From mid-December through late March yearly we offer the Wintertide Rustic Retreat with reduced-fee stays (does not include food/groceries) from a long weekend to one month. 

Alumni of our Core and Steepletop residences are welcome.  Please reach out if you require information as to work/trade possibilities.

Our Core Residency program, now in its 51st year, 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 two-week to month-long stays.

The March 1 deadline is for residencies from August-November of the same year; the October 1 deadline is for residencies from April-July of the following year.

While collaborative duos are welcome to apply at either/both deadline, group/collective applications must be received by the MARCH deadline for stays early December.  (We provide a stipend to offset groceries but you must do your own shopping/meal preparation.  We have a total of 7 queen beds available for accommodations.)

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 (except for application fee and $100 nonrefundable deposit) and include: groceries, chef-prepared communal dinners, private bedroom, private studio and shared living/kitchen/dining.

Our sylvan 11-acre campus, located in the upper Hudson Valley and nestled against the Berkshires, features serene meadows, bounteous wooded trails and access to multiple cultural institutions and natural attractions.

THE MARCH DEADLINE IS THE ONLY TIME TO APPLY AS A GROUP FOR STAYS IN DECEMBER. | COLLABORATIVE DUOS MAY APPLY AT EITHER THE MARCH OR OCTOBER DEADLINE.

*Applications are accepted through March 8, 2025, however applications submitted after March 1, 2025 have a higher application fee ($65).

The Steel Yard’s 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 artists working in the industrial-arts: ceramics, welding, blacksmithing, jewelry, or the foundry arts. We offer short term and long term residency options; ranging from one month to one year. 

Accepted residents have access to studios, tools, space, and community. They 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 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.

The Steel Yard’s 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 artists working in the industrial-arts: ceramics, welding, blacksmithing, jewelry, or the foundry arts. We offer short term and long term residency options; ranging from one month to one year. 

Accepted residents have access to studios, tools, space, and community. They 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 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.