This is our most prestigious artist award and is open to visual artists, literary artists, dancers, and musicians. The award includes a $10,000 individual grant and requires a two-to-eight-week stay at Oak Spring. This fellowship will be granted to an exceptional artist who shows remarkable promise to contribute to a deeper understanding of the natural world, and humankind’s place in it.

The individual selected for this award will be asked to spend 2 - 8 weeks at Oak Spring where they will be able to meet with staff, explore our 700-acre landscape and our efforts in sustainable land management, and visit our rare book library that holds over 19,000 objects, including many examples of botanical art.  The Fellow will have ample time and space to work independently on their own projects during their stay. The only requirement during their time at Oak Spring will be to give one 45-minute presentation with time for questions, to Oak Spring staff and any other fellows or residents who might be on site.

The Interdisciplinary Residency program is our flagship residency program – started in 2021, we plan to award about 32 Interdisciplinary Residencies annually. Each Interdisciplinary Residency session is designed to support residents who might be: artists, conservation practitioners, researchers, scholars, scientists or writers who are pursuing work inspired by plants, gardens and landscapes. The goal of this program is to provide individuals with the time and space to pursue their own creative projects alongside other residents who may be examining the natural world from different perspectives. By working side by side in a supportive environment, we hope that our residents might experience cross-disciplinary or interdisciplinary inspiration.

This program strikes a balance between providing residents the opportunity to socialize with other residents, as well as ample time to work independently. The only requirement of residents is that they attend and help clean-up approximately 3 provided meals per week. Beyond the weekly meals, we trust our residents to use their time as they see best fit, and there will generally be a few optional weekly activities for residents to participate in.

Residents are not required to make work that addresses our site specifically, although we often find that residents who use their time for research and inspiration, are most satisfied with this residency experience.

Designed for artists of all career stages, the Artists-in-Residence Program is an immersive studio experience awarded to six individuals each year. The program prioritizes time and space for residents to engage fully in their creative practice, experiment, and pursue new projects and ideas. In an environment that encourages contemplation, experimentation, and exchange, this program is invested in new modes of thinking and working in the field of visual art.

Residency Details

• Six-week residency sessions
• Two artists-in-residence at a time
• 24-hour access to 500 square foot, semi-private workspace in our new Madeline Tourtelot Studio Building.
• Access to printmaking, digital, metals, and ceramics studios and equipment.
• Private bedroom in shared, fully furnished Resident House located directly across the street.
• One-hour studio visit with session's Visiting Critic

PenArt believes in the value of time and space. All residencies are provided free of charge.

Villa Barr is the most recent addition to the parks and recreation division of the City of Novi, Michigan. The four-acre property, previously owned by internationally recognized artist David Barr and dancer Beth Dwaihy Barr, includes a home, studio and multiple sculpture installations in a park setting. The home was designed by Chicago architect Lawrence Booth to reflect David Barr’s personal aesthetic, one that was “…germinated by constructivist principles of art, fascination with nature’s innermost structural processes, and a belief in the promises of the American democratic experiment.”

Novi, Michigan (population 66,000) was founded as a township in 1832. Novi is equidistant (25 miles) from the centers of Detroit and Ann Arbor. The City’s public art program is designed to enrich the visual environment of the City of Novi by placing works of art that inspire the community and engage the mind and senses.

Three residency periods per year (6 to 15 weeks) *Shorter residencies are available on a case-by-case basis.

• Residencies are available April 15-December 15

Villa Barr provides to the artist:

• Full use of the house and studio at no cost
• All tools existing in the studio
• An honorarium of up to $1,000
• Opportunity for immediate family to reside at Villa Barr during the residency

The Artist will provide or be responsible for:

• Day-to-day living expenses including meals
• All supplies and materials used to create artworks
• Maintaining the house in a clean and orderly

Villa Barr is the most recent addition to the parks and recreation division of the City of Novi, Michigan. The four-acre property, previously owned by internationally recognized artist David Barr and dancer Beth Dwaihy Barr, includes a home, studio and multiple sculpture installations in a park setting. The home was designed by Chicago architect Lawrence Booth to reflect David Barr’s personal aesthetic, one that was “…germinated by constructivist principles of art, fascination with nature’s innermost structural processes, and a belief in the promises of the American democratic experiment.”

Novi, Michigan (population 66,000) was founded as a township in 1832. Novi is equidistant (25 miles) from the centers of Detroit and Ann Arbor. The City’s public art program is designed to enrich the visual environment of the City of Novi by placing works of art that inspire the community and engage the mind and senses.

Three residency periods per year (6 to 15 weeks) *Shorter residencies are available on a case-by-case basis.

• Residencies are available April 15-December 15

Villa Barr provides to the artist:

• Full use of the house and studio at no cost
• All tools existing in the studio
• An honorarium of up to $1,000
• Opportunity for immediate family to reside at Villa Barr during the residency

The Artist will provide or be responsible for:

• Day-to-day living expenses including meals
• All supplies and materials used to create artworks
• Maintaining the house in a clean and orderly

In 1997, Nancy B. Negley purchased the former residence of Dora Maar. In a five-year effort, she rehabilitated and updated this spacious eighteenth-century, four-story stone residence in the village of Ménerbes. Her goal was to make it a retreat for scholars, artists, and writers, where they could work undisturbed on their research, art, or writing, for one to two months.

Here outstanding mid-career professionals are offered fellowships that enable them to reside in the Dora Maar House and focus on the creative aspects of their work.

Storyknife offers writing residencies for two and four week periods. Each accepted woman writer will have her own cabin where she can write and reflect, sleep and dream. Storyknife's onsite chef will provide all meals. Breakfast is prepared by the writers from ingredients in the main house’s kitchen. Our chef manager will bring a nutritious lunch to each cabin, and in the evening, the writers will gather at the main house for a shared meal. Each woman will establish her own writing schedule and projects, and together, they will be able to form the kind of supportive writing friendships that last a lifetime.

The Hambidge Creative Residency Program nurtures exceptional creative talents within the arts and sciences at their 600-acre creative sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains, providing the space and time needed for visionary works to be conceived and developed. A spectrum of artistic disciplines is accepted – Arts & Culture Administration, Ceramics, Culinary, Dance, Music, Science, Visual Arts, Writing – as well as multidisciplinary and collaborative proposals. Nine individuals from around the globe are in residence at any given time – each has private accommodations and studio space, and shares communal dinners prepared by the Hambidge chef. ADA compliant studios are available and Hambidge is family friendly.

Thanks to a grant from the Ford Family Foundation, the Sitka Center will be able to offer a special residency opportunity to practicing, mid-career, Oregon artists. This program is for 2-4 weeks based on the artists availability.  This residency includes a stipend of $500 per week. This stipend is designed to make taking the time for a residency more feasible. All visual artists who meet the guidelines below are welcome to apply.

Create the Unforgettable: Dedicated to creating contemporary works in dance, music, opera, theatre, and interdisciplinary art forms. Hands-on training and professional development for artists and technicians at every career stage.

Dance Programs

A place for professional dancers and choreographers to research, train, and create new works.

Music Programs

Musicians of all genres can enjoy space and focused time to concentrate on artistic development in the unrivalled natural beauty of the Canadian Rockies.

Opera Programs

Performance-based, collaborative training for emerging professionals. Explore and develop new directions in this art form.

Theatre Residencies & Practicums

Hands-on training and professional development opportunities for actors, performers, and technicians.

Learn more about Performing Arts here.