North America
Discipline: Artists of all disciplines, architects, innovators, scientists, and educators. Eligibility: Applications accepted from “international working contemporary artists.” Session: Several weeks (expedition on sailing ship in the Arctic) Description: Artist and scientist-led, The Arctic Circle is an annual expeditionary residency program. The Arctic Circle provides a shared experience for its participants to engage in myriad issues relevant to our time and to develop professionally through interdisciplinary collaborations, exhibit opportunities, and public and classroom engagement.
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Discipline(s): Film/Video (including narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays); Music Composition; Performance & Media (including choreography, performance art, sound art, and multi-media productions); Visual Art; and Writing (including playwriting and screenwriting). Eligibility: Mid-career, professional level. International artists and small collaborations of 2-3 individuals. Session: Mid-May – February, 2 weeks – 2-month sessions Description: Room, board and workspace.
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Discipline(s): Music, Theater, Dance, Performance and Visual Arts Eligibility: Watermill invites emerging artists to submit ambitious proposals for the creation of collaborative works that critically investigate, challenge, and extend the existing norms of performance practice. Watermill also welcomes research proposals from established scholars. Session: Fall (Sept-Dec) and Spring (Mar – June); 1-4 week sessions Description: Living space (dormitory), workspace and use of one large passenger van for local use.
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Discipline(s): Performing Arts, Music Composition, Writing, Visual Arts, Design, New Media, Installation, Filmmaking, Book Arts, Crafts/Folk Arts Eligibility: Emerging to professional artists, graduate students, individuals or collaborative groups. Session: Year-round, 1 artist or collaborative group in residence for 6-8 week sessions. Description: Artists create their work with open studio hours for the public to watch the work-in-process. Each Creative Resident dedicates time weekly to work with small groups of underserved youth in intensive workshops that build upon the ideas and forms of the resident artist. Each artist is expected to work at PlatteForum a minimum of 20 hours a week and use the facility as his or her primary studio. Studio space, administrative support, and exhibition opportunity provided, and $250 per week…
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Discipline(s): Theater Companies Eligibility: Emerging to Professional. Session: Summer, sessions vary in length depending on the project Description: Companies and artists are supported through overlapping residencies during which time they are provided with free rehearsal space, room, and board. Throughout the residencies, open rehearsals invite residents of Hunter and surrounding towns to play an active role in the development of new works.
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Discipline(s): Writing (including playwriting and screenwriting); Music Composition, Performance Art, Media Arts (including multimedia, film, and video); and Visual Arts. Eligibility: Emerging to mid-career artists Session: April – November, 1-month long sessions Description: The Millay Colony is located in the Berkshires, and welcomes writers, visual artists, and composers of all ages and all careers levels. International artists are encouraged to apply. The isolated retreat offers artists an opportunity to work without distraction. The Colony offers comfortable private rooms, private studio spaces and ample time to work in a quiet, pastoral atmosphere. Room, board, and workspace provided.
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Discipline: Dance Description: Programs include the “Choreographic Fellows” program, “Living Legacy” program, and the “Mid-Career Artist in Residence Program.”
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Discipline(s): Choreography/Dance, Music Composition, Performance Art, Writing (including playwriting and screenwriting); Visual Art, Media Arts (including sound art, film, and video); Design and Interdisciplinary Arts. Session: Year-round; average stay is 4 weeks with a maximum stay of 8 weeks. Description: The MacDowell Colony facilitates a balance between focused work and interdisciplinary interaction, among composers, writers, and visual artists. This retreat-style residency was founded in 1907 and is situated on 450 acres in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. Room, board, and workspace provided.
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Discipline(s): Literature (playwriting, poetry), Music/Composition, Film/Video, Visual Arts (painting, sculpture, photography) Eligibility: Emerging to mid-career artists, U.S. and international candidates welcome. Session: Jan-April, mid-May to mid-August, Sept-Nov; 2-3 months residencies Description: The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, est. 1954, is one of the oldest artist residency programs in the country. The Foundation keeps a low profile and serves as a haven for artists of numerous disciplines. Located on 18 acres in the heart of Taos, NM, a four hundred-year-old multicultural community renowned for its popularity with artists. Fully furnished guesthouses (rent and utility free) and studios provided; artists are responsible for travel, meals and materials costs.
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Discipline(s): Performing Arts, including choreography, dance, music composition, directing (film & theatre), and storytelling; Visual Arts; Media Arts; Writing, including screenwriting and playwriting; and Scholarship (art conversation, art education, art history, criticism, environmentalism/conversation) Eligibility: Artists of all levels are encouraged to apply; however, artists pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees may not apply while enrolled in degree-granting programs. Former Artists in Residence must wait five years to re-apply. Session: March – November; 4-10 week sessions, 35 artists a year Description: Situated in a campus of artist-renovated military buildings in the Marin Headlands, just minutes north of San Francisco, Headlands Center for the Arts hosts an internationally recognized Artist in Residence Program, interdisciplinary public programs, and subsidized studio rentals for Bay Area artists of…
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