Interdisciplinary Residencies in United Kingdom

Acme

London, United Kingdom

Acme Studios, established in 1972 and celebrating its 50th anniversary, is a London-based not-for-profit organization that provides affordable studios, work/live spaces, and a comprehensive artist support program. Acme supports over 800 artists across 15 buildings in Greater London annually. The organization offers a range of residency programs, including fully funded and subsidized opportunities tailored to artists at different career stages—from early-career to established practitioners. Acme’s residencies provide financial support, professional development, mentoring, and exhibition opportunities, all within a supportive artist peer community. Their flagship Fire Station Residency offers artists a five-year term to focus on their practice. Acme also engages in various partnerships that extend additional opportunities to resident artists.

Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre

Prenton, United Kingdom

Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (BOARC) is a not-for-profit, self-organising study site in Prenton, UK, offering low-cost temporary workspaces for individuals and groups to conduct research, experimentation, and communal projects in a flexible environment. It supports a wide range of fields including art, music, theatre, philosophy, bodywork, and more, with facilities like studios and stays up to a month. Practitioners define their own projects without pressure for public presentation, fostering concentration and community.

Blackhorse Workshop

London, United Kingdom

Blackhorse Workshop, a social enterprise based in London, is committed to opening up access to making for all. The workshop offers a supportive environment for creative practitioners, particularly those early in their careers, who have a strong interest in wood and metal work. The residency provides free desk space in a shared studio, access to professional wood and metal workshops, and regular development support. With a focus on inclusivity, Blackhorse Workshop actively encourages applications from individuals with a strong connection to Waltham Forest, especially from underrepresented backgrounds in the arts. The residency culminates in a public presentation of the resident’s work, offering a valuable platform for emerging makers.

Cavendish Arts Science

Cambridge, United Kingdom

The Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship at Girton College, University of Cambridge, offers a unique interdisciplinary opportunity that blends artistic creativity with scientific inquiry. This one-year fellowship, generously supported by Una Ryan, is designed for artists to engage with cutting-edge physics research and experiment with new forms of practice that push conventional boundaries. It aims to facilitate adventurous artists in exploring alternative ways of understanding and re-imagining the world through the prism of both the arts and the sciences. The fellowship includes a stipend, rent-free accommodation, meals at Girton College, and substantial budgets for production and travel, making it a fully supportive environment for creative and scientific exploration.

Contact Darkroom Residency

Totnes, United Kingdom

Contact Darkroom offers a resource-based, self-directed photographic residency with daily access to fully equipped colour and black-and-white darkrooms, a dedicated workshop room, and an open gallery space. The program supports immersive, hands-on making for emerging and established artists across photography, film, and lens-based practice, with scope for interdisciplinary and alternative processes. Located in the South Hams, Devon, the residency environment of rivers, hills, and coastline encourages reflection, experimentation, and connection to place. Optional add-ons such as workshops, guided walks, excursions, and local gallery visits can be arranged, fostering engagement with the local cultural landscape.

Cove Park

Helensburgh, United Kingdom

Cove Park is an international artist residency centre on a 50-acre rural site overlooking Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland, near Helensburgh, hosting national and international artists, writers, researchers, and creative practitioners across all art forms and career stages. The program supports research, experimentation, development, and production of new work in a supportive environment with communal facilities and events. Residencies vary from funded opportunities with stipends and housing to self-funded stays, typically lasting 2-4 weeks.

D6 Culture in Transit

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

D6: Culture in Transit is a visual arts organization in central Newcastle upon Tyne that hosts artist residencies in its studios, supporting artists whose practices align with themes of migration, social justice, cultural identity, climate crisis, and decolonisation through research, exchange, and commissions. The program provides space and time for creativity, along with technical and critical support, access to the D6 network, and opportunities via open calls and initiatives like ASSEMBLE.

Deveron Projects

Huntly, United Kingdom

Deveron Projects is a UK-based arts organisation embedded in Huntly, a rural town in north-east Scotland, that has hosted international artists for 30 years. The residency program offers flexible artist residencies ranging from weekends to three months, supporting artists in socially engaged and community-collaborative work through access to custom-built accommodation, community resources, and intensive curatorial support.

