Through workshops, residencies, events and a youth arts program the Sitka Center provides time and space for for place-based reflection, inquiry and creation at the intersection of art and ecology.

Sitka Center is located on the Oregon coast and adjacent to the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area, and the Salmon River Estuary. Sitka actively collaborates with the First Peoples of this land who today are represented by the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. 

The Muncie Arts and Culture Council is the designated Arts Partner for the City of Muncie. As Arts Partner, we assist with municipal initiatives where art integration can benefit Economic Development and Quality of Place. As an arts alliance, we build community among artists and arts organizations and serve as a resource for professional growth and opportunity.

Penland School of Craft offers three residency programs: the Resident Artist Program, the Core Fellowship Program, and the Winter Residency program. Each program caters to the needs of artists at different stages in their careers—from early career artists wanting to expand their skills, to established artists at transitional points in their work or careers, to professional artists requiring access to time, space, and studios in order to develop their work in new ways. 

Mineral Arts & Residencies (formerly Mineral School) offers one-week and two-week residencies from a historic former school in a small fishing and logging town in the foothills of Mt. Rainier in Washington state. Residents live and work from a classroom studio with views of the town and lake, or from one of two pilot sites in the community where we are hosting artists during single sessions in 2025, including a historic Bed & Breakfast and a historic home in Ashford, WA. We provide meals (food restrictions accommodated) and linens, plus a visiting artist presentation and an optional residents' Show & Tell each session. In any given year, 30-50% of residency spots are fellowshipped (free); otherwise, $450 (one week) or 900 (two-week). 

KODA is a nonprofit arts organization based in New York dedicated to mid-career artists of diverse backgrounds. We grant residencies to allow for experimentation and facilitate creative projects through strategic partnerships with socially engaged partners. We are the go-to thinking spot and serve the community through exhibitions of contemporary art, events and outreach to strengthen art education.

Founding director and sculptor, Melanie VanHouten, established the 501(c)3 nonprofit Josephine Sculpture Park (JSP) in 2009 on land that was her grandparent’s  farm. JSP is a donor-supported public park that features over 70 artworks along 2 miles of mowed trails across 40 acres of native meadows, fields, and forests. The park is FREE and open every day from dawn to dusk. It is Kentucky's only sculpture park.   

Our Mission is to connect people to each other and the land through the arts. The Park provides creative arts and nature education to the community and transformative opportunities to artists while conserving the beauty of Kentucky’s native, rural landscape.

Our Vision is to be a leader in our community that respects and reflects diverse voices and ideas through shared, creative experiences and responsible land stewardship practices.

The staff and board are committed to advancing social justice and cultural equity. JSP is a space where everyone should feel safe and welcome, and a space to play, create, grow, and heal together.

The Jentel Artist Residency offers dedicated individuals a supportive environment to further their creative development. Nestled in the foothills of the Big Horn mountains, artists, writers, and composers experience unfettered time to allow for thoughtful reflection and meditation on the creative process.

Jentel awards residencies to artists, writers, and composers who are focused and serious about their intent, who may have proven themselves by publication, exhibition or performance or who may not necessarily be well advanced in their work, but who have developed a personal vision or voice. The program welcomes visual artists in all media and writers in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry and composers in all genres of music.

Each resident is provided with living accommodations that include a private room and a shared common living area with kitchen and a separate studio space.

Anyone over 25 years of age who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to apply. Those currently enrolled in academic programs are ineligible to apply.

Hedgebrook is on Whidbey Island, WA, situated on 48-acres of forest and meadow facing the Salish Sea, with a view of Mount Rainier. The retreat hosts writers from all over the world for free-to-writers residencies (excluding travel) of two or three weeks. Our residency hosts up to 7 women-identified writers, 18 and older, at at one time, each housed in a handcrafted cottage. Meals are lovingly prepared by our chefs daily, and writers come together each evening for a communal gathering.  

Grand Canyon Conservancy’s residency programs support Grand Canyon National Park’s priorities of dark sky preservation and inclusive storytelling by welcoming artists, scholars, and scientists from throughout the world to explore and contribute to Grand Canyon’s historic and cultural legacy. Our artists and astronomers engage the public in meaningful ways, adding to the collective scholarship on the region, and celebrating the rich environmental, spiritual, and cultural impact of Grand Canyon.

Bunnell Street Arts Center's "Alaska AIR" Artist in Residence program invites artists to explore creative placemaking and themes such as accessibility, equity & inclusion, decolonization, sustainability, anti-racism, skills sharing and exchange, community wellbeing, and more. Bunnell sparks artistic inquiry, innovation and equity to strengthen the physical, social and economic fabric of Alaska. Artist-led projects may be in any media or genre.