The Verdancy Project offers creative residencies, retreats, and workshops that make space for a wide range of inquiries, supporting creative undertakings, research, retreat, and project development.

Our natural setting provides respite, nourishment, and a source of passion and imagination.

We believe in the creative relationship between the land, art, and science.

"The unique mission of The Roll Up CLT assists in the facilitation and expansion of a more equitable and inclusive creative culture by advancing a community of independent Black artists who are committed to reimagining and taking ownership of our narrative, and by creating spaces to celebrate Black creative talent."  - Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina Poet Laureate, Advisory Board Member, The Roll Up CLT

Located in NYC, Snug Harbor is Staten Island’s leading incubator for bold and innovative art. Through the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art and other programs, we develop and present the work of emerging and established artists and companies working across the visual arts, theater, music, dance and multimedia. 

Monson Arts is an artists' residency and arts center in Monson, Maine. The goal of the residency program is to provide time and space for artists and writers to devote to their creative practices. Residencies are two or four weeks long and come with studio space, a private bedroom in shared housing, all meals and a stipend of $1,000 ($500 for two week programs). Located at the edge of Maine's North Woods near the Appalachian Trail, the town is surrounded by areas of stunning natural beauty.

The Manship Artists Residency was founded to preserve Starfield,  the historic summer residence and studio of sculptor Paul Manship, and to continue the legacy of working artists on Cape Ann.

As an international, interdisciplinary artist residency, Manship values those who challenge us to think differently. Starfield is a place where creativity and questions are encouraged and where all are welcome. Manship strives to serve underrepresented and underfunded artists.

MacDowell is an artist residency program located in a rural area of Peterborough, New Hampshire.  A Fellowship consists of exclusive use of a studio, bedroom, and three prepared meals a day for up to six weeks. Artists-in-residence need to be comfortable with a degree of solitude and disconnection from the outside world. Studios are comfortably furnished. There are no residency fees. Applications from artists representing the widest range of perspectives and demographics are encouraged.

Hyde Park Art Center is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. We offer a comprehensive set of programs that serve the creative and resource needs of artists and our communities. Our programs include exhibitions, public programs, studio art classes, and an international and local residency program for visual artists and curators.

Discover and develop your personal artistic voice! The IRIS ART CENTRE, located in the countryside of Greece, is specialized in art education and art coaching for artists, students and creatives of all ages and abilities. In the workshops and residencies, and in the online art coaching you get all the guidance and encouragement you need to work discover and develop your personal visual language. Workshops and residencies are full board so you can work concentrated for long stretches of time.