Created to serve artists living in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, the Inside/Outside Fellowship program is an opportunity for deep immersion in both studio practice and community engagement: Fellows explore materials and ideas to advance their creative practices while developing community art projects that contribute positively to this place we call home.

The Steel Yard’s historic campus is a platform for professional artists, makers, and the community to practice and learn the industrial arts. The organization fosters creative and economic opportunities, by providing workspace, tools, training, and education while forging lasting links to a local tradition of craftsmanship.

Ragdale is a nonprofit artist community located on the former country estate of Arts & Crafts architect Howard Van Doren Shaw and poet and playwright, Frances Wells Shaw. Through residencies, fully funded fellowships, and thematic collaborations, Ragdale annually supports approximately 150 artists, designers, and scholars from around the world, all of whom are seeking time and space to pursue distinctive works of the imagination. 

The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (EMAR) program by Collar Works is designed to provide a diverse group of emerging and established artists an immersive, inclusive, supportive, productive, and communal atmosphere for art-making and dialogue on a bucolic 77-acre farm in Washington County, New York. The summer residency is offered for 5 weeks, with 2 and 4-week residencies for individual artists and 1-week residencies for families.

Surel’s Place honors the legacy of artist Surel Mitchell by offering her home and studio to artists of promise, and of renown, for month-long residencies and professionally supported art events. In this inspiring live/work space artists of all disciplines are given time and freedom to reflect, create, and share their work with Idahoans of all ages and backgrounds.

Stelo illuminates the power of art to invite conversation and build community. We are dedicated to responsive models of support via partnerships, collaboration, and exchange.

Create in Tranquility! Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat in the country near Laceyville, PA. offers visual artists, writers, composers & other musicians summer residencies of three weeks between May & October. We have two resident/studio buildings accommodating a maximum of six artists. No demands, simply spacious studios, pleasant rooms, nature and time.

We encourage both group and individual applications. Artists shop & cook for themselves. Apply on line: soaringgardens.com. 

Popps Packing is an artist-­‐run neighborhood-­‐based nonprofit organization founded in 2009 by husband and wife artists, Faina Lerman and Graem Whyte. Our mission is to create impactful arts programming and foster cultural exchange between local and international artist communities, while leveraging the unique features of our region, neighborhood, and personal practices.  

The Muncie Arts and Culture Council is the designated Arts Partner for the City of Muncie. As Arts Partner, we assist with municipal initiatives where art integration can benefit Economic Development and Quality of Place. As an arts alliance, we build community among artists and arts organizations and serve as a resource for professional growth and opportunity.

Based in Denver, CO, PlatteForum’s Artist Residency is a competitive, international program that provides artists the time, studio space and support to create new work and dive into social justice topics. Resident artists lead workshops with PlatteForum’s ArtLab high school interns culminating in exhibitions and/or performances in our gallery. PlatteForum supports artists who reflect the community of interns we serve, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and artists living with disabilities are encouraged to apply.