Artist Residencies in Portugal with Housing

AiR 351

Cascais, Portugal

AiR 351 is an innovative international visual arts residency program founded in 2016, nestled in the vibrant cultural landscape of Cascais, in the Lisbon region. This program is designed to support both artists and curators from around the globe, fostering their creative processes in a collaborative and highly supportive environment. AiR 351 partners with various institutions including museums, universities, and art schools, enhancing the residency experience through diverse contextual engagements. Residents at AiR 351 benefit from individual studios located at the Centro de Artes e Criatividade (CAC) in Torres Vedras, along with access to communal spaces that facilitate both solitary and communal forms of creativity. The program is structured to integrate residents into the local artistic community, provide extensive technical and curatorial support, and offer networking opportunities with AiR 351’s wide range of partners. Each residency period spans a minimum of three months for artists and one month for curators, which allows for profound engagement with the local culture and art scene. AiR 351 also organizes regular studio visits, public presentations, and an annual exhibition to showcase the works developed during the residency. In terms of financial support, AiR 351 periodically offers grants, such as the AiR 351 / CAC Grant, which covers living expenses, accommodation, and membership fees for the duration of the residency. This comprehensive support structure not only alleviates financial burdens but also enriches the artistic development of the residents. The program's application process is inclusive and detailed, requiring a motivation letter, CV, and portfolio, ensuring that only candidates with significant potential and readiness are selected. AiR 351 maintains a permanent open call for applications, making it a dynamically evolving cultural hub that continuously attracts and supports international artistic talent.

Atlas

Rua Miguel Marcelino n 15, Portugal

Name of Residency: AtlasThe residency is open for application from groups working together or single artists and the program can be multidisciplinary in the areas of visual arts, dance, theater, writing and music. The program of the residency is non-prescriptive.Euroatla is an independent project. We are currently unable to provide financial support for visiting artists. However, we can provide any support needed for artists applying for grants and scholarships in their home country. We are inte

Aveiro Arts House / VIC AIR is an artist residency located in the former home of multifaceted artist Vasco Branco (1919-) in central Aveiro, Portugal. The residency combines arts, culture, and creative tourism while conserving cultural heritage, offering artists private bedrooms, shared working spaces, and access to the venue's gallery, cinema auditorium, and cultural programming.

Aviário Studio

Ferreira do Zezere, Portugal

Aviário Studio is an artist-run creative playground in central Portugal focused on visual arts research and production, offering multidisciplinary residencies ranging from 2 weeks to 6 months. The residency provides technical assistance, individual working space, and access to workshops equipped for printmaking, ceramics, wood, metal, sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, and bookbinding. Residents benefit from project discussions, access to a network of specialized services, and culminate their stay with an exhibition at the Cultural Center of Ferreira do Zêzere.

Aviário Studio (Aviario)

Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal

Aviário Studio, nestled in Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal, offers a range of art residencies including Self-Directed, Guided, and Assisted Production residencies. Residency durations vary from 2 weeks to 6 months, accommodating both emerging and established artists. The studio, which operates from Monday to Friday, provides each resident with a workspace, technical assistance, and access to specialized workshops. For additional fees, extended technical support and materials can be procured. Accommodation options are available on-site with alternatives being handled by the resident if preferred. Aviário Studio is well-equipped with facilities for a variety of artistic practices such as printmaking, ceramics, and digital arts, ensuring a productive and creative stay.

Aviário Studio Multidisciplinary Art Residency

Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal

Aviário Studio Multidisciplinary Art Residency is a self-directed program in central Portugal promoting exploration and production in visual arts through equipped workshops for printmaking, ceramics, wood, metal, sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, and bookbinding. Residencies are customized by duration (2 weeks to 6 months), artistic focus, and goals, offering shared housing and studio access for experimentation, research, or project realization. Participants cover fees, travel, materials, and meals, with optional paid studio support.

Aviário Studio Printmaking Residency

Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal

Aviário Studio Printmaking Residency Program promotes exploration and production in printmaking, offering artists access to a wide range of techniques including relief, intaglio, screen printing, transfer, and monotype. Located in central Portugal, the residency provides technical conditions, time, and space to develop projects while fostering connection and knowledge exchange among artists from different backgrounds.

Aviário Studio Relief Printmaking Residency

Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal

Aviário Studio Large Format Printmaking Residency is a customizable artist residency program located in central Portugal that promotes exploration and production in printmaking using techniques such as relief, intaglio, screen printing, transfer, and monotype. The program offers flexible durations from 2 weeks to 6 months, with access to specialized equipment, individual working spaces, and daily technical assistance in a converted aviary surrounded by nature.

