In the heart of Door County, Wisconsin, on a narrow peninsula between the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan, writers can find the peace and solitude to focus on their craft. Write On offers a space of inspiration and reflection on nearly 60 acres of meadows, old orchards, and hardwood forests. 

Women’s Studio Workshop envisions a society where women’s visual art is integral to the cultural mainstream and permanently recorded in history. Our mission is to operate and maintain an artists’ workspace that encourages the voice and vision of individual women, trans, intersex, nonbinary and genderfluid artists. 

We provide professional opportunities for artists at various stages of their careers and promote programs designed to stimulate public involvement, awareness, and support.

Willapa Bay AiR is situated on 20 acres in coastal southwest Washington state. We offer month-long, self-directed residencies to emerging and established artists, writers, poets, scholars, singer/songwriters, and musical composers. The Residency provides lodging, meals, and work space, at no cost, to six residents each month from April 1 through October 28 of the year. Applications are evaluated by working artists and professionals in the applicants' respective field.

Participants in the program stay in one of three self-catering cabins located just a quarter-mile beyond the retreat entrance. One of the cabins is completely ADA compliant and another can house two residents working on a project together.  Using the space provided by the three cabins, Wildacres hosts approximately seventy artists each year for one-week residencies from April through October. Residencies begin on Monday afternoons and run until Sunday mornings. 

Weir Farm National Historical Park is a National Park for Art, a place that has been inspiring artists since 1882 when America’s most beloved Impressionist, Julian Alden Weir, made this his summer home. Today, artists and visitors of all ages come to the park to enjoy the stunning landscape, walk in the footsteps of American masters, and create art! Learn more at www.nps.gov/wefa and visit us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WeirFarmNPS and Instagram @WeirFarmNPS.

Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts serves as a nexus for artists who create with clay. We foster the growth of artists at all career stages via residencies that prioritize the development of creative community. During a residency, artists work alongside one another in our open-concept studio while forging lasting connections.

Mission

The Wassaic Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, uses art and arts education to foster positive social change. We nurture connections between our artists and our neighbors facilitating a mutual broadening of perspectives and respect across economic and cultural boundaries.

Vision

The Wassaic Project envisions a community in the Hamlet of Wassaic and its surrounding region that is socially inclusive, generous, cooperative, and economically vibrant.  

Vermont Studio Center (VSC) was founded by artists in 1984. We welcome writers and artists for residencies in Johnson, Vermont, and host online programs and events. Our mission is to provide studio residencies in an inclusive, international community, honoring creative work as the communication of spirit through form. Our buildings, many of them historic Vermont landmarks, overlook the Gihon River in the northern Green Mountains.

Vashon Artist Residency is on the beautiful Puget Sound. Artists are awarded accommodations along with artist studios and writer’s spaces for 3.5 week sessions throughout the year. Our self-directed residencies are open to artists at all levels. We are committed to offering this opportunity to artists from disparate economic and racial backgrounds. We welcome artists working in the disciplines of music and sound composition, literature, theater, dance, media, and the visual arts.

Ucross is a renowned artist residency program on a 20,000-acre ranch in northern Wyoming. The organization is committed to providing deeply committed artists with uninterrupted time, studio space, living accommodations, meals by a professional chef, and the experience of the majestic High Plains.

The residency program is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, performance artists, and collaborative teams.