Visual Arts Residencies in United States

A.I.R. Studio Paducah

Hyattsville, United States

A.I.R. Studio Paducah is an artist-in-residence program in Paducah, Kentucky, offering stays of two weeks to three months in a private efficiency apartment and studio space in the Lower Town Arts District. It supports self-motivated artists including visual artists, writers, architects, composers, and improvisational choreographers for focused independent work, experimentation, and community engagement, with a storefront display space available. The program, founded in by artist Alonzo Davis, charges $700 for two weeks or $1,000 per month and uses a competitive peer-reviewed selection process.

Alderworks Alaska Writers and Artists Retreat

Skagway, United States

Alderworks Alaska offers summer residencies for writers and artists in three restored cabins on the edge of the wilderness in historic Dyea near Skagway, AK. Stays are 4-6 weeks with access to a studio.

Amant New York Residency

New York City, United States

Amant New York Residency is a three-month international studio and research program in Brooklyn, NYC, hosting up to four artists at various career stages across disciplines like visual arts, performance, filmmaking, writing, and cultural theory. It provides individual studios, a $3,000 monthly stipend, round-trip airfare, and access to Amant's exhibitions and networks, but does not offer housing as studios are non-residential. Residents engage in research projects benefiting from NYC's resources and participate in public programs.

Anderson Center at Tower View

Red Wing, Minnesota, United States

The Anderson Center at Tower View, located in Red Wing, Minnesota, offers residencies from May through October to artists, writers, musicians, and performers. Hosting about 35-40 residents annually, the program is one of the largest in the Upper Midwest and has welcomed over 900 artists from 45 states and 40 countries since its inception in 1995. Residents are provided with a private room in the historic Tower View residence, equipped with essential amenities, and meals prepared by a residency chef. The center offers a variety of workspaces, including a visual arts studio, darkroom, printmaking studio, and practice spaces for dancers and musicians. Situated on a 350-acre historic campus, the Anderson Center features a sculpture garden and is adjacent to the Cannon Valley Bike Trail. The residency program emphasizes community engagement, with residents contributing to the local community through presentations, workshops, and classes. The Anderson Center supports a diverse range of artists and embraces interdisciplinary approaches. It operates various programs, including a Deaf Artist Residency, an Early Career Artist Residency Program, and a Public Artist Residency Program, along with artist exchange programs with Salzburg, Austria, and Quzhou, China. The center's mission is to provide a dynamic environment for creative endeavors, encouraging the exchange of ideas and serving as a source of significant contributions to society. Located at 163 Tower View Drive, Red Wing, MN, the Anderson Center is a hub for artistic and cultural exchange.

Appalachian Center for Craft

Smithville, United States

The Appalachian Center for Craft's Artist in Residence (AIR) program provides a creative, residential environment for emerging professional artists to work in an immersive studio setting while contributing to the educational mission of the institution. The program offers one-year appointments (renewable for an additional year) across multiple studio disciplines including clay, fibers, glass, metals, wood, and exhibitions, with residents providing instructional support and producing significant bodies of studio work.

Armory Art Center

West Palm Beach, United States

The Armory Art Center's Artist-in-Residence Program is a highly competitive 9-18 month residency that attracts emerging artists with at least a BFA to teach classes, develop their own work in provided studio space, and participate in community events. Residents work 35+ hours weekly (including 15 hours of departmental duties), teach workshops and eight-week classes, and receive compensation for teaching plus a monthly stipend.

Art MSU and University Health and Wellbeing Artist-in-Residence

East Lansing, United States

Artist-in-Residence at Olin Health Center promoting wellness and inclusivity through community-engaged art. Selected artist collaborates with students and staff to design and execute a mural within the student health clinic over 8 months.

Art Rez Newnan, GA

Newnan, United States

Newnan ArtRez offers residencies to emerging and mid-career artists from various disciplines to pursue art away from daily pressures while engaging the community and enriching Newnan's cultural environment.

Art/Sci Awarded Residency

Oregon, United States

The Art/Sci Awarded Residency at PLAYA in Summer Lake, Oregon, is a funded program for artists and scientists whose work promotes dialogue and positive environmental change, hosting cohorts of 6-10 participants in 1- or 2-bedroom cabins free of charge. Residencies last 5, 11, 17, or 25 nights, with applicants selecting from fixed dates, and residents cover their own travel and food costs. Open to global applicants, it supports interdisciplinary work including visual arts, writing, music, design, and science in a remote rural setting.

Artists of Opportunity Residency

Missoula, United States

Professional artists develop their practice in an inclusive studio environment while collaborating with adults with disabilities. Artists receive $200 weekly stipend, dedicated workspace, and teach weekly workshops.

ARTS 14C

United States

Name of Residency: Project 14CARTS 14C offers both free and subsidized residencies for artists of all disciplines – short-term project-based residencies and long-term development based residencies.Our 12-month live/work residencies open quarterly, with residencies starting on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 each year. There is also a 3-month option for international artists unable to get a longer visa, and artists with special circumstances.These residencies focus on participation in

Arts Educators Residency

Ely, United States

Week-long residency (7 days) at Tofte Lake Center for 6 artist educators (K-12, higher ed, or freelance). Offers lodging, work time, community interaction, and optional sharing. No stipend or travel support. Open to visual, literary, performing arts.

Arts Letters and Numbers

New York City, United States

Arts Letters & Numbers is an interdisciplinary artist residency program founded in , located in the historic Faith Mills Complex in rural Upstate New York, offering creative sanctuary for individuals or groups to develop new works across diverse disciplines. Residents shape their workspaces and rhythms, engage with a supportive community through events, workshops, and exhibitions, and participate in parallel programming like open studios and lectures. Stays typically last 1-12 weeks in provided housing options such as shared or private rooms in the House on the Hill, The Twins, or The Inn, with communal meals but no stipend; costs are paid by artists.

ARTS Southeast

United States

Name of Residency: On::View Artist in ResidencyNOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2026!Located in the heart of Savannah’s Starland District at ARTS Southeast, the ON::VIEW Artist Residency provides a free, high visibility studio space for an artist to complete a new project, to continue an in-progress endeavor, or to conduct research exploring conceptual, material, performative, and social practices. The studio’s large windows look out onto Bull Street, the district’s main thoroughf

Artspace Hiawatha

Escanaba, United States

Artspace Hiawatha Lofts is a four-story affordable live/work housing project in Seattle, Washington, offering 61 units for artists and creatives along with commercial spaces, an expansive courtyard, and a community room. It supports the artistic community through sustainable design features like LEED-equivalent certification and includes tenants such as an art gallery, dance studio, and retail incubators. No traditional artist residency program with short-term stays, stipends, or application processes is mentioned; it functions as permanent affordable housing for artists.

ASLD Color Scheme Residency

Denver, United States

7-month residency at Art Students League of Denver for visual artists 21+, prioritizing underrepresented communities. Provides 900 sq ft studio, $4000/mo stipend, workshops, and culminating exhibition. Open to any visual arts media.

Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA)

New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States

Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA), nestled in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, stands as a beacon of interdisciplinary artistic collaboration and excellence. Established in 1977 by the visionary Doris Leeper, ACA fosters a nurturing environment where artists across multiple disciplines can converge, create, and share ideas. The center is renowned for its Mentor Artist-in-Residence Program, which pairs emerging and mid-career artists with distinguished mentors to explore new projects, experiment, and engage in rich dialogues across artistic fields. Beyond its core residency, ACA extends its creative reach through community arts and wellness initiatives, offering a broad spectrum of programs that underline the center's commitment to artistic innovation and community engagement.

Atlantic Center for the Arts is an innovative nonprofit artist-in-residence program that provides artists with an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s talented in the visual, literary, and performing arts. Since the program began in 1982, over 3500 artists have been served from the US and around the world.The three-week Residency Program brings together three Mentoring Artists from different disciplines, such as the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, film/vide

AZULE

United States

Name of Residency: Mountainside Artist ResidencyAs an emerging community-based organization, Azule has developed a retreat and residency program for craftsmen, writers, architects, builders, researchers, and artists of all types. Azule’s mission is to provide an environment where artists and community meet, work and learn together through the arts in their many forms. Located in Western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, our facility is the result of decades of work by local craftsmen, using

Bernheim Artist in Residence

Clermont, United States

The Bernheim Artist in Residence Program, established in 1980 at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Clermont, Kentucky, annually selects up to four visual and mixed media artists to live and create site-specific works inspired by the natural environment. Artists receive a $2,500 stipend, housing in a furnished one-room cabin, and access to a lakeside studio, with one slot dedicated to regional artists from Kentucky or nearby Indiana counties and another to those addressing environmental issues like climate change and biodiversity loss. Residents must produce at least one artwork for Bernheim and participate in a public engagement program.

