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 accomplished artists for four six-week, fully-funded residency sessions. CRF offers a peaceful and welcoming sojourn during which its community deepens connections to one another and to the world.

Operating as an artist-in-residence program in Umbria, Italy, CRF has hosted over 1,000 Fellows and Director’s Guests from more than 100 nations since 1995, when it was founded by Ursula Corning.

Fellowships are awarded through a competitive nomination and jury process by a rotating group of distinguished artists, academics, and critics that ensures access to accomplished candidates from worldwide locations and backgrounds, who encompass a wide range of beliefs, orientations, and values. 

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. Founded in 2015 by Gabri Christa and curated/facilitated by Melissa West since 2017, PASS has grown into a signature Snug Harbor program. We offer up to six residencies per year where artists have access to live/work space within one of our historic cottages, with rehearsal space available in our Dance Center, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, and outdoor spaces. At the end of each residency, we host a work in progress performance and moderated artist talk. Such performances have taken place across our historic 83-acre campus.

Our Core Residency program -- we will celebrate our 50th anniversary in July 2023 -- is one of the longest-running in country. Judged blindly by jurors who are practicing professionals and/or alumni, from April-November each year we welcome 6-7 multidisciplinary creators to come to Steepletop (the historic estate of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet/activist Edna St. Vincent Millay) for one month stays (June and September also have two-week session availabilities). We have a number of fellowships that come with stipends available. To date we have hosted over 3000 exceptional poets, nonfiction/fiction writers, screenwriters, playwrights, filmmakers, photographers, composers, visual and performance artists. Works made possible by a residency enrich lives and communities globally: our alumni are consistently recognized with international honors (MacArthur and National Book Awards; Pulitzer, Lambda Literary and Pen America prizes, Guggenheim Fellowships and others). Core residencies are fully-subsidized and free of charge; they include: groceries, chef-prepared communal dinners, private bedroom, private studio and shared living/kitchen/dining.

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. AIRs become part of a dynamic community of artists participating in Headlands’ other programs, allowing for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within the artist community on campus.

Founded in 1981, by artists for artists, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts facilitates the creation, presentation, and understanding of contemporary art through an international residency program, exhibitions, and educational programs. Located in the historic Old Market, Omaha’s arts and culture district, Bemis Center serves a critical role in the presentation and understanding of contemporary art, bridging the community of Omaha to a global discourse surrounding cultural production today.

Bemis Center’s core mission has always been to provide artists from around the world dedicated time, space, and resources to conduct research and to create new work across conceptual, material, performative, and social practices. The independently driven atmosphere and communal environment encourage creative growth, experimentation, confrontation of challenges, and cultivation of new ideas. To date, more than 1,000 artists have participated in the residency program.

The Steel Yard’s Year-long Residency program can assist you in growing and strengthening your creative industrial art practice. Residents receive an all-access pass to our 10,000 square foot studio, tools, resources, and community. All participants should display experience, and an avid interest, within their media and a desire to work in a community studio.

The Steel Yard supports emerging and mid-career artists working in the industrial-arts: ceramics, welding, blacksmithing, or jewelry. Year-long residents have the opportunity to reapply for a second year. 

Accepted residents are invited to take, or teach, courses, attend critiques, participate in exhibitions, vend at art markets, be paid to design and fabricate public art work, and be part of a vibrant community of makers.

Residents will be required to sign a contract detailing responsibilities, privileges, studio access, and safety procedures. Residents will also be expected to contribute at least 5 hours of work time to the department monthly, and to participate in organizational fundraisers and departmental clean ups. Upon completion of their term, residents should expect to provide the Steel Yard with 5 images of the work created during their term, or as a direct result of their time at the Yard.