FACT Liverpool

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Liverpool's center for art, film, and creative technology hosts artist, curatorial, and digital residencies through its Studio/Lab program.

Factory

Manchester, United Kingdom

Factory International Fellowship is a unique opportunity for six artists based in the North of England to scale up their ambition through gaining insight into how Factory International makes work at Aviva Studios and for Manchester International Festival (MIF25). The Fellowship supports artists at a transitional stage in their career to stretch their practice in different directions. This bespoke programme allows Fellows to explore their practice in the world-class Aviva Studios building with new commissions and international artists making work at scale. Fellows receive mentoring opportunities, coaching, observational placements, peer-to-peer learning and access to Factory International staff and creative teams as well as monthly meetings with Creative Director Low Kee Hong. The programme builds on previous successful programmes – MIF Jerwood/Creative Fellows and Factory Fellows – which have supported 30 artists/creatives from the region since 2017 thanks to the initial support of the Jerwood Foundation. Fellows shadow the making of Factory International commissions over a nine-month period including access to MIF25 commissions, developing professional experience and knowledge of different art forms or different scales of work.

Flat Time House (FTHo) is a gallery, archive, and artist's residency space in the former studio home of British conceptual artist John Latham (1921-) in London, opened in to explore his practice and 'Flat Time' theory. It offers artists a place to live, work, and engage with the public, supported by curatorial and education staff, often resulting in site-specific works and exhibitions. Residencies vary in duration, such as summer or winter periods, and culminate in public programs or solo shows.

Flax Art Studios in Belfast runs an International Residency programme since 1994, offering artists 8-week stays with artist fees of £2100 per month, furnished private accommodation, city centre studio access, and facilities including the only dedicated sculptural workshop in Northern Ireland featuring wood, plaster, casting, digital fabrication, and textile. It supports sculptural and contemporary visual arts practice, acting as a hub for professional development, international networking, and outreach, with various residency types including production, graduate, curator, and exchanges. The studios provide spaces for over 70 artists and emphasize work inspired by Belfast's evolving cultural narrative.

Gasworks

London, United Kingdom

Gasworks is a non-profit contemporary visual art organization in London established in 1994, offering an international residencies programme for emerging and early-career artists to research, develop new work, and engage in cultural exchange. Residencies are self-led, non-prescriptive, and process-based, typically lasting eleven weeks, fully funded with studio access, accommodation, living expenses, and support. They host up to twenty residencies annually, culminating in Open Studios and public presentations.

Grizedale Arts

Coniston, United Kingdom

Grizedale Arts is a contemporary arts organisation based at Lawson Park farm near Coniston in the Lake District, UK, operating as a residency and commissioning agency focused on integrating art into everyday life through hands-on, communal projects. Over the past decade, it has shifted from traditional artist residencies to a flexible model involving commissioned works, research stays, volunteering opportunities, and roles as associate artists within local, national, and international programmes. Residencies emphasise practical skills like construction, crafts, and sustainable initiatives, often at Lawson Park or The Farmer's Arms, with examples including volunteer builds and paid potter positions.

Holocaust Centre North

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Holocaust Centre North invites artists, writers, and translators to participate in its Memorial Gestures Residency Programme. This remote residency spans seven months, allowing participants to engage deeply with the Centre’s extensive archives. The programme focuses on contemporary relevance and supports artistic research that fosters nuanced conversations around historical atrocities, particularly the Holocaust. Artists and writers will explore the Centre’s collection, which includes over 6000 items, to create works that reflect on these narratives. The residency encourages collaborative and individual projects that address critical historical and contemporary issues. This year, the programme seeks three artists and one writer/translator. Applicants are encouraged to join online drop-in sessions for more information and to submit their applications by the specified deadline.

HOP Projects CT20

Folkestone, United Kingdom

HOP Projects CT20 is an independent, cross-disciplinary artist residency program in Folkestone, UK, offering national and international creatives a supportive environment for production, research, and practice development across visual arts, installation, architecture, design, performance, and more. Residencies typically last one to three months, providing high-quality live/work accommodation in the Creative Quarter and access to a public project space, fostering engagement with Folkestone's vibrant art scene. Note: The organization appears to have rebranded to CT20 around .