Bethany Arts Community

Ossining, United States

Bethany Arts Community (BAC) in Ossining, NY, offers multidisciplinary artist residencies for emerging and established artists across various disciplines, including visual arts, writing, performance, and more, providing private studios, housing, meals, and stipends. Residencies emphasize community engagement through required public programming and interaction with peers and locals. Programs include short-term fall residencies (2 weeks) and longer emerging artist fellowships (4 months).

Blue Mountain Center (BMC)

Blue Mountain Lake, New York, United States

Founded in 1982, Blue Mountain Center (BMC) is located in the Adirondack wilderness on historically Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe lands. Originally a 19th-century golf resort, it now serves as a nurturing refuge dedicated to social justice for artists, activists, writers, and cultural workers. Blue Mountain Center focuses on providing a space that facilitates both the creation of transformative works and the rejuvenation of its residents. The center emphasizes the integration of its residents with the local and global communities, providing a serene environment conducive to creative and restorative practices. BMC operates on the core values of racial, economic, and environmental justice, and gender equality, welcoming a diverse group of applicants particularly those producing work that reflects social and ecological concerns. BMC offers month-long residencies from June to September each year, supporting a range of creative disciplines including writing, filmmaking, and visual arts, among others. Residents are selected by an admissions committee of accomplished authors and artists through a process that prioritizes work aimed at a general audience with a clear social conscience. The residency provides studio space, accommodation, and communal living areas, all set against the backdrop of the scenic Blue Mountain Lake. This setting not only inspires artistic endeavors but also encourages personal well-being and community interaction, free from the distractions of everyday life such as cell phones and constant internet connectivity.

BOOM Universe Residency

Pittsburgh, United States

BOOM Universe Residency at Alloy Studios by BOOM Concepts supports Black, Brown, Queer, and Femme artists with live/work housing, stipends, studio space, mentorship, and Pittsburgh art ecosystem connections. Quarterly program for creative entrepreneurs.

Boston Center for the Arts

Boston, United States

The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) offers multiple artist residency programs, including the BCA Studio Residency, which provides selected artists with affordable, work-only studio space in Boston's South End for up to three years, supporting experimentation in fields like photography, sculpture, painting, video, digital media, performance, and public art. Additional programs include the seven-day ACTivate Residency for site-responsive performative or visual work in the historic Cyclorama and the Public Art Residency for interactive temporary installations on BCA's campus. These residencies foster a diverse arts community through networking, exhibitions, curatorial visits, and professional development opportunities.

Camp Wonder Wander and the Wanderful Farm

Waynesboro, United States

Camp Wonder Wander is a year-round creativity retreat center and artist/writer residency located in mid-south Tennessee that combines nature immersion through Forest Therapy with hands-on creative work and farm engagement. The facility offers residencies for designers, artists, writers, and crafters seeking to enhance their creative practice through connection to nature, physical labor, and a nurturing homestead environment.

Name of Residency: Drawing Canyon, Sage and Sky In Drawing Canyon, Sage and Sky’s residential retreats and workshops, we set up to draw within badlands, canyons and sage fields, gather earth pigments, handcraft charcoal and natural paints, and expand drawing practice through tutorials and independent studio work, all as connected to the experience of place.There are two residential workshops in 2025 – the first is an immersive drawing retreat, the second focuses on drawing research.Both resident

Center for the Arts Evergreen Artist-in-Residence

Evergreen, United States

Center for the Arts Evergreen’s Artist-in-Residence Program in Evergreen, CO offers emerging and established artists 12-week residencies with housing, private studio, $250/month stipend, teaching/sales opportunities, and community engagement.

Chalk Hill Artist Residency offers artists across various mediums a 2-4 week stay at the Warnecke Ranch & Vineyard in Sonoma County, providing a rustic 1925 farmhouse, dedicated studio space in a repurposed barn, and access to oak woodlands, hiking trails, vineyards, and the Russian River for inspiration. The program hosts one artist at a time (or collaborators), with opportunities to exhibit and sell work at seasonal Open Studio events, though residents cover food, transportation, and materials, with a $500/week fee and limited scholarships available. It welcomes established, emerging, and visionary artists from all backgrounds, supporting those with disabilities where possible.

chaNorth, chashama

Pine Plains, United States

ChaNorth is an unplugged rural artist residency in the Hudson Valley since , offering emerging and mid-career artists a secluded environment to create new work with studio visits, exhibitions, and community engagement.

Chashama North

United States

Name of Residency: Chashama North ( ChaNorth )ChaNorth upholds the storied tradition of the Hudson Valley by providing local and international artists with a supportive and secluded environment in which to create new work. The artist residency is embedded in the rural communities of the surrounding towns, serving as a cultural resource for the Hudson Valley. The program offers networking, exhibition and teaching opportunities and promotes awareness and understanding of visual arts in a rural com

China Folk House AIR

Harpers Ferry, United States

Collaborative exchange between artists from Fujian Province and exurban Washington DC areas. Focus on traditional folk arts and experimental/conceptual expression in an exceptional setting.

Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat

United States

Name of Residency: Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat Creative ResidencyThere are 3 ways to participate as an artist at Chulitna.Fellowship – No fee, all expenses related to room and board + travel stipend, 6 week attendance Resident Artist – Highly reduced fee, 1 or 2 week attendance Honarary Resident – No application required, no work required, full-fee with full-service, come make and enjoy! Fellowships:All expenses covered including gourmet meals, travel stipend, and charter flight from Ancho

Cloud Collective Residency

United States

Name of Residency: Cloud Collective ResidencyCloud Collective Residency Program – Activities & ObjectivesIndependent Creative Time Artists and writers are given uninterrupted space to focus on their individual projects in a quiet, natural setting.Shared Meals & Community Building Residents come together for nourishing, home-cooked communal dinners that foster connection, conversation, and collaboration.Mentorship & Support Optional one-on-one mentorship sessions offer encouragement, feedback, an

The Cedars Union Incubator Cohort VI is an 18‑month residency in Dallas offering micro‑studios and peer community for emerging artists.

Columbus State University (Department of Art)

Columbus, United States

Columbus State University's Department of Art hosts multiple residency programs including the Visiting Artist and Scholar Residency Program and Summer River Fellowship, which bring prominent studio artists, art historians, art critics, and curators for long or short-term residencies. Resident artists teach workshops, provide mentorship to students, give public lectures, and create new works while engaging with the university and local community.

Name of Residency: Site-SpecificCreative Body Institute offers immersive, site-specific residencies designed to support thematic, cross-disciplinary inquiry. Our residencies are intergenerational and curated for emergent, mid-career, and established artists working across visual art, sound, performance, writing, installation, dance, social practice, and beyond. We welcome artists with existing embodied practices as well as those seeking to deepen or expand their relationship to the body, land, a

Creative Residency

Elizabethtown, United States

Craigardan's Creative Residency Program in the Adirondacks offers 2 weeks-3 months for interdisciplinary artists, scholars, farmers, chefs. Provides housing, studios, scholarships ($850-$1350/week), stocked kitchen, access to programs.

Crosstown Art Residency

Tennessee, United States

Crosstown Arts offers multidisciplinary artist residencies in Memphis, Tennessee, for visiting and local artists and curators in any creative discipline, including visual arts, music, film, and writing. Residencies provide private studio spaces, housing for out-of-town residents, access to shared facilities, and public engagement opportunities, all at no cost to participants who cover their own materials and travel. Sessions typically last 2-3 months in spring, summer, and fall.

Deering Estate

Miami, United States

The Deering Estate Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program in Miami supports professional visual, literary, performing, and cross-disciplinary artists through studio and non-studio residencies lasting 2 to 12 months, providing access to historic studio spaces and encouraging public engagement and collaboration within the estate's natural and cultural environment. Artists must commit at least 30 hours weekly on-site but are responsible for their own housing, supplies, transportation, and expenses, with no application fee or stipend offered. The program, active since , fosters innovative projects at the intersection of art, science, and conservation.

Denali National Park AIR

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States

Denali Air operates flightseeing tours and air taxi services from a private airstrip near Denali National Park. Offers scenic flights over the Alaska Range with views of glaciers, peaks, and wildlife.

Djerassi Resident Artists

Woodside, United States

The Djerassi Resident Artists Program offers fully funded 4-5 week residencies on a 583-acre ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Woodside, California, providing artists with uninterrupted time, private studios, housing, meals, and a natural environment for creative work and collegial exchange.

Eliza Moore

Virginia, United States

The Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence awards early-career artists a $10,000 grant and residency to develop works addressing plants, gardens, or landscapes at Oak Spring Garden Foundation's 700-acre landscape.

Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Artist Resident

Rockland, United States

Award-winning artist residency offering 1, 2, or 6-month sessions with studio space, exhibition/performance venue, and community engagement in Maine's creative hub.

