideal time to work outside, but there are several studios and work spaces that are assigned based on the calendar and your space/medium requirements.

The bulk of the residency schedule availability is during March and April. There may be overlaps in residency participation or you might be the only one to enjoy the solace.

• Daylight Savings starts March 9.
• Spring Equinox is March 20. 

“It's spring again. I can hear the birds sing again. See the flowers start to bud. See young people fall in love." – Lou Rawls, "Spring Again"

For more information about the residency including pictures and a blog of previous participants, please visit the website.
 

Pedantic Arts Residency brings together an artist, a curator, and a writer under one roof for a collaborative arts experience. It is a unique invitation to open greater and more cross-disciplinary dialogue within the arts by re-embracing the significant impact that education, study, and structured contemplation can have on artistic output. It is focused on fostering artistic connections rather than production.

Running for a period of 4 weeks, participants will be immersed in the creative communities of Pittsburgh. Pedantic is located in one of the city’s largest and most bustling art hubs. The assets of this creative network will be offered as a meaningful point of influence for residents, while providing them with ample opportunities to advance their practices and share their talents and perspectives.

Pedantic will entail weekly programming including but not limited to lectures, dinners, studio visits, and museum tours. Many of these will be open to members of the larger public or specific invited guests, while others will be reserved as special opportunities just for the cohort. Residents will also have the unique opportunity to partner and collaborate with local organizations and professionals. Each resident will be assigned to a Pittsburgh-based guide working in a similar field who will help connect them to activities, resources, and contacts.

The residency can result in a myriad of outcomes, whether immediate or over time through the continued percolation of ideas.

The L'AiR Arts Curated Professional Program is specially designed to enable participants to situate their artistic exploration and practice within both the historical and contemporary context of art creation in Paris.

This immersive art residency program offers a stimulating experience of intercultural exchange, research and professional development. Structured as a forum, this residency allows for an emphasis on meeting, connecting and inter-cultural exchange while engaging with the unique history and contemporary scene in Paris. Residents have an opportunity to build lasting connections with the fellow peers and expand their network of Paris-based arts professionals and organizations.

L’AiR Arts grounds its commitment to the contemporary arts within a historical perspective. The program not only provides the opportunity to explore Paris and have a space in which to comfortably stay and work, it also offers an insider’s view into the important role that international artists have played in Paris from the late 19th century to the present day. Located in Montparnasse, known as a historic hub for international artists during the 20th century École de Paris period, the residency program is dedicated to the historical legacy of this prolific period of intercultural artistic exchange.

The program offers a unique opportunity to learn more about the history of the École de Paris while reflecting on the significance of Atelier 11 as central to the international artist community in the past and its renewed role in the future. To foster meaningful encounters and connections, this program provides participants with the opportunity to meet local artists, curators, art historians, and gallerists working in Paris today. Residents also have the opportunity to participate in a facilitated group discussion to exchange ideas and share their work. During this residency, participants explore different artistic neighbourhoods of Paris, visit ​historic artist studios, many of which are normally closed to the public, as well as art academies and meeting places where the ideas that shaped modern art as we know it were formed.

Since 2021, L’AiR Arts Association has been spearheading a cultural heritage project to transition a historic artist studio Atelier 11 into an International Arts Research Residency dedicated to intercultural exchange.

Built in the 1875 as an artist-led initiative, Cité Falguière has served as a working and living place to more than a hundred French and international artists, including world-renowned Amedeo Modigliani, Chaïm Soutine, Tsuguharu Foujita, Constantin Brancusi, and Paul Gauguin. To continue this artistic heritage within contemporary culture, the last surviving studio of Cité Falguière -Atelier 11 continues to welcome artists and cultural professionals as an International Arts Research Residency. Preserving the living heritage of the École de Paris as a historic hub for intercultural artistic exchange, the aim of this project is to celebrate the significance of Cité Falguière as the world’s longest-running international residency that accepted and nurtured artists throughout three centuries.

A historic place built by artists for artists, for 150 years Atelier 11 Cité Falguière has operated as an artist-run space. Recently recognized as a heritage site, it continues to be supported by the artistic community of L’AiR Arts and Cité Falguière Associations. We invite our peers from all over the world to join us and contribute to the project while benefiting from the Atelier 11 residency in Paris.

The Alaska AIR artist residency program seeks international, US & Alaska artists to create new work and deeply engage Bunnell Street Arts Center’s community. 

Bunnell seeks artists to strengthen the social, physical & economic fabric of Homer through the arts by addressing pertinent themes. These may include accessibility, inclusion, sustainability, skills sharing, enhancing community well being, or strategies to build connection. 

Mediums include (but are not limited to) social & civic practice; ephemeral art; moving image; movement & dance; music composition & performance; and visual, literary or performing arts.

Alaska AIR residencies are generally scheduled for one month, October to April and provide $2000, travel, lodging, & studio/gallery space. There is a $25 application fee. (Needs-based waivers are available).

One to four fully-funded Alaska AIR residencies are awarded annually. Additional or partially-funded residencies may be awarded as funding and scheduling permit.

At the foot of iconic Pikes Peak, Green Box continues to establish itself as a leading arts incubator in Colorado’s Front Range. Applications will open on September 4th and will be accepted through Friday, October 11, 2024. Only complete applications will be considered. There is no application fee.

The Green Box Artist Residency Program offers artists of national and international stature, across diverse disciplines, and at any stage in their career the opportunity to create new works while living in and engaging with the community of Green Mountain Falls.

2025 Residency Opportunities:

• Open Project Residencies: 1-2 open residencies to be determined based on applications received.

Other Residency Opportunities offered in 2025:

• Arts Journalism Residency: A unique opportunity combining a two-week spring residency with on-site presence during the 2025 Green Box Arts Festival (June 27 - July 12, 2025). The selected artist will create feature articles in advance of the Festival, write daily blog posts reviewing Festival events, and provide pre/post context conversations during Festival events.
• Dance Residency: 1-2 residencies between September and November 2025, utilizing the newly restored Sallie Bush Community Center in Green Mountain Falls as the primary studio space.
• Art Installation Rooms: 1-2 residencies are available for artists to create immersive, interactive interior spaces. These residencies will take place before June 2025.

Deliverables will be mutually agreed upon at the time of awarding residencies. Community engagement proposals are an important part of the application and the residency, reflecting Green Box's commitment to fostering connections between artists and the local community.

Artists should note that a vehicle is necessary for living in Green Mountain Falls; they may choose to rent or bring their own. Private housing will be provided at The Shed, Green Box’s dedicated Artist housing.

Resident artists are provided with a stipend. The stipend amounts are awarded as follows:

• Individual Artists: $9,000
• Duo residencies: $12,000
• Trio or larger ensemble residencies: $15,000

For more information, please visit our website or contact us at info@greenboxarts.org for application-relation questions.