Hospitalfield

Arbroath, United Kingdom

Hospitalfield is a residency program based in a 13th-century Victorian-Gothic estate in Arbroath, Scotland, supporting artists, researchers, and creative practitioners across all art forms in developing new work. It offers funded visual art residencies, self-funded interdisciplinary programs, and regional studio access, providing dedicated time and space for artistic exploration. Programs emphasize contemporary art practice with facilities including studios and workshops.

House Work Presents

London, United Kingdom

House Work Presents is an artist-run residency in Hackney, East London, offering one early-career artist a free, fully supported month of creative experimentation with weekly mentorship from arts professionals and a culminating solo exhibition. The program welcomes artists across all disciplines and provides dedicated studio space, private accommodation, and professional development opportunities within London's vibrant creative community.

Invisible Flock

West Bretton, United Kingdom

Invisible Flock is an award-winning interactive arts studio based at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, UK, offering a rolling artist residency program that emphasizes collaboration, experimentation, and art at the intersection of technology and environmental themes. Residencies provide access to high-quality facilities including a workshop, tech lab, and creation space, along with mentoring, peer feedback, and networking, as seen in past ten-day programs for local artists. The program supports national and international artists, often with a focus on socially engaged and environmental art, without pressure for set outputs.

IOU Creation Centre

Halifax, United Kingdom

The IOU Creation Centre in Halifax, UK, offers artist residencies including a rolling 6-month live-in program at the IOU Hostel in Hebden Bridge, providing rent-free accommodation, access to studios, workshops, and creative mentorship for interdisciplinary artists responding to IOU's archive and approach. Specific opportunities include a fully funded 6-month residency from April to September with a £3,000 production budget and a one-week residency in June for body-based performance and land art artists, featuring stipends, travel, and materials support. Artists can lead workshops, hold exhibitions, and receive professional development as part of IOU's year-round support for experimental art, engineering, and technology practices.

Knockvologan Studies

Fionnphort, United Kingdom

Knockvologan Studies is a remote artist residency program on the Ross of Mull near Fionnphort, Scotland, founded by artists Miek Zwamborn and Rutger Emmelkamp, serving as a hub for creative research in art, literature, field research, and nature preservation. It welcomes residents in fields like visual art, performing arts, film, photography, literature, music, architecture, and design for stays of 2 to 6 weeks, with proposals accepted year-round and no fixed fee based on involvement. Residents have access to facilities including the Knockvologan Prism and Studio in the barn, and opportunities to present work to the local community.

Millfield Creative Residency by Peterborough Presents

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Peterborough Presents’ Millfield Creative Residency is a year-long program inviting a Lead Artist or Creative to collaborate with the community of Millfield & Gladstone in Peterborough, UK. This residency supports artists from diverse disciplines, encouraging them to co-create projects that celebrate cultural heritage and foster community cohesion. Artists will receive a stipend, production budget, and expenses to cover travel and accommodation. The residency emphasizes intergenerational and intercultural engagement, allowing artists to develop their ideas in collaboration with local residents. Previous projects have included murals, exhibitions, and performances, highlighting the rich cultural fabric of the area. The program provides access to studio space, professional support, and community networks. By focusing on the needs and stories of the local community, Peterborough Presents aims to build a positive reputation for the neighborhood and create lasting artistic legacies. The residency offers a unique opportunity for artists to immerse themselves in a vibrant, multicultural environment while contributing to the cultural landscape of Peterborough.

Oceanallover

Galloway, United Kingdom

Oceanallover offers mentor-led residencies focused on Fine-Art Performance, providing artists with the opportunity to explore new methodologies and approaches to art creation. Located in a scenic rural area in Galloway, Scotland, the residency is designed for professional artists seeking to develop their practice through guided mentorship. The program includes various workshops such as movement-based work, costume design, performance writing, and creating large-scale structures. Oceanallover’s residencies accommodate up to six artists and provide a shared studio space, technical support, and accommodation. Artists can book residencies either as individuals or as groups, with options for one-to-one mentoring. The residency aims to challenge participants’ creative processes while offering reflective time in a supportive environment.