Elsewhere Studios

Paonia, United States

Elsewhere Studios is an artist residency program in Paonia, Colorado, hosting 4-6 artists at a time from around the world in a supportive environment that encourages focused work, community engagement, and experimentation. Residencies typically last one month, with options to extend up to three or six months, and include shared living/studio spaces, public open studios, and special programs for underrepresented artists like parents, Indigenous poets, and BIPOC/LGBTQIA2S+ creatives. The program emphasizes social and environmental justice, with subsidized fees and no standard stipend, though some funded residencies provide support.

Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design

Bloomington, United States

The McKinney International Art and Design Residency at Indiana University Bloomington's Eskenazi School invites established international artists and designers for a 4-6 week residency. Selected residents receive studio space, lodging, an $8,000 USD fellowship, health insurance, and up to $500 in supplies, while participating in the McKinney Visiting Artist Lecture Series and coordinating public-facing activities such as studio visits and workshops.

ESSA's Painting & Drawing

Eureka Springs, United States

ESSA's Spring/Summer Painting & Drawing Residency offers art education in a 55-acre Ozark campus. Cultivates artistic expression for students of all levels in visual arts and fine crafts.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

Provincetown, United States

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is one of the world's leading artist residency programs, offering 20 seven-month residencies annually to emerging visual artists, fiction writers, and poets. Since its founding in 1968, the Work Center has provided time, space, and creative connections to artists and writers, with each Fellow receiving an apartment, studio space, monthly stipend, and opportunities for public readings and exhibitions.

Fire Island Residency

New York City, United States

The Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR) is a non-profit program founded in , the first U.S. residency exclusively for emerging LGBTQ+ identifying visual artists, providing free live/work space in the historic Cherry Grove community on Fire Island, New York. Artists participate in a four-week summer program featuring studio visits, discussions, and public lectures by renowned curators, scholars, and artists. FIAR offers lodging, studio space, stipends for meals and travel, and an honorarium.

Flux Factory Artist-in Residency

Long Island City, United States

Since 1994, Flux Factory has offered an informal, artist-run, and collective residency program comprised of a changing community of creative collaborators including artists, musicians, curators, community organizers, urban agriculturalists, educators, builders, and game designers. The program provides workspace, studio facilities, and direct exhibition and programmatic opportunities within a socially engaged and immersive environment in Long Island City, Queens.

Fordham University

Bronx, United States

Private Jesuit research university established in 1841. Enrolls over 16,000 students across three campuses in New York State, offering degrees in over 60 disciplines with a rigorous core curriculum spanning science, literature, history, theology, philosophy, and arts.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House

Buffalo, United States

The Martin House Creative Residency Program at Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House in Buffalo, NY, is a project-based residency offering creative individuals 2-4 weeks onsite to develop new works inspired by this iconic 20th-century architecture. It supports artists across various disciplines and researchers focusing on related themes, with residents receiving a $5,000 stipend, up to $1,000 in travel expenses, and housing in the Wright-designed Barton House. Participants must deliver a free public program, performance, or exhibition sharing their Martin House-inspired work.

GALLERIES on DOWNING

United States

Name of Residency: Eco-conspiraciesEco-conspiracies CON: with SPIRE: to BreatheUsing Art to Bring Wildlife Conservation Closer to HomeOpening space for contemplative practice, we invite participants to slow down and breathe with surrounding plants in our sphere, practice creative acts of sci/art conservation & share seeds and their stories of restoration. Broadening perceptions of ‘home’ to include outdoors spheres around our lived-in structures, we invite participants to re-cognize relationship

Glass Box Studio

Wausau, United States

Glass Box Studio at Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, WI, offers residencies for visual artists with studio, housing, honorarium, and outreach opportunities. Length: 2 weeks-2 months. Opened .

Grand Marais Art Colony

Grand Marais, United States

The Grand Marais Art Colony provides self-guided and juried artist residencies in professional studios on Minnesota's North Shore, offering artists distraction-free space and time to develop their artistic practices. The organization operates multiple studio types including clay, painting, printmaking, and writing facilities, with residency lengths ranging from 1-4 weeks and various support options including lodging and stipends for juried residents.

Graves Mill Farm Writers and Artists Residency

Madison, United States

The Graves Mill Farm Writers and Artists Residency is a fully funded one-week retreat for writers and visual artists at all career stages, held on a 2,000-acre farm in Madison, VA. It emphasizes inspiration from nature, balancing private work time with communal meals and interactions, culminating in a studio night sharing. Participants explore the property and forests, with dedicated studios and housing provided.

Greenhut Artist Residency

Harvard, United States

Five-week artist residency providing time, space, community, and support to emerging artists, writers, and scholars in rural New England with funding, housing, multidisciplinary studios, and nature access.

Grünewald Guild Residency

Leavenworth, United States

Nonprofit arts residency retreat in WA's Plain Valley offers 3-4 week cohort sessions Oct-May. Provides free lodging, meals, studios for visual arts, writing, music, performance in exchange for volunteer service. Emphasizes art, faith, community.

Harvest Works

NEW YORK, United States

Harvestworks is a national artist residency program supporting contemporary American artists and legal U.S. residents working at the intersection of art and technology. Selected artists receive a $5,000 commission to develop and present new projects at the T.E.A.M. Lab in New York City, exploring how technology can deepen understanding, provoke ideas, and inspire innovation through integrated sound, visual art, and experimental forms.

Helene Wurlitzer Foundation (HWF)

Taos, New Mexico, United States

The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation (HWF) is a private, non-profit organization that has been supporting the arts since 1954. Located on a fifteen-acre campus in Taos, New Mexico, HWF offers one of the oldest artist residency programs in the USA. The Foundation provides three months of rent-free and utility-paid housing to visual artists, literary artists, and music composers from around the world. The campus consists of eleven fully furnished casitas, each tailored to the specific needs of different types of artists. The Foundation’s mission is to support the artist and the creative process, offering a peaceful setting for artists to pursue their work without imposed expectations or quotas. Applications are reviewed by a committee of professionals in various artistic disciplines, ensuring a diverse and enriching residency experience.

Here Arts Center

New York, United States

The HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) at HERE Arts Center supports mid-career, cross-genre artists in developing innovative hybrid works in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, visual art, and new media over 1-3 years, providing commissions, developmental support, career planning, and opportunities for full productions. Artists receive substantial support including $50,000-$125,000 in cash, equipment, space, and services, tailored to individual needs within a collaborative peer community. The program emphasizes artist control, ownership of work, and skill-building in areas like grantwriting and audience relations.

Indiana University Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design

Bloomington, United States

The McKinney International Art and Design Residency at Indiana University Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design in Bloomington offers established international artists and designers a 4-6 week stay to develop their practice using university facilities, collections, and research centers. Residents participate in the McKinney Visiting Artist Lecture Series, studio visits, open studios, and a workshop while receiving studio space, lodging, an $8,000 fellowship, health insurance, and up to $500 in supplies. Applications are open to contemporary studio practitioners and critics from outside the US, with the next cycle for .

Institute for Public Architecture

New York, United States

The Institute for Public Architecture (IPA) offers the Independent Project Residency, an 11-week live-in program at the historic Block House on Governors Island, inviting emerging and mid-career practitioners in architecture, urbanism, design, art, and research to develop independent projects focused on the public realm. Fellows live and work in a communal environment, engage with the public through Open House events, and culminate in an exhibition of their work. The program provides access to NYC's networks while offering solitude on the island, with facilities including living accommodations, studio, and library.

Iowa Lakeside Lab Biological Field Research Station

Milford, United States

The Iowa Lakeside Lab Artist-in-Residence Program at the Biological Field Research Station in Milford, Iowa, invites artists, musicians, composers, and performers of all genres for two- or four-week residencies focused on fostering collaborations between art, science, ecology, and the local community. Residents receive private housing with meals provided, access to rustic studio spaces in historic stone labs, and opportunities to engage with scientists and the natural surroundings, with no fees charged. Preference is given to works exploring relationships between art and science, particularly ecology and natural history.

Japan - castle towns and art islands -

Tennessee, United States

The 'Japan - castle towns and art islands -' is a 10-day group travel residency experience organized by Sarasvati (formerly Camp Wonder Wander), taking place in Japan from May 14-24, , with hubs in Osaka and Okayama. Participants explore castle towns, art islands like Naoshima and Teshima, and other cultural sites via day trips, emphasizing art and nature as inspiration for creative practices on the road. It prioritizes artists and writers with nature as their muse, offering a choose-your-own-adventure format with group logistics support for a fee of $1500.

Joan Mitchell Center Residency

New Orleans, United States

The Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans offers visual artists 6-14 week residencies with private studios, weekday meals, $150 weekly stipend, and professional development opportunities. Open to New Orleans-based/natives and former Joan Mitchell Foundation grant recipients.

Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (JTHAR)

Joshua Tree, California, United States

Founded in 2007, Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (JTHAR) is a non-profit organization that offers a unique residency experience for artists from around the globe. Located near the stunning Joshua Tree National Park, JTHAR provides artists with scholarship funds, living accommodations, studio space, and opportunities for open studio events. The residency is designed to foster creativity, trust, courage, diversity, and acceptance, promoting opportunities for exploration, experimentation, and engagement with the vibrant local community. Each year, JTHAR invites six artists at various career stages and working in diverse media to create work amidst the natural beauty of the park. The selection process involves a review of applications by the JTHAR Board Members, based on the artist's portfolio and residency proposal. In addition to the standard scholarship, the Gothard Family Artist Scholarship offers a stipend to a residency recipient of African American heritage, specifically for visual artists. The residency provides individual houses for living and working, with the option to use a dedicated large studio space. Artists are expected to provide their own transportation, attend a mid-residency review, and have the option of an open studio exhibition or a Zoom presentation at the end of the residency. JTHAR encourages artists to immerse themselves in the inspiring environment of Joshua Tree, contributing to the cultural landscape and fostering connections within the artistic community.

Kaatsbaan Subsidized

Tivoli, United States

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park provides opportunities for artists of all genres to create, live, and collaborate in the Hudson Valley countryside with state-of-the-art studios, theater, and accommodations.

Kansas City Artists Coalition International Artists’ Residency

Kansas City, United States

The Kansas City Artists Coalition International Artists’ Residency offers visual artists from around the world a supportive environment in Kansas City, Missouri, to create exceptional artwork, foster intercultural understanding, and exchange ideas with peers. Residents receive access to a shared studio space, private rooms, shared kitchen, bathrooms, and living areas for stays of 1-3 months (or 4-12 weeks). The program prioritizes international artists new to the US, requiring English communication and a $100 security deposit plus monthly fees.

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Kansas City, United States

The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, invites exhibiting artists to participate as visiting artists in residence, with each visit tailored to the artist's process or media. Residencies typically include workshops for area students in two-hour blocks over the three days prior to the artist's opening exhibition, along with speaking engagements at free public opening receptions. The program aims to stimulate dialogue, foster appreciation of contemporary art, and provide educational resources through direct artist interaction.

Kokoro Studio Retreat Center

Castleton, United States

Kokoro Studio Retreat Center in Castleton, VT offers residencies for visual and literary artists in a restorative environment with studios, Japanese bath, pond, waterfall, stone yard. Lodging in cabins, tepees, tents; 1 day to 1 month stays.

Kunstraum

United States

Kunstraum is an artist-run hub, incubator and gallery space in Brooklyn offering 3 months, 6 months and 12 months residencies which includes studio workspace, studio visits, exhibition opportunities & professional services in Brooklyn.Residency Programme since: 2015Description of Organisation: In February 2015, we opened the gallery and artist-hub Kunstraum by the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. As an interdisciplinary team of curators, artists, and architects, we seek to promote emerging art, as well as

L.a. Studio

United States

Name of Residency: ART14 ResidencyArt14 Residency welcomes all types of artists, writers, musicians, and creatives. During their stay, artists’ objectives are self-prescribed, and while the nature of the Residency encourages collaboration, it is not required. ART14 Residency exists in conjunction with L.a. Studio’s community art outreach and programming, and visiting artists have the opportunity to provide public classes during their stay in their preferred medium.Art14 Residency currently has a

The Lannan Foundation, headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, previously operated a residency program in Marfa, Texas, offering uninterrupted writing time for poets, writers, essayists, translators, scholars, curators, and activists, which closed as of April . While based in Santa Fe since 1997, no dedicated artist residency program operates there; instead, the foundation funds residencies at other Santa Fe institutions like the Institute of American Indian Arts (short-term literary workshops) and Santa Fe Art Institute. It no longer accepts applications for its own residencies or grants.

Lost and Found Lab Residency

Cos Cob, United States

Artist residency in Cos Cob, CT, honoring James Stevenson. Offers 2-4 week invitation-only stays for visual artists, scholars, writers, curators exploring visual art and written word. Includes $1000 stipend, housing, studio, library, and access to archives.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Residency

New York, United States

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Residency Program, founded in 1973, offers various artist residencies in New York City, including Workspace (9 months for emerging visual artists and writers), Arts Center Residency (8 months for multidisciplinary artists at Governors Island), and Process Space (2-8 weeks for performing artists). These programs provide free studio spaces, stipends when available, professional development, peer community, and public presentation opportunities to foster creative experimentation and career growth.

Lucid Art Foundation

Inverness, United States

Nonprofit foundation in Inverness, CA, supporting artists exploring arts and consciousness via residencies, exhibitions, and publications. Offers serene retreat with housing and studio for multimedia, conceptual, ecological, interdisciplinary work.

MakerHouse

United States

Name of Residency: MakerHouse ResidencyAs a Resident, you will receive free housing, workshop access, and a living stipend for one month so that you can focus on exploring these themes and contributing knowledge to the world.Our workshop includes tools for woodworking, metalworking (welding, casting, blacksmithing), ceramics, software, electronics, music, robotics, 3D printing and laser cutting. We also have a full time shop master who can teach you how to use any tools you aren’t familiar with.

Manship Artists Residency

Gloucester, United States

International, interdisciplinary artists residency at the former home and studio of sculptor Paul Manship, dedicated to supporting artists, innovators, and thinkers with time and space for creative work.

Marble House Project

Dorset, Vermont, United States

Marble House Project is an expansive, multi-disciplinary artist residency program situated in Dorset, Vermont. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration, sustainability, and community engagement by offering artists from a wide array of disciplines a place to live and work harmoniously. Focusing on conservation and organic food production, it invites artists to integrate with the natural surroundings and local community, aiming to foster both individual artistic growth and communal enrichment. With sessions running from mid-April through October, the program curates a diverse mix of approximately 60 artists annually, both from the United States and abroad, across all creative fields including visual arts, writing, choreography, music composition, performance, and culinary arts.

Mary Anderson Center for the Arts

Mount St. Francis, United States

Part of Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality, offering art classes for the community and studio rentals. Provides studio/gallery spaces and outdoor natural areas for spiritual and creative encounters.

Mary Sky

United States

Name of Residency: Mary Sky Artist ResidencyMary Sky’s Artist Residency is hosted in a tiny-cabin on a forested mountainside in rural Vermont, adjacent to hundreds of thousands of acres of National Forest land.The residency campus is rural, and staying in the cabin is much like camping, which presents certain undeniable realities. You must be generally physically fit and able to walk up steep hills in order to participate in the program.The culmination or outcome of this residency is ultimately

McColl Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

The McColl Center's Artist-in-Residence Program in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a prestigious program that nurtures the growth of emerging and mid-career artists. It offers three residency terms annually: Fall (August-November), Winter/Spring (January-May), and Summer (June-August). Artists receive private housing, a large-scale private studio, curatorial guidance, marketing support, and a stipend. The program emphasizes artistic research, exploration, and community engagement, providing access to facilities like a 3D Lab, Ceramics + Sculpture Studio, Darkroom, Media Lab, and Woodshop. Participants are involved in a group exhibition and community engagements related to their practice. The program is competitive, with over 800 applications for four spots each term, open to artists worldwide. McColl Center also collaborates with Atrium Health and UNC Charlotte for specific residencies.

Migration in Changing Climates

Oregon, United States

The Migration in Changing Climates Fellowship is a residency program offered through the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx) at Oregon State University, targeting established and emerging artists working in any discipline to explore themes of migration amid climate change, potentially in collaboration with sites like PLAYA. It emphasizes supportive, generative experiences at the intersections of arts, humanities, science, and technology, such as unplugged retreats or interdisciplinary projects. The program aligns with environmental and creative research initiatives in Oregon.

Millay Arts

Austerlitz, New York, United States

Millay Arts, founded in 1973 at "Steepletop," the historic estate of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in Austerlitz, New York, offers multidisciplinary artist residencies. The nonprofit organization, located in the Hudson Valley, provides a serene environment for artists to deeply engage in their creative process from March through November. It hosts 6-7 artists for two-week or month-long stays, offering fully-subsidized Core Residencies and partially-subsidized Steepletop Residencies, as well as the Wintertide Rustic Retreat. Artists at Millay Arts benefit from the inspirational setting, with idyllic meadows and woods, and proximity to cultural institutions. The Core Residency, selected through a blind jury process, includes a stipend for groceries but not communal meals. The Steepletop Residency allows for advanced scheduling and the Wintertide Retreat offers a self-directed, quiet space for work or rest. Facilities include the Barn, a rustic space with studios and bedrooms, and the Main Building, featuring ADA-design, shared living spaces, and specialized suites. Millay Arts is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, supporting a wide range of artistic voices and fostering connections between artists and the local community.

