McNeely Artist Residency at Sonoma Academy

Overview

The McNeely Artist Residency at Sonoma Academy welcomes both emerging and established artists who are interested in engaging with students and the broader school community through workshops, lectures, and community-based art projects. Residencies may range from one week to one month, depending on the scope of the proposed project.

Please note that this is a studio residency only; housing is not provided. While Sonoma Academy will make every effort to assist artists from outside the Bay Area in identifying local accommodations, residents are ultimately responsible for securing their own housing and transportation.

Location

Sonoma Academy is located in the heart of Northern California's renowned wine country, just one hour north of San Francisco. Situated on a scenic hillside campus in Santa Rosa, the school offers sweeping views of vineyards, oak-studded landscapes, and the surrounding Sonoma County countryside. The region is known for its vibrant arts community, rich cultural history, world-class food and wine, and easy access to the Pacific coast, redwood forests, and numerous parks and open spaces. The residency provides artists with the opportunity to work in a peaceful and inspiring setting while engaging with a creative and intellectually curious community.

Mission

The McNeely Artist Residency supports artists whose creative practice includes education, collaboration, and community engagement. We seek artists who are excited

Each summer for the past three years, McLennon Pen Co. has transformed the traditionally quiet month of August into a period of artistic production and public engagement through our Summer Artist-in-Residence program.

While many galleries worldwide close during August due to decreased attendance, we chose to reimagine this lull as an opportunity. Rather than allowing our gallery to sit dormant, we invite an artist to work within the space for the month, culminating in a public presentation of newly created work in September.

The residency provides critical support at pivotal career moments — post-graduation transitions, visa applications, international representation expansion, and financial instability — while simultaneously activating Austin’s cultural ecosystem.

OBRAS is an international artist residency offering artists and researchers time, space, and solitude. Located near the village of Évoramonte in Portugal’s Alentejo region, the residency exists to support sustained, self-directed work

OBRAS—a Portuguese word meaning work in progress—refers to the active state of making: work that is underway, evolving, unresolved. The residency is built around that condition, offering artists the space and time to focus on their work without prescribed outcomes or imposed programs. Each resident determines the direction and pace of their stay.

The focus here is not on finishing something or producing a result, but on giving your work the attention it needs to develop. A residency could lead to a completed work. Or to a shift in direction, a series of experiments, or a clearer understanding of what your practice.

Residents live and work alongside a small international group while maintaining the independence necessary for concentrated practice. Opportunities to share work exist informally through conversations, artist talks, shared meals, and twice-yearly open studios, but participation is never required.

OBRAS welcomes emerging and established practitioners working across disciplines, including visual art, writing, music, film, architecture, performance, and research-based practices.

The property has developed over generations and includes traditional Portuguese buildings, independent cottages, and studios spread across the landscape. Surrounded

Obee Editions offers a collaborative artist residency focused on the creation of original fine art printmaking projects. Artists work one-on-one with Tamarind Master Printer Perry Obee to develop new work through traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques.

This is a collaborative residency, not a class, workshop, or private studio rental. Perry handles the technical aspects of printing while the artist leads all aesthetic and conceptual decisions and actively generates plates, stones, or other matrices under guidance and supervision. Through sustained dialogue and shared decision making, projects evolve organically and often arrive at unexpected outcomes.

Residents can expect a focused, immersive studio experience emphasizing experimentation, translation, and collaboration through processes including lithography, monotype, relief, chine collé, digital processes, artist books, and hybrid approaches.

Artists working in any medium are encouraged to apply. Prior printmaking experience is welcome but not required.

Welcome to Lovely People Place, a unique residency for artists and yogis located in Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

A focused residency designed for those who want to deepen their practice and live with intention, this is a space for people who are serious about yoga, creative work, or both, offering the time, structure, and environment to fully immerse yourself without distraction; rather than a holiday, it is a shared experience of discipline, focus, and growth designed to support meaningful progress.

Pricing & Application

Due to the limited number of spaces, applications are reviewed carefully to ensure the retreat is the right fit for genuinely self-motivated individuals.
 

Monthly cost: €550

- €50 for house expenses.

- €500 charitable donation supporting one of our causes.
 

Food costs are shared separately and vary by group. As an example, with 10 people contributing €10 per day, there is more than enough for simple daily vegetarian meals. Any personal extras are at your own expense.

Evening meals are shared, and with a group of 10 people, you would typically cook only twice per month. On weekends, meals are your own responsibility, allowing you complete flexibility.
 

Art materials and personal project expenses are not included. Each participant will have a dedicated art space that can be arranged according to their needs, as well as a personal yoga space for individual.

Please apply through our website https://www.lovelypeopleplace.org/ or contact us directly via mail.