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.

As an emerging community-based organization, Azule has developed a retreat and residency program for craftspeople, writers, architects, builders, researchers, and artists of all types. Azule’s mission is to provide an environment where artists and community members meet, work, and learn together through the arts. Located in Western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, we invite residents to join us to enjoy a retreat from everyday life where there is time and space to relax, dream, and create.

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.