Description: Most programs are designed and implemented as discrete short-term projects that focus on the particular needs of writers or publishing professionals. Through its own publications produced throughout the year, The Banff Centre supports contemporary art, literature, and criticism and explores the development of electronic platforms and new technologies in writing and publishing. Applications are…
Disciplines: Established creative and non-fiction writers, and artists not requiring exceptional facilities are eligible applicants. Session: 1 month; mid-June through October 1. Description: The admissions committee is particularly interested in a fine work that evinces social and ecological concern and is aimed at a general audience. Please see website for session information and…
Discipline(s): Music Composition, Writing (including playwriting and screenwriting) Eligibility: Using only talent and need as the criteria for selection, the Foundation invites any and all emerging to late career artists to apply. Session: 4 – 6 week sessions from mid-May – October Description: The Edward F. Albee Foundation exists to serve writers,…
Discipline(s): Performing Art, including Choreography, Dance, Music Composition; Video and Sound Art, Visual Literary Art, Curators, Arts Administrators, Architects, and other creative thinkers. Eligibility: Mid-late career. International applicants welcome. Session: 1-3 months Description: The Foundation provides live-work space in Venice, inclusive of utilities, and Wi-Fi or Ethernet access to the internet. All…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New York City’s world-leading arts sector plays a critical role in the city’s life, enriching its spirit, attracting emerging and established artists from around the world, and creating significant economic activity and benefits. The Foundation funds a broad variety of professional performing arts organizations, as well as a limited number of visual arts groups. Its…
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…