Founded as Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, LMCC serves, connects, and makes space for artists and community.

Since 1973, LMCC has been the champion for independent artists in New York City and the cultural life force of Lower Manhattan.

We envision New York City as a place in which artists and community in dialogue are creating a more just, equitable, and sustainable society.

18th Street Arts Center values art making as an essential component of a vibrant, just, and healthy society. Its mission is “to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art making.” Founded in 1988, 18th Street Arts Center has fostered and supported the work of many of Los Angeles’ most engaging artists, and has built bridges to artist communities around the globe.

18th Street Arts Center’s residency programs help build and strengthen the creative community by working with local, national and international artists and curators. 18th Street Arts Center’s visiting artist residency program has hosted more than 400 artists from dozens of countries around the world since it first began in 1992. Their presence at the Center has enlivened the multicultural dialogue of Los Angeles. 

Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency advances the production and presentation of new work and ideas by an international community of artists and writers by providing an arena of generous support and historic space enriched by the legacies of Corsicana, Texas.

The mission of The Compact is to advance the health and cultural well being of the community of Provincetown and the Lower Cape – its people, the natural environment and the economy. Our initiatives include: The Swim For Life, Dune Shack Residencies, and the Think-ubator program, Prayer Ribbons and special projects and initiatives.

The New Quorum brings musicians and writers from across the globe to New Orleans for cultural exchange with local and regional artists. We promote and facilitate cultural exchange through our Residency program, producing cultural events, and an exchange program that provides New Orleans artists with opportunities outside the city. An emphasis is on professional development and career support to New Orleans’ varied community of artists while disseminating the city's unique culture worldwide.

The Mesa Refuge offers creative residencies for writers, activists and artists working for social change. It is our priority to support those focusing on “ideas at the edge” of three areas—environment, economic equity and social justice. The Mesa Refuge has supported more than 1,000 change-making writers, audio journalists, film makers, and artists in the past 25 years. 

The mission of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is to provide an extraordinary environment for cultural innovation and excellence. As both an incubator for creativity and presenter for world-class artists in dance, theater, music, film, poetry, culinary and visual arts, Kaatsbaan provides artists with state-of-the-art dance studios, accommodations, an indoor theater, and two outdoor stages. Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is committed to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts.

Hypatia-in-the-Woods maintains a cottage in quiet woods five miles from town for women in the arts and academia to come for residencies of 1-3 weeks (2-week limit summer quarter) to complete a specific project away from quotidian distractions. We are a small nonprofit without staff (we're all volunteers). Residencies are solo, self-catering, clean-your-way-out. (Residents with disabilities may bring an assistant; cottage is not fully ADA-compliant but does have ramps.)  A vehicle is a must. 

Dorland Mountain Arts mission is to provide a unique working retreat for visual artists, writers, and musicians inspiring creativity in a secluded, natural setting.

Dorland Mountain Arts is an incorporated non-profit that serves the local, national and international arts community, providing cultural recognition for the town of Temecula. What had began as a private retreat for friends evolved into Southern California’s only year-round residential artists’ colony and an internationally recognized haven for visual artists, writers, mu

The Djerassi Resident Artists Program supports and enhances the creativity of artists by providing uninterrupted time for work, reflection, and collegial interaction in a setting of great natural beauty, and preserves the land on which the Program is situated. Djerassi annually serves 65 to 70 artists, representing a broad range of disciplines and also offers collaborative programming. We provide all meals and accommodation during the month-long residencies.