A two-week residency for artists & musicians to practice their craft without distractions in a safe, natural environment on an urban ranch in Austin, TX. Please note that this is an alcohol & drug-free residence.

Futures Fellowship

This fellowship supports artists with research-based projects who are reimagining the possibilities of museums, scholarship, and public engagement. The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program (RAP) awards funded residential fellowships to established and promising scholars with the aim of fostering a critical commitment to inquiry in the theory, history, and interpretation of art and visual culture.

As part of our commitment to fostering diverse engagements with the visual arts, RAP particularly seeks to elevate constituencies, subjects, and methods that have historically been underrepresented in the discipline. In addition to the general Clark Fellowships, which are open to any topic, time period, and geographic focus, RAP offers a number of special fellowships for specific research interests that are intended to nurture a variety of disciplinary approaches and support new voices in art history.

All fellows receive a stipend; are provided offices in the open-stack, 280,000-volume art history library of the Manton Research Center; apartments in the gracious residence across the street from our 140-acre campus; and reimbursement of travel expenses. Fellowships typically last for one semester, but longer- and shorter-term opportunities are available.

For more information and application details, please visit clarkart.edu/rap/fellowship. The application portal may be directly reached at clarkart.smapply.io.

Applications are due by October 15, 2026 fo

Located on the southwest coast of Washington, we are both a historic lodge and vintage trailer resort, and the home of Sou’wester Arts, a nonprofit organization offering artist residencies, workshops, and community programs year-round.

The Sou’wester is just a ten-minute walk from the shoreline. Nestled between towering pines and the Pacific Ocean, it offers a rare balance of quiet solitude and creative community. Through our nonprofit branch, Sou’wester Arts (501c3), we host a range of artist residencies designed to support experimentation, reflection, and connection:

Sou’wester Arts also facilitates opportunities for visiting artists to collaborate with our local preschool, creating intergenerational exchanges that celebrate play, imagination, and the creative process.

Residents enjoy a stay in one of over 30 vintage trailers, minimalist trailers, 4 cozy cabins, or 5 historic lodge suites.

During your stay, you’ll have access to Tuesday afternoon tea and zine-making gatherings, unlimited coffee, forested nooks, communal spaces and optional private bookings in the Garden Spa & Finnish Sauna or Tea Trailer.

Through an annual open call process reviewed by a juried panel, two early career visual artists between 18-30 years old, who identify as African, Latine, Asian, Arab, and/or Native American descent, will be awarded a year-long fellowship including access to an exclusive studio space, extensive professional development, several weeks access to a private cottage, an artist fee, and a culminating exhibition at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art. Fellows are encouraged to approach their fellowship from a place of exploration and growth, shaping new ideas and taking creative leaps, and working to develop their practice and skills to advance their professional creative pursuits.

The New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowships in Visual Arts at Snug Harbor is closed for the 2026 application process. Stay tuned for next year’s open call, which will launch in February 2027.

In Cahoots Residency is a place of collaboration and creative energy, a rare opportunity for uninterrupted work time as well as dialog with other artists. The residency provides housing and studio space to emerging and professional artists working in a variety of mediums. Our pastoral location and light-filled studios for book art, letterpress, writing, and printmaking inspire artists to make new discoveries and leave with a renewed passion for their work. The residency hosts from three to five artists at a time for sessions ranging from one to three weeks long. Residents are provided private individual guest houses (with kitchens and full bathrooms) and 24-hour access to the spacious shared studios or the individual writing studio. With a focus on community and inclusion, we welcome adult artists of all ethnicities, religions, ages, physical abilities, genders, sexual orientations, financial statuses, and educational backgrounds.

The Seattle Prize is dedicated to identifying, nurturing, and generously supporting exceptional artists. Our mission is to empower these artists to create masterful works that delve into profound human experiences—Beauty, Truth, Love, and Dignity—with the power to inspire transcendence and meaningful connection.