Aviário Studio Slab Building Residency

Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal

The Aviário Studio Slab Building Residency is a ceramics-focused program emphasizing slab building techniques, offered as part of their specialized residencies at Aviário Studio in central Portugal. It provides artists with customized durations from 2 weeks to 6 months, including shared housing, studio access, and workshops equipped for ceramics, wood, metal, and image-based work like printmaking. Participants must cover fees, travel, materials, and food, with no stipend provided.

Buinho Creative Residency

Messejana, Portugal

Buinho Creative Residency, located in the town of Messejana, Portugal, offers artists the opportunity to live and work for up to two months in a variety of unique residential spaces. Buinho manages five distinct houses, three of which are dedicated to the Creative Residency program, providing a range of accommodations including single and double bedrooms, shared and private studios, and communal living amenities. The residency supports artists with well-equipped working laboratories and facilitates community engagement through access to local exhibition spaces. Applications for the residency can be made through spontaneous application, with fees varying based on accommodation type.

Buinho Fablab & Creative Hub

Rua Nova de Sao Bras, Portugal

Name of Residency: Buinho AIRBuinho offers a unique working experience in the historic town of Messejana, Southern Portugal. Messejana is a place of delightful contrasts, between the past aristocratic houses with its hidden, patios, the small rural dwellings, and baroque white churches. All surrounded by endless plains and old cork trees that characterize the Alentejo region.Buinho is located in the sunniest region of Europe, providing more than 3000 hours of sunshine per year, also famous for i

CAAA Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura

Guimarães, Portugal

The CAAA Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura is a nonprofit cultural institution in Guimarães, Portugal, dedicated to supporting artistic creation through interdisciplinary collaboration between visual arts, design, film, literature, media, performing arts, and architecture. Its Artistic Residence Program provides emerging artists, architects, and curators with living/working studios to develop and publicly present projects aligned with CAAA's philosophy of fostering new interdisciplinary opportunities. The facility, a renovated former textile factory, includes studios, galleries, a black-box space, rehearsal room, research library, and more.

Caldas Cidade Criativa

Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Caldas Cidade Criativa, in collaboration with the Caldas da Rainha Arts and Design School of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (ESAD.CR) and the Chair in Arts and Culture Management, offers annual international ceramic artist residencies. These residencies are designed for international artists from other UNESCO Creative Cities outside Portugal. Participants will receive accommodation, studio access, and opportunities to engage with the local community through open studio sessions and collaborations with local ceramic artists. The program aims to foster artistic exchange, cultural dialogue, and the development of innovative ceramic projects.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Lisbon, Portugal

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian), a renowned international foundation, facilitates impactful residencies under its program, "Bauhaus of the Seas Sails." These residencies, including "Radical Waters – Concrete Matters," "Eating Between Tides," and "A Call to the Sea," are designed to foster innovative approaches across various disciplines—integrating art, science, and community engagement. Each residency is fully funded and supports interdisciplinary collaboration to explore and address environmental and societal issues through artistic and scientific lenses.

CASA PIP

Celavisa, Portugal

CASA PIP is a free-of-charge, unstructured residency program founded by filmmakers for filmmakers, offering sole access to a house in a remote village in the Portuguese mountains for periods of up to one month. Residents can write, research, edit, experiment, play, think, rest, or engage in any film-related activity without rules or curriculum, and may bring collaborators, family, or friends. It welcomes directors, writers, actors, editors, cinematographers, sound designers, composers, and others in film.

Cerdeira – Home for Creativity

Lugar da Cerdeira, Portugal

Name of Residency: Cerdeira – Home for CreativityLocated in a rural isolated setting, Cerdeira – Home for Creativity accommodates artists and guests in self-catering houses.Our Artist Residency program invites artists and creative individuals looking for an escape from the stress and business of their routine, to have new creative experiences, or just to take some time for themselves. People who value nature, authenticity, and silence or artists who are looking for a quiet place to prepare their

Convento Sâo Francisco

Mértola, Portugal

The Convento São Francisco de Mértola is an artist residency program housed in a historic 400-year-old Franciscan monastery on the outskirts of Mértola, Portugal, overlooking the Oeiras and Guadiana rivers. It hosts emerging and established artists, designers, writers, musicians, filmmakers, researchers, and others for creative work, reflection, and connection with nature in a tranquil environment. The site, restored by a Dutch family, features self-contained studios, shared workspaces, an exhibition space in the former church, and supports experimental research on art, ecology, science, and education.

