"The unique mission of The Roll Up CLT assists in the facilitation and expansion of a more equitable and inclusive creative culture by advancing a community of independent Black artists who are committed to reimagining and taking ownership of our narrative, and by creating spaces to celebrate Black creative talent."  - Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina Poet Laureate, Advisory Board Member, The Roll Up CLT

Hyde Park Art Center is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. We offer a comprehensive set of programs that serve the creative and resource needs of artists and our communities. Our programs include exhibitions, public programs, studio art classes, and an international and local residency program for visual artists and curators.

Building Artists Relationships that Last a Lifetime

Indigo Arts Alliance embodies a multiracial approach to the rich intersections of citizenship, community-building, and creativity. Our work is in service to shifting historical injustices as a vital component of achieving equity for Black and Brown artists. We believe that artists are instrumental to doing the work of social justice in ways that are deeply grounded in lived experience and community.

At the heart of Indigo Arts Alliance’s mission are our Artist in Residency programs, which provide Black and Brown artists an environment for the production of artwork in all media across various disciplines.

Our Residency aims to connect Black and Brown artists from across the globe to local artists of African descent. We activate our mission by creating opportunities for critical feedback, relationship building and increased awareness of creative opportunities and resources.

Established in 1934, The Hambidge Center is a sanctuary unlike any other dedicated to nurturing
creativity in all walks of life. On the historic 600-acre campus in the North Georgia Mountains, Hambidge
offers a national multidisciplinary residency program, innovative workshops, along with community
programs and a gallery. As the oldest residency program in the South, Hambidge has a long tradition of
excellence hosting artists, writers, dancers, musicians, chefs and scientists exploring their creative voices
while unplugging from everyday distractions. 

With the addition of the Antinori Village in 2023, Hambidge has expanded its programming to include workshops, curated projects, and public events, furthering its mission to nurture creativity. Inspiring workshops are modeled after the residency program welcoming eight individuals at a time to ensure deeper connection and crafted from the number of people that fit around the dinner table. The Cross-Pollination Art Lab in Atlanta also provides studio
space and dynamic arts programming. Through all its programs, Hambidge boldly promotes the creative
process and incubation of ideas in the widest diversity of people while building strong, supportive bonds
of community through open, respectful dialogue and shared experiences.

Fountainhead elevates the voices, visibility and value of artists in our society and makes their work accessible in a welcoming and inclusive environment. Offering a year-round residency program, flexible and affordable artists' studios and the annual countywide open studios event Artists Open, Fountainhead empowers artists to build thriving careers while nurturing a community that supports them and their work.

Founded in 1912, with a history centered on women artists, 3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in the Chicago metropolitan area, including women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists. By providing unrestricted awards, project funding, residencies, professional development, and promotion, 3Arts helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers over time. 

Created to serve artists living in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, the Inside/Outside Fellowship program is an opportunity for deep immersion in both studio practice and community engagement: Fellows explore materials and ideas to advance their creative practices while developing community art projects that contribute positively to this place we call home.

The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (EMAR) program by Collar Works is designed to provide a diverse group of emerging and established artists an immersive, inclusive, supportive, productive, and communal atmosphere for art-making and dialogue on a bucolic 77-acre farm in Washington County, New York. The summer residency is offered for 5 weeks, with 2 and 4-week residencies for individual artists and 1-week residencies for families.