Art & Garden Residencies
Osage Arts Community is a residency program that provides temporary time, space, and support for the creation of new work in a retreat format. These creative residencies are generally anywhere from one week to one year but average around six months. OAC serves creative people of all kinds – visual artists, video artists, composers, textile artists, ceramicists, poets, fiction and nonfiction writers.
The Arctic Circle accepts applications from international contemporary artists of all disciplines, scientists, architects, educators and innovators alike.
The Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices is the nation’s premier LGBTQ writing residency. It is the only multi-genre writing residency devoted exclusively to emerging LGBTQ writers. Since 2007, the Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices has offered sophisticated instruction in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young adult fiction, playwriting led by the most talented writers working today. The Retreat is an unparalleled opportunity to develop one’s craft and find community.
A summer art program for teens presents a unique opportunity to study painting, drawing and photography alongside practicing visual artists in a focused and intimate studio environment.
Oak Spring Garden Foundation’s Library, Gardens, and Landscape – as well the treasures held within all three – are incredible resources for learning and growth. Oak Spring Garden Foundation provides access to these resources for practitioners who are serious about developing their work in new and meaningful ways, and proudly supports emerging leaders in a variety of disciplines by offering four annual fellowships. These fellowships include a $10,000 individual grant each.
Sitka residencies provide time and space for self-paced work and reflection in an inspiring natural setting. Residents from a broad range of art, writing, performance and science-based practices come to Sitka to create and explore away from the familiar contexts and constraints of daily routines, and free from external expectations. Located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary on Oregon's central coast, Sitka is a place where natural curiosity is sparked and creativity is unleashed.
Hedgebrook is on Whidbey Island, about thirty-five miles northwest of Seattle. Situated on 48-acres of forest and meadow facing Puget Sound, with a view of Mount Rainier, the retreat hosts writers from all over the world for residencies of two to four weeks, at no cost to the writer. This residency is open to women-identified writers 18 and older.
Loghaven Artist Residency’s mission is to serve artists by providing them with a transformative residency experience and continued post-residency support. The residency is located on 90 acres of woodland in Knoxville, Tennessee. Artists live in five historic log cabins that have been both rehabilitated and modernized to create an ideal setting for reflection and work, and they have access to new, purpose-built studio space.
Turkey Land Cove Foundation offers a working residency for motivated woman to pursue their professional, educational and/or artistic goals away from the distractions of daily life. Turkey Land Cove (TLC) provides a quiet home on Martha's Vineyard to achieve progress towards a defined goal, complete a project, and/or develop tools to propel women's lives in a new direction. We offer three sessions a year, two for new applicants and one session for returning alumni.
The Soul Fire Farming Immersion is designed for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate growers of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx heritage to gain basic skills in regenerative farming in a culturally relevant, supportive, and joyful environment. The advanced “Train the Trainer” program is designed for alumni of Soul Fire Farming Immersions, or growers with over 2000 hours growing experience, to take their farming and food justice work to the next level through targeted skill development and mentorship.
Artists have created art in national parks since the late 19th century when famed Hudson River School painters captured the majestic views of our nation's western parks. Today, the sights and sounds in national parks continue to inspire artists in more than 50 residency programs across the country.
Seeking artists looking to spend time at the sanctuary to explore their artistic perspective in regards to the role of native medicinal plants in the ecosystem through photography, writing, and mixed media. Accepted applications throughout the year on a rolling admission basis. Applicants can apply for up to four weeks. Free lodging to those who are accepted.
This residency aims to engage writers working independently, without a great deal of institutional support, to foster the Arkansas writing community outside of existing programs. Each writer accepted into the program will receive one month in the studio—a large corner room on the first floor of Sequoyah Hall with windows on two sides and access to a bathroom shared with one other studio.
Till is designed to be an affordable and flexible model of writing residency so that writers of all means can give themselves the time to write. There is no application process, Till is open to all writers and registration is open until all spaces are filled.
The American Antiquarian Society offers visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history. Successful applicants are those whose work is for the general public rather than for academic or educational audiences.
The Hugo Fellowship supports emerging writers, providing space and resources to four to six fellows in the Seattle area to complete a proposed project. Projects include (but are not limited to) completing the first draft of a novel, developing a new memoir, or creating a chapbook of poetry.