The Pezzolo Retreat Residency is a self-directed creative retreat designed for artists seeking uninterrupted time and space to explore, rest, and experiment. 

The residency is designed to provide time, space, and freedom, allowing each participant to set their own goals and rhythms.

Open to individual artists or small groups of up to three collaborators, across any discipline—visual arts, performing arts, writing, music, dance, or interdisciplinary practices. 

We encourage applicants who:

• Value self-directed, reflective, and experimental work.
• Are curious, open, and respectful of a shared residency environment.
• Appreciate slowing down and engaging deeply with their process, rather than focusing on a finished product.
• May wish to share their work informally with fellow residents or the local community, though this is entirely optional.
• Are inspired by natural surroundings and a remote village setting, and who might draw creatively from this unique context.

There are no strict requirements for public presentations or collaborative outcomes, besides a final reflection practice. Participants may choose to take part in a small, informal sharing if they so wish.  

Our residency program is dedicated to supporting the artistic investigation and creative practice of interdisciplinary artists and cultural workers from Oaxaca, the United States, and around the world.  This program embodies our belief that creative inquiry and intercultural dialogue is essential for imagining new possibilities and expanding collective understanding, fostering a shared culture of learning where artists & cultural workers cross disciplines, challenge narratives, and take creative risks.

A five week program, we host a mix of local and international residents  who engage deeply in investigation, conversation, and community connection through presentations, public workshops and an open studio. 

The Provincetown Community Compact announces 2026 dune shack residency applications are now open for C-Scape and Fowler Dune Shacks in the Cape Cod National Seashore, available April through November. Applications are due January 15, 2026. thecompact.org/dune-shacks.html

This artist retreat is an experience of solitude, reflection and experimentation. Artist residencies take place in the C-Scape Dune shack, which does not have running water or electricity. There is a kitchen equipped with a gas stove and refrigerator, and kerosene lamps and portable solar lights for lighting. Phone service is inconsistent and there is no Wi-Fi.

We offer three 3-week visual artist residencies, one for an emerging artist of color* that includes a $500 fellowship, named for the late David Bethuel Jamieson, a Black artist who spent time in Provincetown and died of AIDS in 1992. Another top juried artist will receive a $500 fellowship with their residency. 

The Compact also offers 1-week residencies for artists and the general public, and two 1-week funded residencies for writers.

*An emerging artist of color is defined as one who has yet to receive a major exhibition or showcasing opportunities and has not had extensive media coverage for their work. Artists of all ages may apply.

We also invite applicants to donate a voluntary "Honor Tax", which will be donated to the Native Land Conservancy, providing an opportunity to move beyond land acknowledgement.

The Echo Artist Residency Program invites two artists each quarter to experiment and create site-specific projects for our galleries and the greater Cleveland community. Each season, SPACES selects one local artist from Northeast Ohio—defined as Cuyahoga County and its contiguous counties: Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, Geauga, and Lake—and one artist from outside the region. These two artists form a peer cohort, fostering the exchange of ideas, techniques, and networks. While collaboration is not required, the selection committee seeks artists with complementary or intersecting themes to enhance dialogue and impact. SPACES encourages applicants to propose projects that push the boundaries of their artistic practice, and share an authentic connection to this region.

Benefits

• An artist honorarium and production budget
• Full use of SPACES’ production facilities and A/V equipment
• Access to offsite maker spaces at no cost
• Research support and curatorial guidance
• On-site lodging in the gallery
• A dedicated local artist ambassador to help foster genuine community connections
• Opportunities to engage in local cultural experiences
• Marketing and Press support, including a press release
• An exhibition preview night with community arts leaders
• A public exhibition opening reception

OPEN MEADOWS at MILDRED’S LANE

Plan a private residency/retreat for yourself or with friends and colleagues

Mildred’s Lane offers hospitality through the lens of contemporary art practices in the social and environmental realms.

OPEN MEADOWS residencies are designated periods for creative thinkers who need time, space, and inspiration to work on a specific project, write, read, or take a much-deserved retreat from the world. Here is a stunning think tank deep in the woods for you, your friends, your colleagues, and your classroom – practice living art. 

This is real, honest rurality – not fluffed up for commercial purposes; there are no servants – we ask you to serve each other in an artistic environment overflowing with character and collaboration.

Come for a weekend, a week, or a more extended stay. A landscape of historic vernacular agrarian outbuildings and discreet landscape interventions. Accommodations are art installations with rustic comforts ranging from fine glamping to artful lodging nestled in the woods with meadows, trails, ponds, and streams.

We provide local organic food, a kitchen laboratory, two great libraries, fireplaces/campfires. climate-controlled space for yoga, presentations, and other more spaces for more entertainment.

This residency is designed for writers, readers, and dreamers seeking a period of stillness and reflection. It is not a residency focused on "doing," but rather on "being."

There are no workshops, readings, or set schedules - other than Sunday suppers. Participants are not expected to engage in any activities beyond their own prior expressed interest -- time can be spent on personal renewal and reflection. Residents are encouraged to write, journal, read, meditate, and reflect. The core purpose is to embrace stillness and allow the unique spirit of New Orleans to inspire and uplift you.

Participants will be provided with private bedrooms and access to common spaces, including a parlor reading room and a writing porch. 

DEEP SPACE is a performance residency program for artists and groups who are experimenting and making new works along the fringes of the mainstream. We believe performance that pushes the envelope in form and content requires time and space beyond what is customary, in order to allow artists to dig deeply into the processes of creation and production. DEEP SPACE provides artists with use of the NACL performance hall and artist residence for a period of rehearsal and development (one week residencies are typical, April-November) culminating in a public sharing with an invited audience.<br>

Deep Space Performance Residencies support artists or ensembles creating new works at any stage in the development process, from concept through technical production. Each year we attempt to schedule a mix of early-phase, mid-phase, and late-phase projects for week-long residencies at our Cultural Laboratory and Artist Residence in New York’s southwestern Catskills. We accept applications throughout the year. There is a Jan 31 deadline for consideration for residencies offered in the following calendar year. Our Curation Council — made up of past Deep Space artists and NACL artistic staff — convenes in March and finalizes programming decisions by May.

The Arroscia Residency an artist run, 501(c)(3), non-profit corporation open to all emerging and mid-career artists who’s focus is on one or more of the following disciplines: painting, drawing, collage, fiber art, photography, murals, installations and/or mixed media work.

The artist is to produce a body of work with a minimum of 6-8 pieces (including sketches and finished pieces) which are to be exhibited in the Studio in Pieve di Teco. One piece chosen by the jury is to remain the property of the Residency and will form part of the permanent collection housed in the Residency Gallery. All remaining pieces remain the property of the artist and can be sold during the exhibit or taken back home with the artist. 

The award consists of a grant for:

• Roundtrip flights from the closest airport of the artist’s hometown to Europe and back (cost of flights will be reimbursed upon arrival).
• Paid housing for the duration of the residency.
• Use of studio and exhibition space..
• An exhibition of the artist’s work created during the residency.
• A dedicated page on the Residency website.
• A stipend of €300 per week for art supplies and living expenses.