Artist residencies provide artists, scholars, educators, and other creative professionals with time, space and resources to work, individually or collectively, on the research and development of their practice.
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For artists, the residency experience begins with research. By selecting tag words or phrases and filtering searches based on location, discipline, context, and more, artists will better understand differences in programs and determine which residencies might be a good fit. After creating a filtered search, users can save the list of results. This saved list then becomes a resource for artists throughout the research and inquiry process. Artists can learn more about the residency experience here.
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DEEP SPACE is a performance residency program for artists and groups who are experimenting and making new works along the fringes of the mainstream.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 1 week | 2027 Deep Space Performance Residency |
Every year, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program welcomes artists of all disciplines and grants them the gift of time and space: a four-week residency on our 583-acre ranch in Northern California's Santa Cruz Mountains.
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is located in a rural setting in the Santa Cruz Mountains, one hour south of San Francisco.
Dorland Mountain Arts is a beautiful retreat where artists, writers, musicians, and composers can create in a secluded and protected natural setting. Dorland is located near Temecula Valley Wine Country, about 100 miles south of Los Angeles and sixty miles north of San Diego.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 6 weeks | Residency Program |
| 1 week - 6 weeks | Creative California: Dorland Mountain Arts |
| 1 week - 6 weeks | 2026/2027 Dorland Residencies |
| 1 week - 8 weeks | Late Fall 2025 Residencies |
| 1 week - 8 weeks | Your Time! at Dorland Mountain Arts |
We invite you to join our artist-led guided walks, mindful retreats, and walking studios on the picturesque trails of the Camino de Santiago in the north of Spain.
The Provincetown Community Compact announces 2026 dune shack residency applications are now open for C-Scape and Fowler Dune Shacks in the Cape Cod National Seashore, available April through November. Applications are due January 15, 2026. thecompact.org/dune-shacks.html
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 3 weeks | Dune Shack Residencies in the Cape Cod National Seashore |
The Echo Artist Residency Program invites two artists each quarter to experiment and create site-specific projects for our galleries and the greater Cleveland community.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 4 weeks - 6 weeks | SPACES 2027 Open Call |
In the face of global ecological concerns such as climate change, rising sea levels, deforestation, human overpopulation and species extinction, the mission of the Ecology Residency is to provide ecologists, environmental journalists, filmmakers, inventors, educators, architects and others w
Ecotones is a consortium of biological field stations and marine labs that host artist residencies and other arts activities. As transition zones between two different environments, ecotones are rich environments.
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University offers a five-month residency (January through May 2025) in the Art Department, which is composed of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Ceramics, Fibers and Material Studies, Glass, Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM, Painting, Photogra
EIAF 2026–2027 Artist in Residence Program | Applications Open
Elf School of the Arts is a nonprofit artist residency in Hayesville, NC. Situated beside the Appalachian Mountains and Lake Chatuge. Elf was originally an elementary school started in 1928 but has been renovated from 2022-2024 into an artist residency and concert venue.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 week - 12 weeks | January-March 2026 Residency |
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.
In 2017, the Murray- Holman family partnered with Collar Works to design a summer residency program for visual artists, with unique opportunities for individuals and families.
ASSOCIATED RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Ellis- Beauregard Foundation | Artist Resident Program (MAINE)
ORGANIZATION
The Emerging Artist and Writers Residency provides stipends, multiple resident gatherings, visiting artists & curators, and an open studio/public reading.
The Emerging-Artist-in-Residence (EAiR) Program serves promising younger artists who have had previous experience working with glass. Six artists are selected from applicants worldwide. They receive a $2,000 stipend, lodging, and access to studios for two months each fall.
The Emmanuel College Art Department offers a six-week artist residency to four artists each summer. The residency supports a diverse group of artists, providing uninterrupted time and space for established and emerging artists to develop their work.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 6 weeks - 6 weeks | Emmanuel College Artist Residency (ECAR) |
Essere Residency, founded in 2023, is an annual, self-directed program designed to encourage the professional and personal growth of creatives of all disciplines at any stage of their career or personal self-expression.
Our residency programme #Ey!Studio is designed to provide the ideal environment for artistic creation in Madrid. The residencies are for artists and curators (no collectives accepted) of any nationality and age who do not live in Madrid, Spain.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 2 weeks - 3 months | Open Call Ey!Studio A. i . R |
Fall into Focus - Residency program in Finland, Fall 2025
Residency program for artists, writers and researchers
July 13-19, 2026
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| s - 7 days | 2026 Family Artist Residency |
Located in the historic town of Hillsboro, Virginia, the Farwell Cottage hosts 1-3 residents in the month of January every year.
The Fine Arts Work Center offers a unique residency for writers and visual artists in the crucial early stages of their careers.
For over 30 years, Kala Art Institute has awarded artists time, space, and financial support for their work through the Kala Fellowship. The Kala Art Institute Fellowship is an artist residency award for local, national, and international artists.
| Residency Length | Open Calls |
|---|---|
| 1 month - 9 months | 2026-2027 Fellowship and Other Residencies |