Miller Art Museum

United States

Name of Residency: DOME HOUSE AL & MICKEY QUINLAN ARTIST RESIDENCYWhitefish Bay, located on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula (USA), has long been a creative haven for artists who were an important part of the local community and brought the process of creating art into daily life. Inspired by the history of the Dome House and the vibrant artistic community in Door County, the Al & Mickey Quinlan Artist Residency aims to give one artist the opportunity to create work in a unique environment providing i

Mineral Arts &

Mineral, United States

Mineral Arts & Residencies (MARS), formerly Mineral School, offers 1-2 week artist residencies in a historic school near Mt. Rainier. Provides studio space, meals, community events for visual, literary, performing artists.

MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial

New York, United States

MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38 was a contemporary art space and residency program of the Goethe-Institut New York located on the Lower East Side. The program selected curatorial residents from Germany annually, providing them the opportunity to program the experimental exhibition space and gain experience directing a small institution with an international profile.

Moku Art Studio

n/a, United States

Name of Residency: Ocean Virtual Art ResidencyThere are virtual meetings among all the international participating artists under the guidance of a member of the team. These sessions are dedicated to the inception and refinement of your artist project. Each meeting will feature suggested prompts designed to foster introspection and illuminate connections between artists’ projects.  Upon the culmination of the virtual residency, we host a Virtual Open Studio and Exhibition Inauguration.Residency P

Montalvo Arts Center

Saratoga, CA 95071, United States

The Lucas Artists Residency Program (LAP) at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, is a multidisciplinary residency established in 1939, offering national and international artists dedicated time and facilities for creative practice, collaboration, and cross-disciplinary exploration. It provides private live/work studios tailored to disciplines like visual arts, writing, composition, and performance, set on a 175-acre historic estate with opportunities for public engagement and commissions. The program hosts over 100 artists annually through juried and invited processes, fostering new work in Silicon Valley.

Montello Foundation

Montello, Nevada, United States

The Montello Foundation, established to support artists who enhance our understanding of nature and its need for protection, offers a unique residency experience in the Nevada desert. Since its inception, the Foundation has been dedicated to fostering a deep appreciation and awareness of nature's fragility. Artists are encouraged to engage in creative exploration, contemplation, and innovation, reflecting on humanity's relationship with the natural world. Located in an isolated valley in Northeastern Nevada, the Foundation offers a retreat designed for solitary reflection amidst the desert landscape. The residency provides artists with a space that supports both their physical needs and their artistic work. The main structure, designed with minimal environmental impact, includes separate areas for living and working, promoting creativity and inspiration. Each year, the Foundation invites six artists from various disciplines and career stages to engage with the desert environment and the local community. The selection process for the residency is conducted by the Foundation's board members, focusing on the quality and relevance of the artists' work to the Foundation's mission. The residency experience is transformative, offering artists a chance to recalibrate and reassess their connection to nature and their creative process. The Foundation's commitment to solitude and reflection allows artists to immerse themselves in their work, free from the usual distractions of daily life. This approach has a profound impact on the residents, as evidenced by their reflections and the work they produce during their stay.

Mother's Milk

St Newton, United States

Mother's Milk Art Residency is a 2-6 week interdisciplinary program located on a renovated dairy farm in Newton, Kansas, supporting visual artists, sound artists, dancers/choreographers, creative writers, and other innovative practitioners pursuing experimental work. It provides residents with time, space, and inspiration through interaction with peers in a shared studio and housing environment on 15 wooded acres. The program emphasizes process over product, with no expectations for public presentations or donations.

Mothership NYC

United States

Want to Come Sail with Us for a While?Mothership NYC is a combined live-work space and presentation arena for international artists across multiple disciplines in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. Our converted industrial loft has three berths for permanent crew members (all 30+ years-old female creatives + a ship’s cat named Pusillanimous), as well as two spaces for shorter-term visitors (yes, guys are welcome, too):1) Live-Work Space (aka Screw Room), available to rotatin

Muncie Arts and Culture Council

Muncie, United States

PlySpace is an artist-in-residence program run by the Muncie Arts and Culture Council in Muncie, Indiana, offering visual artists, writers, performers, designers, and other creatives dedicated time and space to pursue their practices while fostering community collaboration through personal and public projects. Residents engage with local communities via tailored programming, public events, and partnerships, with residencies lasting 2-12 weeks and including a $500 travel stipend. The program emphasizes experimentation, provocation, and accessible projects that spark conversation and social change in Muncie.

NARS Foundation (New York Art Residency and Studios)

Brooklyn, New York, United States

The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation Artist in Residency Program, based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, offers three and six-month residencies for emerging and mid-career artists and curators from both the U.S. and internationally. The program provides 24/7 access to furnished, private or shared studio spaces (250 – 300 sq ft) and focuses on the artistic process and experimentation within a diverse artist community. Residents benefit from meetings with 3-4 Studio Visitors each month, gaining feedback and expanding their professional network. They also receive administrative, curatorial, and professional support to explore and expand their artistic practice. Presentation opportunities include a curated exhibition in the NARS gallery, bi-annual Open Studios, and the Entree/Encore program for sharing research and work through various formats. The residency fosters a community-driven program, encouraging ongoing dialogue with fellow artists through weekly gatherings, inter-studio visits, field trips, and meals. Residents work alongside NYC-based artists who retain space year-round, benefiting from exposure to New York’s cultural and sociopolitical context.

New York Mills Arts Retreat

New York Mills, United States

The Arts Retreat Residency Program at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center offers artists uninterrupted time for creative development, research, and reflection, along with a meaningful connection to life in rural Minnesota. Originally founded in 1990 as the New York Mills Arts Retreat, the residency program remains central to the Cultural Center's mission to support artistic innovation, cultural exchange, and community vitality. The program welcomes artists across performance, literary, audio, and visual media, and only one artist is in residence at a time. Residencies last two to six weeks and include no-cost housing in a private one-bedroom bungalow, studio access, and wireless internet. Artists provide their own transportation and meals, and no stipend is currently offered.

North Louisiana Arts Interchange

Ruston, United States

The North Louisiana Arts Interchange is a collaborative program for 8 U.S. visual artists, emphasizing Louisiana locals. Features weekly Zoom meetings, in-person launch in Ruston, LA, pair projects with $200 stipend, and group exhibit Jul 27-Sep 11, at Gilbert Center Gallery.

Norton Island Residency

Bedford, United States

The Norton Island Residency for Writers & Artists, managed by the Eastern Frontier Educational Foundation, offers a remote, rustic 10-day program on a 150-acre island off Jonesport, Maine, providing solitude and natural inspiration for established writers, visual artists, and musicians to develop their work. Facilities include private cabins, a workshop barn for visual artists, a conservatory with piano, main lodge with bathrooms and library, and meals prepared by a professional chef, emphasizing an outdoorsy, uninterrupted creative experience.

NOW open studio

Portland, United States

NOW open studio offers a two-week artist residency in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, OR, providing a private garden room for lodging at no cost and a self-guided creative stimulation program to foster inspiration and creative health. The program targets emerging or established visual artists in any 2D or 3D media, emphasizing disconnection from routine to reconnect with the inner muse in a supportive arts community.

Oak Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary

Upperville, United States

The Oak Spring Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Residency in Upperville, Virginia, offers 2-week or 5-week sessions for artists, conservation practitioners, researchers, scholars, scientists, and writers to pursue creative projects focused on plants, landscapes, gardens, and the natural world. This flagship program, started in , provides time and space for independent work alongside optional activities like library visits, landscape exploration, and volunteering at the Biocultural Conservation Farm. Selected residents receive stipends of $800 for 2-week stays or $2,000 for 5-week stays, with housing and ground transportation from Dulles Airport or Union Station.

Oolite Arts Studio Residency

Miami Beach, United States

Oolite Arts Studio Residency offers free 24/7 studio space in Miami Beach for South Florida artists, plus facilities like printshop, connections to curators, exhibitions, and $12K-$15K annual stipends for eligible residents.

Orein Arts

United States

Name of Residency: Orein Arts Residency at Mt. Saviour MonasteryWeek-long contemplative residency for 12–15 artists across disciplines, held at Mount Saviour Monastery near Elmira, NY. Days are self-directed; evenings gather the community for work-sharing. The program runs two sessions each summer.Residency Programme since: 2018Description of Organisation: Orein Arts mission is to reunite the sistered vocations of the creative life and the spiritual life for a deeper encounter with beauty. Our c

Osage Arts Community

Belle, United States

Osage Arts Community is a residency program on a 160-acre farm in Belle, MO, offering time, space, and support for artists to create new work in a rural retreat. Residencies average 6 months, serving visual, video, textile, ceramic artists, writers, composers.

Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists' Residency

Saugatuck, United States

Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, founded in 1908, is a year-round artist residency and educational program located on a 115-acre campus in Saugatuck, Michigan. It offers intensive courses, fellowships, and residencies for artists at all career stages, with studio access across multiple disciplines and a community-based living model.

The Peter Bullough Foundation offers 4-week residencies for emerging artists and writers in Winchester, VA, providing housing, studios, $600 stipend, and community engagement opportunities, prioritizing diverse and LGBTQIA2S+ voices.

Peyton Evans Artist Residency

Sarasota, Florida, United States

The Peyton Evans Artist Residency (PEAR) Program, offered by The Studios of Key West, provides nearly 40 one-month residencies annually to emerging and established visual artists, writers, composers, musicians, media artists, performers, and interdisciplinary artists in Key West, Florida. Residents live in a renovated guesthouse with private studios, shared kitchen, and courtyard, fostering creative growth through time, space, and community engagement. Named after founder Peyton Evans, the program has hosted nearly 500 artists since 2008, many of whom have advanced their careers post-residency.

Name of Residency: Pie Ranch Art ResidencyThis one month pilot of subsidized Art Residency will actively recruit BIPOC Artists of San Mateo & Santa Clara counties of California with the focus of creating art projects that align with the intersections of art, food, and farming. Applicants will be selected based on a project proposal to be their focus for the length of their residency.As part of this residency, these four artists will also participate in a one day Community Art Retreat event at Pi

Pike School of Art - Mississippi

Summit, United States

Pike School of Art – Mississippi (PSA-MS) is a contemporary art center near McComb, Mississippi that offers artist and writer residencies in the Deep South. The residency program invites creative professionals to engage with the region's culture and history while providing studio space, accommodations, and opportunities for public presentations and community engagement.

Pilchuck Glass School

Seattle, United States

Pilchuck Glass School is the most comprehensive educational center in the world for glass artists, offering residency programs since 1980 that bring established and emerging artists to experiment with glass on a scenic Pacific Northwest campus. The school provides access to expert glass fabricators, artist assistants, and various studio facilities while fostering an international community of artists exploring creative uses of glass in art and design.

Prairieside Outpost

Matfield Green, United States

Prairieside Outpost hosts a competitive, family-friendly artist residency program in Matfield Green, Kansas, welcoming 2-3 visual artists and writers each year since for short creative retreats of 7-10 days. The program provides a private cottage, separate studio, and access to 8 acres of tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills, emphasizing a peaceful, nature-oriented environment without output requirements. It prioritizes artists new to the region and supports family accompaniment in a uniquely inclusive setting.

Provincetown Community Compact

Provincetown, United States

The Provincetown Community Compact offers Dune Shack Residencies in historic shacks located in the Cape Cod National Seashore, providing stays for visual artists, writers, and the general public from April through November. It includes three 3-week juried residencies for visual artists (one for an emerging artist of color with a $500 fellowship), two 1-week funded writer residencies selected by lottery, and community residencies by lottery. Founded in 1993 as a non-profit, the program supports artists and community vitality in Provincetown.

Residency 108 is an artist residency program located on 108 acres of pastoral land in Germantown, NY, co-founded in by artist Anne-Katrin Spiess and art historian Jamie Morra to foster connections between art, nature, and ecology. It invites emerging and established artists, writers, and thinkers of all disciplines, particularly those working with nature, ecology, and temporary outdoor land-art installations, providing time and space for creative practice. The program appears to have concluded, as its website states it 'was located' in Germantown.

Residency Open Call

Virginia, United States

1708 Gallery's pilot Artist Residency Program offers free 2-3 month residencies (Sep -Aug ) for artists within 500-mile radius of Richmond, VA, working toward specific outcomes like exhibitions or projects. Open to all levels, especially those with prior experience.

Rock Street Artist Residency

Marquette, Michigan, United States

Rock Street Artist Residency (RSAR) is a transformative artist residency located in a historic 1887 Victorian home in Marquette, Michigan, offering a unique creative space set against the inspiring backdrop of the Upper Peninsula and Lake Superior's shores. The residency hosts two artists per session in a peaceful, distraction-free environment with fully equipped studio spaces, gourmet meals featuring locally sourced ingredients, and opportunities for community engagement.

Saltonstall

Ithaca, New York, United States

The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, situated in Ithaca, NY, offers residencies to New York State artists and writers across various disciplines, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, filmmaking, painting, sculpture, and visual arts. These residencies are exclusive to full-time New York State residents or members of Indian Nations therein. The foundation provides a serene environment conducive to creativity, offering private living spaces, studios, and communal dining with vegetarian meals. Residencies range from one to four weeks, and a special week-long residency is available for artist/writer parents with dependent children. Applicants must be over 21 and are selected through an anonymous jury process based on their work samples and statements. The foundation covers residency costs, provides stipends, and accommodates dietary sensitivities. Saltonstall values diversity and encourages applications from artists and writers of various backgrounds. Residency alumni may reapply two years after their previous residency.

Scherbarth Residency

Mineral Point, United States

The Scherbarth Residency at Shake Rag Alley provides lodging and studio space for visual, performing, and literary artists to create and engage with the creative community in rural Wisconsin. Residents share work publicly, contribute stewardship hours, and develop proposed projects.

Schmidt Ocean Institute

Palo Alto, United States

The Schmidt Ocean Institute's Artist-at-Sea program invites artists of broad disciplines to join scientists on research expeditions aboard the R/V Falkor, immersing in ocean research to create art that bridges science and public understanding. Launched in , it prioritizes artists using technology or innovative methods to document and share marine discoveries through collaborations, blogs, outreach, and exhibitions. Residencies occur on weeks-long sea voyages in remote ocean areas, with artists contributing daily reflections and community projects.

Seven Below Arts Initiative

Burlington, United States

The Seven Below Arts Initiative is a residency program established in in partnership with Burlington City Arts, offering visual artists quiet, inspiring environments for individual and collaborative work in a renovated 200-year-old barn situated on 65 acres outside Burlington. Three artists at a time participate in eight-week sessions (April-May, June-July, or August-September) with private work spaces, living accommodations, and a $2,000 stipend, designed to support artists at any career stage working in virtually any visual arts genre.

Seward Creative District Residency

Seward, United States

The Seward Creative District Artist Residency offers 2-6 month stays in historic downtown Seward, NE, with dedicated studio, lodging at partner properties, and access to galleries/community. Focuses on reflection, renewal, no quotas. Year-round, rolling apps.

SFW Residency at Kent Cultural Alliance

CHESTERTOWN, United States

6-week live-in, work-in artist residency at historic Raimond Cultural Center. Artists embed with community organizations, create works for exhibition, lead school workshops, and engage public through open studios and presentations.

Sheepscot Arts Preserve

United States

We offer offer artists space and time to work independently on their own projects. Artists can choose whether they want to take this time to work on a specific project, or if they would rather use this time to explore their art from a different perspective and develop new ways of working. Each artist gets their own living space and a private studio and free use of all of the communal spaces across the property.Some to all meals are provided, depending on the residency type, with the goal of givi

Signal Fire

Portland, United States

Signal Fire was a Portland-based artist residency program active from to that connected artists and writers with North American wild landscapes through extended backpacking trips, nomadic colonies like Outpost, and various retreats such as Juried Artist Retreats and Indigenous Artist Retreats. Participants engaged in off-grid, hyper-isolated experiences in backpacking tents across diverse locations. The program offered trips and residencies including Wide Open Studios and Tinderbox Residency, emphasizing adventure in deserts, oases, and remote areas.

Smack Mellon Artist Studio

Brooklyn, NY, United States

The Smack Mellon Artist Studio Program, launched in , provides six NYC-based emerging or early career visual artists with free private studio space (250-300 sq ft) accessible 24/7, a fellowship, and access to shared facilities including a digital production lab and fabrication shop. The program runs for an eleven-month period and includes opportunities for studio visits with curators and public open studio events twice yearly.

Soap Factory

Minneapolis, United States

The Soap Factory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is an artist residency program that supports emerging and mid-career artists through exhibitions, international exchanges, and immersive installations, such as the 3 x 5 Artists in Residency featuring tent-based art. It has received funding for programs involving Minnesota and New York City artists, and partnered with organizations like Kutlivera for residencies in Sweden. Note that the venue appears to be permanently closed as of recent reports.