Ovada

Oxford, United Kingdom

OVADA, an artist-led center in Oxford, offers a Summer Residency, providing a stimulating environment for up to 10 creative practitioners to develop new work and ideas. The residency takes place in a transformed warehouse shared studio space, encouraging collaboration and learning among artists, curators, writers, and researchers at any career stage. With no expected outcomes, participants have the freedom to shape their residency experience, engage with the public through talks and events, or organize open studios and exhibitions.

Pervasive Media Studio

Bristol, United Kingdom

The Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol is a collaborative research and development space run by Watershed in partnership with UWE Bristol and the University of Bristol, hosting over 100 artists, technologists, and academics working at the intersection of art, science, and digital technology. It offers residencies to creative practitioners, reviewing applications quarterly and providing 2-3 spots per quarter, with specific programs like the Winter Residencies including time in the studio, a £2,750 bursary, materials support, and travel bursary. Residents develop innovative projects such as street games, robotics, and community initiatives, often blending art with technology around themes like Actual Reality or If These Walls Could Talk.

Pfaelzer Hof Artist Residencies

United Kingdom

Name of Residency: Pfaelzer Hof Artist ResidenciesPfaelzer Hof Artists Residencies is an artist-led town and cultural development project in the quarter near the station of Idar-Oberstein in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. The building is a former hotel “Der Pfälzer Hof”, which was rescued from demolition by private money and some public town funding.The town of Idar-Oberstein has an interesting history as a centre for gemstone trade and jewellery manufacturing, a specialised traditi

Pier Arts Centre

Orkney, United Kingdom

Linkshouse – Orkney Arts Residency is a dedicated residential and creative space on the north-west coast of Orkney's Mainland, managed by the Pier Arts Centre. It serves as both a landing strip for visiting artists and a launch pad for local creativity, hosting artists across all media from around the world for periods ranging from 2 weeks to 2 months.

PLOP

London, United Kingdom

PLOP Residency, established in 2018, is a vibrant artist residency located in the heart of East London, near Bethnal Green. Situated in the former Annka Kultys gallery space, PLOP has become a nurturing ground for over 65 international artists from 4 continents and 14 countries. At its core, PLOP is a community-driven initiative that offers a unique blend of studio space and mentorship, enriched by studio visits from esteemed industry professionals. Each month, the residency hosts 2 artists, providing them with free studio space to work collaboratively, culminating in a curated open studios event. PLOP underscores its commitment to artist development through annual open calls that welcome both artists and curators, fostering a diverse and dynamic creative environment. The residency’s creator, Oli Epp, and Residency Manager, Mollie Barnes, alongside an advisory panel comprising art critics, curators, and collectors, play pivotal roles in steering PLOP towards its mission of championing artist development and facilitating revolutionary residencies.

Positive Ambisonics

Strondour Lodge, United Kingdom

Name of Residency: Four day Immersive Audio WorkshopThe residency offers a unique opportunity to advance artistic and practise-based research with experimentation and the creation of methods that emphasise the spatial aesthetics of sound through ambisonics.The residency is designed to invite artists whose work already does or could interact with sound and space.​Residents are encouraged to focus on the creative process and experience of being immersed in this unique environment and to contribute

Proposition Studios

Heanor, United Kingdom

Proposition Studios offers the Eco-Syntax Residency in Derbyshire, near Heanor, providing affordable accommodation starting at £100/month and large studios for up to 20 creatives focused on reimagining humanity's role in the biosphere through conscientious living and collaboration. Residencies last from a minimum of 3 months up to 12 months, welcoming artists committed to community contributions, workshops, and developing the space into a vibrant hub.

Rhodes Trust

Oxford, United Kingdom

The Rhodes Art for Global Impact Residency is an international program hosted by the prestigious Rhodes Trust. The residency seeks to support artists whose practices are rooted in social justice and addressing some of the most pressing global challenges. Through collaboration with the Rhodes Scholar community, artists are provided an opportunity for intellectual exchange and creative development. The program culminates in a public exhibition at Rhodes House in Oxford, fostering dialogue around contemporary issues through art. The residency runs annually, alternating between open applications from the public and selections from within the Rhodes Scholar network. Artists working in diverse media, including painting, sculpture, mixed media, and photography, are encouraged to apply, with an emphasis on themes of social impact. Financial support and logistical resources are provided to help artists engage fully with the community and produce impactful works.