Córtex Frontal – Artist Residency

Rua Melo Mexia 9, Portugal

Name of Residency: Córtex Frontal – Artist ResidencyThe Artist-In-Residence programme aims to bring together artists from different countries and disciplines for a concentrated period.There are two ways of being a resident artist at Córtex Frontal: 1 Annual grants for Portuguese and international artists. Open calls will be announced in our website. 2 By spontaneus application: Call open year round (fee required).Residency structureWe offer a general structure to the resident artist that might v

Córtex Frontal (Cortex Frontal)

Arraiolos, Portugal

Córtex Frontal, an artist-in-residence program based in Arraiolos, Portugal, was established in 2016 by the Córtexcult Cultural Association. It offers multidisciplinary residencies focusing on visual arts, performative arts, literature, and music, fostering interactions between artists from different disciplines, the local community, and the territory. Their facilities include a historical 18th-century manor house with private and shared studios equipped for various art forms, from printmaking to digital media. Artists can stay for periods ranging from 4 weeks to 3 months, with accommodations and technical support provided. The program is open to international artists, including duos or groups, and supports last-minute applications. The residency emphasizes community engagement through workshops, open studios, and artist lectures at local educational institutions. It also assists residents in obtaining funding through programs like Culture Moves Europe. The fees for the residency cover accommodation, studio use, and access to common areas.

Court of Cavalum

Porto, Portugal

"The Court of Cavalum" is a dynamic artist residency located in the scenic hills around Porto, Portugal. Set in a historical estate that has been a hub of creativity for centuries, it offers artists, writers, and digital nomads a unique co-living and co-working environment. The Court provides a variety of creatively inspiring spaces such as studios for writing, sound recording, and visual arts, alongside rooms designed for relaxation and ideation. The residency promotes a sense of community among residents through shared living areas, collaborative spaces, and communal activities. Residents are encouraged to engage with both their projects and each other, fostering an environment of mutual creativity and discovery. The Court of Cavalum integrates modern digital facilities with rustic charm, making it an ideal retreat for artists seeking to combine productive work with a rejuvenating rural lifestyle.

Estudio Origem

Maria Eugénia Reis Ferreira Navarro 9, Portugal

Name of Residency: in the search of the source Our residency is a full-time immersion into nature and we therefore expect the artists to dialogue with the elements of nature during their residency with us.Each applicant must submit a proposal, as an idea to develop during their stay. The chosen conceptual theme is open-ended, serving as a poetic prompt to be interpreted freely. We value experimentation, risk-taking, and grounded, process-oriented work.We welcome artists who are open for experime

Fogo Lento

Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Fogo Lento is a non-profit cultural association founded in , focused on transdisciplinary artistic creation, training projects, and audience mediation, with CAMPO serving as a rural research space for artistic and cultural projects in Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. CAMPO hosts residencies in a complete apartment, rehearsal room, workshop space, and 1.5 hectares of outdoor land, emphasizing connections between nature, art, science, literature, and crafts. It supports alternative teaching methodologies and community activities like workshops and performances.

Foundation OBRAS

N18, Portugal

Name of Residency: OBRAS-PORTUGALSince the opening in 2004 some 1000 artists from 65 countries had a residence up to three months.Artists and scientists with (emerging) professional standing are eligible for residence. The price for renting an apartment is 140 euro per week. Residencies are generally 3 to 10 weeks.In 2026 OBRAS will be open from 15 April. Generally there are 6-8 residents in the same time.OBRAS co-operates with organizations in Portugal and abroad. If required, OBRAS advises and

Name of Residency: ãIR – Artists in Residence5-week artists residency program for practices operating as thinking systems — conceptual, critical, and politically situated. We are calling for artists who refuse the safety of formalism, who engage the eye not only as a sensor of beauty, but as an interface of intelligence, disruption and inquiry. We are especially interested in practices that emerge from theoretical depth, historical awareness, and radical positioning — where form follows thought,

mono lisboa

rua feio terenas, Portugal

Name of Residency: mono residency programmono residency program is available for Portuguese or foreign artists who want to work on their artistic practice in Lisbon. Resident artists will benefit from a studio and accommodation, will have access to workshops and end their residency with an exhibition. During their stay, they will also benefit from the help of our team, as well as get the opportunity to collaborate with local cultural actors.The program has the capacity to host up to two resident

Museu Zer0

Cooperativa Agricola de Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo, Portugal

Museu Zer0 is a digital art museum and living laboratory located in the former silos of the Cooperativa Agrícola de Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo, Portugal, dedicated to supporting digital artistic creation, research, innovation, and community engagement. It hosts artist residencies as part of its opening program, challenging artists to create works in dialogue with the site's industrial heritage, with a current call for residencies open until March 13, . The facility includes immersive rooms, creative ateliers, and incubation spaces for artistic startups, revitalizing the Algarve countryside through technology and local heritage.

Orto Creative Hub

Vila do Conde, Portugal

ORTO is an artist-run residency in a restored farmstead in northern Portugal, fostering communal living, sustainability, and creative exchange amid nature and permaculture gardens.

