Grand Canyon Conservancy’s residency programs support Grand Canyon National Park’s priorities of dark sky preservation and inclusive storytelling by welcoming artists, scholars, and scientists from throughout the world to explore and contribute to Grand Canyon’s historic and cultural legacy. Our artists and astronomers engage the public in meaningful ways, adding to the collective scholarship on the region, and celebrating the rich environmental, spiritual, and cultural impact of Grand Canyon.

Foundation House, located in back country Greenwich, CT, opens its doors for 10 days to six residents, allowing residents the time and space for concentrated creation in beautiful and inspiring surroundings. Foundation House’s mission as a non profit center for learning is to focus on health, wellness, the environment, and social justice.

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging the growth and development of emerging visual artists and writers, through its acclaimed 7-month residency program granting fellowships to 20 emerging writers and artists, and to restoring the year-round vitality of the historic art community of Provincetown.

In 1997 American arts patron, Nancy Brown Negley, purchased the home of Dora Maar, surrealist photographer and a companion of Picasso. After a 5 year effort, the Dora Maar House opened its doors in 2007 to the first artists, writers and humanities professionals. Originally known as the Nancy B Negley Artists Residency Program, the program changed names to the Dora Maar Cultural Center in 2024. Since our opening, we have welcomed more than 300 artists and writers.

Crosstown Arts is a multidisciplinary contemporary arts center whose mission is to further cultivate the creative community in Memphis by providing resources and opportunities to inspire and support diverse and far-reaching audiences. Founded in 2010, CA led the redevelopment of Crosstown Concourse (a former Sears building) and moved into the building in 2017. CA now programs and operates gallery space, a music venue, a 419-seat black-box theater, a residency program, a maker space, and a bar.

Craigardan is a nonprofit arts organization and educational working farm that leverages collective creativity for social good. We bring people together for place-based and interdisciplinary learning, providing creative residencies, courses, and events that span diverse artistic and knowledge disciplines in order to foster curiosity, inquiry, and collaboration.

We support ceramic, literary, visual, and performance artists, as well as farmers, chefs, activists, scholars, and researchers.

Cow House Studios’ aim is to support contemporary visual arts practice. We hope to foster a deep curiosity for one’s surroundings and encourage further engagement with the creative process as a catalyst for independent thought. To this end, we provide art education for children, teens and adults; facilities for colleges, schools and artist-led groups; and an artist-in-residence programme for professional artists.

Chulitna Lodge Wilderness retreat seeks to provide the time, space, clarity, and facilities for all forms of creative professionals or researchers to make and meditate. From visual artists, writers, scientific researchers, music, dance and more, we encourage all to apply for our various programs.

Chulitna Lodge is 180 miles from the nearest road, with fly-in access only; a historical landmark on the shores of Lake Clark National Park. 

Each year, hundreds of artists, writers, performers, musicians, and creative professionals of all disciplines are encouraged to customize their time and conduct self-directed residencies at Centrum. Located on the land of Coast Salish tribes including the S’Klallam, Chemakum, and Makah people. Centrum resides within the 400+ acres of Fort Worden State Park alongside a host of partner arts and cultural organizations. Residencies include fully funded, partially funded, and fee-based programs.

The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild provides a vibrant center for arts and crafts in the beautiful and unique rural community of Woodstock, NY, while preserving the historic and natural environment of one of the earliest utopian arts colonies in America. It offers a unique and inspiring combination of residency, exhibition, and performance programs that encourage creative collaboration among a diverse array of artists, students, arts professionals, and the public.