Scottish Sculpture Workshop

Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) is a rural artist residency in Aberdeenshire that supports artists through collective learning and experimentation with various materials and processes. The program offers highly subsidized group residencies where artists live and work together for four weeks, with access to specialized workshops including ceramics, metal fabrication, blacksmithing, and stonework, supported by skilled technicians and a programmed schedule of social and professional exchange activities.

Stiwdio Maelor

Corris, Machynlleth, United Kingdom

Stiwdio Maelor is a not-for-profit, year-round artist residency program in Corris, North Wales, welcoming visual artists, writers, musicians, and creatives for focused projects in a peaceful, inspiring rural setting within Snowdonia National Park. It offers residencies typically lasting 2-12 weeks in shared studio spaces like the attic studio, fostering community, idea exchange, and site-specific work while operating ecologically and sustainably on a low-cost basis. Artists live and work communally, benefiting from a gallery, workshops, and proximity to Machynlleth.

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre

Western Isles, United Kingdom

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre in Lochmaddy, North Uist, offers artist residencies that engage with the unique ecology, culture, and Gaelic heritage of the Outer Hebrides, often focusing on environmental, socially engaged practices, and the Hebridean Way route. Residencies provide access to studio spaces, print facilities, darkroom, digital media production, and potential exhibition opportunities, with programs hosted in collaboration with organizations like the Royal Scottish Academy and National Trust for Scotland. Typical stays range from a minimum of 2 weeks to 1 month, with costs around £600 per month for studio use.

Talbot Rice Gallery

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Talbot Rice Residents is a two-year artist residency programme providing time, curatorial support, and access to University of Edinburgh resources for early-career and re-emerging artists based in Scotland. Residents receive year-round technical support, access to workshops, libraries, collections, and the academic community, with opportunities to exhibit work throughout the programme and culminating in a London exhibition.

The Cut Arts Centre

Halesworth Suffolk. IP19 8BY, United Kingdom

The Cut Arts Centre in Halesworth, Suffolk, hosts artist residencies like The Summer Project, a 9-day intensive program focusing on themes such as Environment, Identity, Migration, and Sustainable Structures, supporting up to 40 emerging and mid-career artists through interdisciplinary collaboration, mentorship from 14 established practitioners, lectures, and technical support in areas like print, digital, film, and performance. Participants work in open studios, receive materials, optional housing nearby, and culminate in a public exhibition and publication, with subsidized fees and free spots for underrepresented artists. The program encourages cross-pollination across visual arts, performance, digital, sound, and more, fostering innovation and community engagement.

The Maltings (Berwick) Trust

Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom

The Maltings (Berwick) Trust operates a professional arts residency program in Berwick-upon-Tweed that supports artist-led projects, commissions, and exchanges of knowledge between artists and researchers. The program has hosted over 1,000 artists and companies over 35 years and includes international residencies, such as partnerships with Swedish Lapland AiR, as well as community-based residencies like the Berwick Academy Residency.

trenarren HOUSE

Trenarren House, United Kingdom

Name of Residency: trenarren HOUSE artist residencies // the creative residency programme is a unique opportunity to come & live, work, create & be, in community, with us here at trenarren HOUSE.  it’s an invitation to dedicate loving, focused time to your creative passion … painting, writing, sculpture, ceramics, performance, music, dance … or any other.// we believe wholeheartedly in supporting a multidisciplinary space here & welcome all creative disciplines here every month. Some months we w

Victoria & Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London offers residency programs, including the Adobe Creative Residency, supporting artists, designers, and makers to research collections, develop practices, and engage audiences through public programming. Residents typically commit to 12-month full-time positions with studio access, mentorship, salaried compensation, and a culminating display, while shorter residencies also exist. Programs emphasize interdisciplinary work across V&A sites, fostering innovation and community connections.

Wysing Arts Centre

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Wysing Arts Centre is a contemporary arts residency centre in South Cambridgeshire, England, focused on artistic production, experimentation, and learning. Its main activity is an international residency programme where around twelve artists per year are selected by invitation through a process led by the research-active programme team. The centre provides facilities including 24 low-cost artists' studios, specialist new media facilities, a ceramics studio, recording studio, gallery, and accommodation in a 17th-century farmhouse.