Belwin is a land-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting wild spaces and connecting people to nature. Just 15 miles from St. Paul, Belwin protects over 1,500 acres of prairie, savanna, and woodlands in Minnesota’s Saint Croix Valley region. 

Starting in 2016, Belwin has operated an annual artist-in-residency program for artists of all mediums. Beginning in 2023, artists in residence were selected through a partnership with Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is a learning organization built upon an extraordinary legacy of excellence in artistic and creative development. What started as a single course in drama has grown to become the global organization leading in arts, culture, and creativity across dozens of disciplines.From our home in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers alike.

Founded in 1977 by Doris Leeper, an internationally known sculptor and painter, and a visionary environmentalist, Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) is an innovative non-profit 3-week artist-in-residence program that provides artists the opportunity to work, collaborate, and be mentored by some of the world's distinguished artists in the visual, literary, and performing arts. The facility is located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Over 3500 artists have been served from the US and around the world

Art Omi has five distinct residency programs. Through a competitive jury process, residents are chosen, invited to attend at no cost to themselves, except travel. Abundant, catered meals and comfortable, beautiful lodgings are provided in a scenic location in Columbia County, New York. Art Omi is two hours north of New York City by train.

Arrowmont is an internationally recognized visual art education center, providing creative experiences year-round with weekend, one- and two-week workshops from March through November. The School also serves as a cultural center in the community offering adult and children’s community classes; an active juried, themed and invitational exhibition schedule; and annual art conferences and symposia. Our ArtReach and other children’s programs impact 1,500 local school children throughout the year. Our mission of enriching lives through art is the foundation from which all of our high quality educational programs grow and flourish.

Antenna is a 501(c)(3) non-profit multidisciplinary cultural institution presenting exhibitions, public programs, publishing, and regranting located in New Orleans. Antenna supports artists and writers so that they can contextualize contemporary life, create cultural capital and societal change through their work. Antenna offers opportunities for exhibitions, re-granting, residencies, publishing, and public engagement to artists, writers, and cultural bearers at all levels of their careers.

Anderson Ranch Arts Center enriches lives with art, inspiration, and community.

Founded in 1966, Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a premier destination for art making and critical dialogue, bringing together aspiring and internationally renowned artists to discuss and further their work in a stimulating environment. Nestled in the Rocky Mountains of Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado, the Ranch hosts an extensive array of workshops for aspiring, emerging, established artists, children and teens.

Anderson Ranch Arts Center also hosts a year-round Artists-in-Residence Program, fostering artistic growth for emerging and established visual artists.

The Anderson Center, founded in 1995 on the Tower View estate in rural Red Wing, Minn., USA, has renovated and restored historic buildings to support working artists and the creative process, including developing twenty-two active studio spaces and three galleries. A renovated barn serves as a performance and event venue, the historic main residence houses artists-in-residence, and fifteen acres support a sculpture garden.

Three cabin residencies at the edge of the wilderness in historic Dyea, near Skagway, Alaska

The Newport Art Museum was founded in 1912 on the belief that arts and culture have the power to bring diverse groups of individuals together, which ultimately promotes civic engagement and strengthens the social fabric of our communities. This core belief continues to guide our Museum’s direction today. Our galleries feature selections from our growing permanent collection, and notable special exhibitions, and showcase over 600 contemporary regional, national and international artists annually.