Pada Studios

Barreiro, Portugal

PADA studios, nestled in a historic industrial park from 1885, offers artists a dynamic space to enhance their practice over 1-2 month residencies. The program, welcoming various media, focuses on the exploration of techniques and processes, and encourages the development of new ideas and concepts. Artists have access to individual 35sqm open-plan studios within a 1000 sqm warehouse, complemented by communal areas, a reading room, a library, and well-equipped wood and metal workshops. PADA, an artist-led non-profit, also features a gallery space and diverse locations throughout the industrial park for artistic projects. The residency is self-led, promoting self-sufficiency in artistic practice while providing opportunities to engage with the Lisbon art scene and other residents. Participants are encouraged to propose talks and workshops, enhancing engagement with the local community. The residency concludes with the opportunity for artists to present their work in PADA's gallery. PADA's commitment to sustainability is reflected in its encouragement of eco-conscious artistic practices.

Prisma Estúdio Lisboa (Prisma Estudio)

Lisbon, Portugal

Prisma Estúdio Lisboa is a volunteer-led cultural association located in the vibrant Martim Moniz quarter of central Lisbon. The organization supports emerging artists by providing opportunities for creative development and collaboration. The residency program hosts up to five artists at a time, offering accommodation, a shared atelier space, and curatorial support. Residents are immersed in Lisbon’s dynamic underground artistic community, engaging in exhibitions, events, and collaborative projects. The residency welcomes artists from diverse practices and backgrounds for stays of one to three months. Participants are encouraged to explore new techniques, concepts, and ideas, culminating in a final project showcased in an exhibition or performance. Prisma Estúdio Lisboa emphasizes community involvement and provides a supportive environment for artists to grow and connect. The program aims to foster creativity and cultural exchange within a multidisciplinary framework.

Quinta das Relvas

Branca, Portugal

Quinta das Relvas is an artist-in-residence program hosted by Associação Quinta das Relvas, a non-profit NGO founded in on an 18th-century eco-farm in Branca, Portugal, focusing on arts, sustainability, and non-formal education through workshops, mentoring, study visits, and open studios. Open to any visual artists, residents stay in eco-tiny houses with access to an 80m² visual art studio, performative atelier, natural materials, gardens, and multimedia tools, typically for durations like one month (e.g., March or November-December ). The program emphasizes linking art with sustainable development and permaculture on their 20-hectare property.

RAMA Residências Artísticas

Torres Vedras, Portugal

RAMA – Residências Artísticas is an artist residency program located in the villages of Maceira and Alfeiria in the municipality of Torres Vedras, Portugal, aimed at national and international artists, researchers, and curators for research and experimentation. It promotes interaction between professionals, crossing of artistic practices, sharing of knowledge, and relationships with the local community, culture, traditional crafts, history, and rural landscape. Residencies last 1 to 4 months or longer, offering customized programs with mentoring, studio visits, and options for accommodation plus studio or studio only, hosting up to 4 artists simultaneously.

School of Arts

Porto, Portugal

The School of Arts at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto hosts artist residencies funded by multiple programs including InResidence (Porto Municipality) and the Gulbenkian Foundation. The residency provides space, time, and assistance for research, experimentation, and production in fields such as Cinema, Sound, Photography, New Media Art, and Heritage Conservation, with results publicly presented upon completion.

Stamika Collective

Portugal

Name of Residency: Stamika ResidencyOur residency is studio-based and self-directed, for artists who want to spend one to six months working in Lisbon. Residents are offered a private or shared studio in our converted warehouse in Marvila, an up-and-coming industrial neighbourhood on the Tagus river, now home to artists, designers and independent cultural projects.We encourage a self-led residency with an emphasis on cultural exchange, production, and experimentation. We do not impose a theme; r

Name of Residency: StartArt Art Residency & Co-living“Home is not a place. It’s a feeling.”During your our art residency program you will:– Boost your creativity and personal expression. – Connect deeply with others and yourself. – Enjoy moments of true relaxation and fun. – Collaborate with other creatives. – Live transformative experiences in nature. – Take good care of your body and your mind with delicious fresh vegetarian meals. – Explore the north of Portugal with new friends and visit her

Theatre in Palm

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Theatre in Palm Residencies offers a unique opportunity for emerging theatre artists to develop professionally and expand their networks across Europe. Hosted in 12 partner countries, these two-week residencies focus on collaboration, inspiration, and the creation of shareable works. Each residency will produce a co-production in various forms, emphasizing themes like social impact, equality, and environmental sustainability. Participants will receive travel, accommodation, and compensation. The program aims to foster cross-cultural exchanges and enhance the visibility of emerging artists in the European theatre scene.

Vale de Gatos

Horta da Cagança a Vale de Gatos, Portugal

Name of Residency: Vale de GatosVale de Gatos is a place for craftspeople, artists or professionals of different areas interested in working with wool or other textile fibres. Our residency program seeks to promote creativity in a quiet and peaceful environment, far away from stress and routine. In addition to meeting with a place for exchange, all of them, as well as participants in residencies, count on the technical support of Isabel Cartaxo and all the hospitality of Vale de Gatos. Residenci