ABOUT US
Tofte Lake Center (TLC) is a non-profit organization that provides residencies for artists who crave dedicated time to work on their projects, for creatives who seek individual growth through guided workshops or retreats, for arts organizations that want to make time to re/focus on their goals or mission, for arts leaders to gather to exchange ideas with colleagues in their field. TLC is on a pristine lake near Ely, Minnesota, and adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. 

MISSION 
We're committed to supporting artists by providing a nurturing experience rooted in nature where artists of all disciplines and backgrounds feel safe to take a break from the "work" of art to play, feel inspired, and be rejuvenated.

VISION 
We envision an interconnected world in harmony with nature, where artists are supported and celebrated and where taking a break is recognized as integral to the creative process.
 

The Croft Residency provides residents a platform to cultivate their creativity; a refuge in nature where they can draw inspiration and nourishment from the environment and share their art with the Northern Michigan community and beyond. We serve movement based creatives and bring them into relationship with the northern Michigan landscape.

The Pocantico Center: A Singular Place to Gather, Discover, and Grow.

Once home to the Rockefeller family, The Pocantico Center’s verdant campus in the scenic hills of the Hudson Valley has been host to some of the most influential leaders, thinkers, and creative minds of the last century. Today, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund continues to bring together people at Pocantico through a robust slate of conferences, artist residencies, tours, performances, exhibitions, and educational programs.

Mount Sequoyah has provided visitors with a truly unique space to celebrate and connect with people, land, and spirit since 1922.

Creative Spaces is a living art space on Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville Arkansas, where artists from all fields are constantly making work, transforming spaces, and providing community support. Mount Sequoyah provides studios, exhibition space, and performance venues to creatives. We offer subsidized year round residencies and a summer residency program to artists from around the globe.

Chalk Hill Artist Residency is a unique opportunity for artists across mediums to work and stay at the beautiful Warnecke Ranch and Vineyard. The program is located in Sonoma County, an hour and a half north of San Francisco. Artists from a diverse range of abilities and geographical locations are able to find the space and time needed to pursue creative work. Chalk Hill Artist Residency offers the use of the artist house, studio space, and access to the ranch property. The property's oak woodla

The artist residency program of The Truro Center for the Arts at Edgewood Farm is a program that began in 2017, developed to encourage the development of creative, intellectual and personal growth of emerging and established artists. The Artist Residency offers quiet and space in a beautiful setting with the ocean and the bay not more than a mile a way. Residents are for writers and visual artists with facilities in painting printmaking, sculpture and environmental installation.

Bloedel Reserve is a 150 acre experiential public garden and forest reserve. The mixed tapestry of woodlands, meadows, and landscaped gardens includes 23 distinct landscapes to explore.

Arteles Creative Center in Finland is one of the largest and most international residency centers in Scandinavia. 

Arteles runs different thematic residency programs, welcoming over 140 selected artists per year.
Our residency programs bring together creative minds & professionals from all over the world, from all fields of creativity. 

ALCHEMY ARTIST RESIDENCY, founded in 2015, is an artist-led residency dedicated to site-inspired artmaking and community engagement.  

Alchemy brings together artists and makers to connect, collaborate, and reflect in two distinctive Canadian settings: Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts on the Toronto Islands and rural Prince Edward County, Ontario. Guided by four pillars—food, art, garden, and table—we make, document, and share art, meals, and conversation. At Alchemy, artists deepen their practices, exchange ideas, and engage with the people, communities, and landscapes that host us.

360 XOCHI QUETZAL is an Artist & Writers Residency located on magical Lake Chapala, Mexico. Our aim at 360 Xochi Quetzal is to support artists, writers and performers who would benefit from having uninterrupted time to devote to their creativity. By providing affordable live/work rentals to visiting artists, we hope that our residents can make artistic progress without the stress and distractions of daily life.

We offer a community of year round creatives, opportunities for feedback and fellowship and time to focus on your projects, planning, ideas and inner work. We believe that Art Saves Lives. When artists are free to unleash their creativity, the ripples make the world a better place.