Kolaj Institute’s Solo Residencies in New Orleans are designed to provide artists, curators and writers with dedicated time and space to work on projects. The mission of Kolaj Institute is to support artists, curators and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st-century movement.

Residents may spend one or two weeks developing a focused body of work, conducting research using the Institute’s archive and collections, exploring New Orleans as a place through collage, working on a book project, creating collage poetry, making a stop-motion collage film, preparing work for exhibition, or documenting and organizing their artistic work. Kolaj Institute is also open to artist-proposed projects with clear goals.

Kolaj Institute provides housing and studio space at its Gallery in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans. Residents have a private bedroom with access to shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and work in the Gallery studio with collage-making supplies and a printer. Prior to the residency, Institute staff meet with each resident to identify community partners, local resources, and opportunities that support the project, then work together to develop a plan for their time in New Orleans.

The residency is for self-motivated artists, curators and writers who benefit from uninterrupted time, creative exchange and engagement with New Orleans’s vibrant cultural landscape.

Founded in 2010, FotoCreativaBA is an international residency and training platform located in the heart of Buenos Aires, Argentina, inside the vibrant "Galería Patio del Liceo"—an artistic hub of designers, bookstores, and galleries. Open year-round, the residency welcomes visual artists, photographers, researchers, curators, and work groups (up to 5 people) seeking dedicated time and space to reflect, discuss, and create. Our mission is to promote cultural projects linked to contemporary photography and combined arts, fostering a lively transdisciplinary dialogue. The residency structure provides deep curatorial support, periodic project feedback, tailored studio visits to natural or historic heritage sites, gallery tours, and free access to all FotoCreativaBA activities and educational workshops. The program operates on a flexible, fee-based timeline ranging from 1 week to 3 months. It culminates in an open studio event, showcasing the resident's process and research to the local art community. While accommodation is not directly on-site, the staff provides close assistance and references for private housing options.

The "Expanded Photography Research Residency" is an international hybrid program bridging Latin America and Japan, co-organized by FotoCreativaBA and IDEA R LAB. Designed for visual artists, photographers, and researchers worldwide, the program combines a long-term online laboratory with a one-month immersive on-site research residency in Kurashiki, Japan. Phase 1 consists of a 12-month online laboratory featuring monthly theoretical and creative triggers connecting contemporary expanded photography with Japanese aesthetics (Wabi-Sabi, Kintsugi, Ma, Provoke movement), combined with individual curatorial mentorship and group critiques. Phase 2 transitions into a 1-month on-site residency at IDEA R LAB in Kurashiki, Japan. Artists utilize studio spaces to explore site-specific research, material culture, and the creative reuse of industrial waste. The program concludes with Phase 3: open studios, process-based activations, and public presentations or group discussions online or at the FotoCreativaBA gallery in Buenos Aires. This bilingual program (English/Spanish) is built on an ethos of exploration, deep observation, and transcultural dialogue rather than purely production-driven output.

Being a new residency program, we are looking for adventurous artists who wish to live and create on our growing property and artist retreat.

Offers writers and artists, a comfortable and supportive environment immersed in nature with the opportunity to focus on experimentation or the development or completion of a project. The facilities include private room, studio/ work space, shared full bathroom, nourishing home prepared meals, walking trails. The property is nestled in the northern Taconic Mountains with nearby access to historic towns and cultural venues.