South Porch

Charleston, United States

South Porch Artists Residency, nestled in a historic Southern small town near Charleston, South Carolina, offers artists, writers, and thinkers a dedicated space and time for creative work. The residency is set in a gracious 19th-century property, fostering an intimate creative community atmosphere. It provides a flexible residency duration, ranging from four days to four weeks, allowing artists to engage with their projects at their own pace. The setting includes a front porch for summer contemplation, a lively fire for winter warmth, studio spaces for artistic endeavors, and private rooms for focused work. South Porch is committed to community enrichment, believing in the vital societal role of artists, writers, and scholars. The residency is supported by various local and national arts organizations and aims to foster meaningful interactions between artists and the Lowcountry community. Hosted by Brad Erickson and Brian Protheroe, who moved to Summerville with the dream of creating this residency, the property features a main house with historical significance and a newly completed ADA-accessible cottage with studio spaces. The studios are equipped with essential amenities for artistic creation, including natural light and necessary tools.

Springboard for the Arts

Fergus Falls, United States

Springboard for the Arts is an artist-centered economic and community development organization founded in 1991, with offices in Saint Paul and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, dedicated to equipping artists with tools to make a living and a life while building equitable communities. In Fergus Falls, it maintains an office at 201 West Lincoln Avenue, supported by the Lake Region Arts Council, providing regional artists access to services like career consultations, business workshops, and community-building initiatives such as the Rural Futures Summit. The organization focuses on connecting artists with resources, fostering reciprocal relationships between artists and communities, and piloting solutions to local needs across urban and rural areas.

STAR Collaboration at Eagle Hill School

Greenwich, United States

STAR Collaboration at Eagle Hill School invites visual, literary, musical, and performing artists for semester residencies to collaborate with students and teachers on interdisciplinary projects.

Stuart Artist-in-Residence

Brookings, United States

<p><strong> Stuart Artist-in-Residence</strong><br>School of Design<br>South Dakota State University<br>Brookings, South Dakota<br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sdstate.edu/school-design/stuart-artist-residence">https://www.sdstate.edu/school-design/stuart-artist-residence</a></p><p><strong>Residency Term:</strong>&nbsp;September 8–October 2, </p><p><strong>Honorarium:</strong>&nbsp;$2,500<br><strong>Materials Stipend:</strong>&nbsp;$200</p><p>Applications for 4-week artist-in-residence are now being accepted from visual artists working in any discipline, including interdisciplinary approaches. The committee encourages artists to create and develop artwork independently in the Ritz Gallery. Artists should be willing to discuss their project conceptualization and visual progression with School of Design students, faculty, and the community during open studio hours and public events. It is not intended that the selected artist teach or provide workshops.</p>

Studios Midwest

Galesburg, United States

Visual arts residency program hosted by Galesburg Civic Art Center. Provides free housing and studio space for visiting artists, typically 4 weeks every other summer, fostering community connections.

Surf Point

York, United States

Surf Point Foundation offers nominated visual artists and art professionals three-week live-work residencies in a Modernist home on the coast of York, Maine, providing time, space, and support to create.

SVA NYC (School of Visual Arts)

New York City, New York, United States

The School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City offers a range of Artist Residency Programs, providing artists, designers, and creative thinkers with time, space, and a supportive community to develop their artistic direction. These programs, available both on-campus in New York City and online year-round, are designed to offer professional immersion and opportunities for artists to engage critically within their field. SVA's residencies cater to a variety of disciplines, including studio arts, design, and new media. The unique combination of creative and professional resources at SVA creates a rich environment for artistic growth and opportunity in the vibrant current art scene. On-campus housing and opportunities to display work are available to residents. The residencies are hosted by the Division of Continuing Education at SVA, with a focus on interdisciplinary practice. They offer a balance between dedicated work time and inspirational communal activities, including shared meals and community-building events. SVA's programs are tailored for artists at various stages of their careers, emphasizing both individual creative exploration and interaction with a diverse artistic community. Residents at SVA are selected through a competitive process, based on their work’s alignment with the mission of the foundation. They benefit from living in shared accommodations with private facilities, studio spaces, and access to the Oak Spring Garden Library. The foundation’s residency programs are unique in striking a balance between independent exploration and communal interaction, allowing residents the freedom to work autonomously while living and engaging with others.

Terrain Exhibitions

​Springfield, United States

The Terrain Residency, hosted by the Springfield Art Association (SAA) Enos Park Residency for Visual Artists, is located in Springfield, Illinois, and invites artists to live and work in a duplex for four to six weeks every summer to develop public projects such as art installations, architectural interventions, performances, social practice, and community programs. Residents have access to specialized Visual Arts studio facilities at the University of Illinois Springfield, receive a $600 stipend, though a $50/week fee applies, and can utilize the historic neighborhood for site-based works.

The Artist in the Marketplace

Bronx, United States

The AIM Fellowship (formerly known as 'Artist in the Marketplace') is The Bronx Museum's flagship career accelerator program founded in 1980 that selects 14 NYC-based visual artists annually for a 9-month intensive professional development program. Fellows participate in expert-led seminars covering topics such as career planning, financial literacy, legal issues in art, and exhibition preparation, with the goal of helping emerging artists establish sustainable art careers.

The Center For Forgetting

Allentown, United States

The Center for Forgetting in Allentown, Pennsylvania, offers the Patacademy Residency Program, an ongoing opportunity for artists and writers to develop work exploring memory's role in symbolic language systems and relationships to technology, with a focus on research-driven practices in fields like performance, sound art, and video art. Residents receive a free private live/work studio in a warehouse facility, with durations from 1 week to a year, and opportunities for public exhibitions, workshops, and speaking engagements. Outcomes include presentations in exhibition spaces and community education to broaden ideas about arts and technology.

The Cohort

Dallas, United States

The Cedars Union Cohort program offers 18-month studio incubation for 14 selected artists in Dallas, TX, fostering artistic practice with peers.

The Edward F. Albee Foundation

Montauk, United States

The Edward F. Albee Foundation operates The Barn, a year-round residency program in Montauk, New York, designed to support writers and visual artists by providing private studios, bedrooms, and communal spaces for focused creative work. Founded in 1967 by playwright Edward Albee, the foundation accepts four artists per month based on talent and need, with no application fees and newly renovated facilities completed in .

The Foggy Bee Art Retreat/Residency

Milbridge, United States

Creative retreat and art studio offering 1-week collaborative residency experiences for up to 3 creatives. Includes 1100 SF light-filled studio, accommodations in neighboring cottage, nightly family-style dinners, and guided outings.

The Good Hart Artist Residency

Harbor Springs, Michigan, United States

The Good Hart Artist Residency, located along the shores of Lake Michigan, offers 10-21 day stays for visual artists, writers, and composers. Each artist is provided with a private residence, a detached studio, a $500 stipend, and a kitchen stocked with basic foods, along with some home-cooked meals. Nestled in the woods along the "Tunnel of Trees," the residency allows artists to explore the natural beauty of Northern Michigan, including Lake Michigan, sand dunes, and various nature preserves. The residency emphasizes community engagement, with opportunities like Open Studio Saturdays for visual artists and connections with the Harbor Springs Festival of the Book for writers. Artists collaborate with local nonprofits to lead educational events or workshops. The residency encourages environmentally friendly practices and draws inspiration from the diverse local landscapes and weather conditions. Accommodations include a fully-furnished house with a master bedroom, living room, loft, kitchen, and full bath, along with amenities like WiFi and musical instruments. The studio, available from May to October, includes natural lighting, worktables, easels, and basic art supplies. The residency is designed with accessibility in mind and is located at 910 N. Lamkin Rd., Harbor Springs, MI. It fosters a blend of solitary creative time and community interaction, contributing to both the artist's growth and local engagement.

Name of Residency: Grant Wood FellowshipSponsored by the University of Iowa, the Grant Wood Fellowship and Art Colony is a year long appointment. In addition to living and studio accommodations, the Fellowship provides a Visiting Associate Professor appointment with salary and benefits at the University of Iowa’s School of Art & Art History or Division of Performing Arts.Residency Programme since: 2001Description of Organisation: The Grant Wood Art Colony seeks to provide a creative home for the

The Griffis Art Center

NEW LONDON, United States

The Griffis Art Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit visual arts organization founded in 1989 that hosts international artists for three-month residency periods twice a year. The program provides artists with private live/work studios in a quiet residential neighborhood where they can create and interact with the community, with a specific program (Maison des Artistes) dedicated to non-US citizens.

The Horned Dorset Colony

PO Box 182, United States

The Horned Dorset Colony offers one-month residencies for visual artists, writers, translators, architecture designers and composers during the months of June and July, and September..Located in rural, upstate New York, HDC provides gracious accommodations, generous work spaces and delicious meals to artists chosen on the basis of work samples, recommendations and a description of the work intended. Residents are selected primarily on the basis of artistic merit, with consideration given to

The Luminary's Residency

St. Louis, United States

A nationally recognized, research-driven residency supporting emerging and mid-career artists, curators, and critics in developing new work through focused inquiry and engagement with St. Louis's cultural landscape.

