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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…

Discipline(s): Choreography, Music Composition, Literature, Visual Arts, and Media Arts/New Genre   Eligibility: Emerging to mid-career artists. International applicants welcome. Students are not eligible for residencies.   Session: Mid-March – mid-November; 4-5 week sessions   Description: The Artists’ Barn contains three visual art studios, a large dance studio, a darkroom, and a music composition studio with a baby grand and electric piano. The studios are rustic with wood burning stoves and modest sleeping lofts. There is also a kitchen, a large common area, shared bathrooms, and laundry facilities in the Barn. The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is internationally recognized as one of the eminent artist residency programs. We strive to provide the best possible residency experience for artists of superior talent from a diverse range…

18th Street Arts Center is one of the top 20 artist residency programs in the US, and the largest in Southern California. Conceived as a radical think tank in the shape of an artist community, 18th Street supports artists from around the globe to imagine, research, and develop significant, meaningful new artworks and share them with the public. We strive to provide artists the space and time to take risks, to foster the ideal environment for artists and the public to directly engage, and to create experiences and partnerships that foster positive social change.   18th Street Arts Center values art making as an essential component of a vibrant, just, and healthy society. Its mission is “to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art making.” Founded…