The Mobile Museum

Pennsylvania, United States

Mobile Museum from Erie Children's Museum travels up to 75 miles from Erie, PA, bringing interactive exhibits to locations. Visits start at $250/hour + fees; includes lab pieces for educational experiences.

The Paseo Project

Taos, United States

The Paseo Project offers two artist residency programs in Taos, New Mexico: the Paseo Project AIR Fellowship, a 2-4 week project-based residency with community engagement and stipend support, and the Paseo @ Hotel Willa Artist in Residence, a four-week self-structured residency for independent creative work. Both programs provide housing, studio space, and opportunities for artists across all disciplines to work within Taos's vibrant cultural and natural landscape.

The Residency Project

Pasadena, United States

The Residency Project (TRP) @ 880 in Pasadena, California, offers 3-week artist residencies in a Craftsman bungalow, providing private rooms, shared studio space, a $300 stipend, and support for creative research and experimentation without requiring a finished product. It emphasizes amplifying underrepresented artists including women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, artists with disabilities, and parents, while encouraging sustainable practices and collaborative cohabitation. Residents have access to a fully stocked kitchen, peer mentoring, and Pasadena's vibrant arts scene.

The Rice Place

Damascus, United States

Historic 1930s farmhouse retreat for writers, artists, musicians, naturalists on 10 acres along Clackamas River. $45/night or $225/week for individuals.

The School of Making Thinking

catskill, United States

The School of Making Thinking (SMT) is an artist-thinker residency program, experimental college, and nomadic investigation into intentional living and collaborative practice, held every summer in the Catskills region. It selects qualified artists and thinkers such as botanists, dancers, playwrights, painters, poets, philosophers, and interdisciplinary creators for 1-3 week sessions in a rented farmhouse, fostering creative practices that challenge conventional art-making, thinking, and living.

The Sue-Je Lee Gage Sunlit Residency

Ithaca, United States

The Sue-Je Lee Gage Sunlit Residency in Ithaca, NY, honors anthropologist Dr. Sue-Je Lee Gage. It offers year-round short-term stays and a subsidized summer program for scholars, artists, writers, and activists focused on social justice, human rights, and arts. Provides private bedrooms, kitchen, studio space.

theartistnetwork New York

New York, NY 10013, United States

the:artist:network is an independent arts organization based in downtown Manhattan that functions as a vibrant, interactive think-tank where New York-based and international artists work, live, and exhibit their creations. The organization has established residency programs in New York and China, providing creative spaces for artists to meet, exchange ideas, and collaborate together.

Tides Institute & Museum of Art

Eastport, United States

The StudioWorks Artist-in-Residency Program at the Tides Institute & Museum of Art (TIMA) in Eastport, Maine, offers opportunities for visual artists and craftspeople to deepen their practice in a community setting within the historic downtown and working waterfront overlooking the U.S./Canada border. Residencies encourage active community engagement through socially engaged projects, educational outreach, or public programming, with facilities including private studios, common areas, a printmaking and letterpress studio, and nearby housing. Founded in , the program has hosted over 125 artists from numerous U.S. states and foreign countries.

Time and Space Residency

Wisconsin, United States

The Time and Space Residency at Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, offers immersive six-week studio experiences for six visual artists per year across all career stages, prioritizing uninterrupted time for creative experimentation.[1][2] Residents receive a semi-private 500 sq ft workspace with 24-hour access, shared facilities including printmaking, digital, metals, and ceramics studios, private bedrooms in a furnished house, and a studio visit with a critic; all provided free of charge.[1][3] The program fosters contemplation and idea exchange in visual arts, with two artists per session.[2]

Triangle Arts Association

New York, United States

Triangle Arts Association is a visual arts residency program in New York founded in 1982, offering committed artists free spacious studios with 24-hour access for three-month periods to foster dialogue, experimentation, and community building through gatherings, curator visits, and open studios.

University of Michigan

United States

Name of Residency: Roman J. Witt Residency ProgramThe – Witt Residency is organized in partnership with the Stamps Gallery, a public center for contemporary art and design in downtown Ann Arbor, part of the Stamps School of Art & Design, at the University of Michigan. The Stamps Gallery opened in after years of being located in three disparate campus spaces. Building on the school’s strong tradition of excellence, thought leadership, and community engagement, our goal is to develo

Unlisted Projects

Austin, United States

Unlisted Projects is an arts and culture residency program based in Austin, TX, supporting local, national, and international artists through interdisciplinary collaborations, community engagement, and public presentations of new work. Operating since at the Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA), it offers various residencies including one-month international exchanges like CopenhAustin and a 24-hour Lock-In for marginalized Central Texas artists facing barriers. The program fosters transborder connections, provides on-site housing in a renovated trailer, and leverages a community of 35 in-house creatives.

Upper Jay Art Center

new york, United States

The Upper Jay Art Center in Upper Jay, New York, hosts the CA+MP (Creative Arts and Multidisciplinary Performance) artist residency program, providing artists across all disciplines with 1-4 weeks of time, space, housing, and creative freedom in a historic Adirondack setting to create, dream, and perform. The program supports working artists by offering stipends to offset costs and aims to share new creative perspectives with the local community through performances and exhibitions. It welcomes musicians, writers, filmmakers, visual artists, dancers, theater practitioners, and others, though applications are not being accepted.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, United States

Virginia Commonwealth University offers multiple artist residency programs including the Torpedo Factory Art Center Post-Graduation Residency (3 months for recent graduates), the Book Art Residency (12-14 weeks in summer), and the Emerging Artist Fellowship in Craft/Material Studies (one academic year for recent MFA graduates). These programs provide studio space, stipends, and professional development opportunities for emerging artists.

Walker Art Center

MINNEAPOLIS, United States

The Walker Art Center offers artist-in-residence programs that engage artists in community-based projects, including collaborations with local youth and organizations. The residencies support artists in creating public artworks and installations while working with Minneapolis communities.

Washington University

St. Louis, MO, United States

Washington University's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts offers multiple artist residency programs, including Paris Studio residencies at the Cité internationale des arts (minimum two months) and the Island Press Artist Research Fellowship (one-week printmaking residency). These programs support students, alumni, and faculty across various artistic disciplines to develop their work, expand international networks, and engage in intensive artistic practice.

Weir Farm Artist-In-Residence

Wilton, United States

Premier NPS artist residency program continuing 140-year tradition at Weir Farm. Hosts 6-7 established and emerging visual artists annually for month-long residencies emphasizing contemporary and experimental art.

Wexner Center for the Arts

Columbus, United States

The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, operates as a research and development laboratory supporting artists across disciplines including visual arts, performing arts, film/video, and soon education through residencies and commissions since 1989. The Artist Residency Award program provides substantial financial resources (totaling $200,000 annually), technical support, and tailored residencies to selected artists for developing new work, often involving collaborations with Ohio State University and the community. Specific programs like Film/Video Studio Residencies offer housing, editing facilities, and 1-3 week stays for post-production projects, though new applications are paused.

Wildacres Environmental Artist-In-Residence

Little Switzerland, United States

The Wildacres Environmental Artist-in-Residence Program, launched in at Wildacres Retreat in Little Switzerland, NC, welcomes artists, scientists, and professionals focused on global environmental issues like climate change, extinction, and habitat loss, selecting candidates for their intellectual rigor and activism. Residencies last 1-2 weeks from April to October, providing secluded cabins for focused creative work in a natural mountain setting. The program supports disciplines including art, social practice, writing, research, and environmental science, with no cost to participants.

Woodman Residency Foundation

United States

Name of Residency: Woodman Artist Residency FoundationResidencies are awarded by nomination and jury selection process. Residencies are for three months, and each resident has their own studio, bedroom and bath, but other facilities such as kitchen, dining, and living areas are shared between the artists in residence.There are two studios in the rural farm compound, individual residents are assigned one. Studio Betty is reserved for low fire earthenware and is equipped with clay, glaze, slips, a

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence

Woodstock, United States

The Byrdcliffe Artists-in-Residence Program, located in Woodstock, NY, offers uninterrupted time and space for artists in all disciplines within the historic Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, one of America's earliest utopian arts communities. Options include month-long communal sessions and independent cottage residencies ranging from 3 weeks to 12 months, with opportunities for exhibitions, studio visits, and community events. It emphasizes artistic excellence and commitment, welcoming visual, literary, and performing artists, with limited fellowships available.

Wrangell Mountains Center

Glennallen, United States

The Wrangell Mountains Center's Meg Hunt Artist Residency Program supports artists of all genres, writers, and inquiring minds with two-week residencies in McCarthy, Alaska, within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, providing a rustic workspace amid stunning natural landscapes. The program offers unrestricted work time in an interdisciplinary environment near glaciers and mountains, encouraging applicants from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds through a competitive process. Facilities include historic off-grid buildings with basic amenities like showers and solar energy, fostering creative endeavor and community engagement.