Arts Opportunities - Residencies, Internships, Fellowships & Scholarships (includes all disciplines)

WOODSTOCK A-I-R 

WOODSTOCK A-I-R is a workspace residency program designed to support artists of color working in the photographic arts who reside in the United States with access to time, facilities, financial, critical, and technical support. This activity is created with an emphasis on supporting artists working in the photographic arts who are at the brink of their careers and promising talent. All of us lead very busy lives – the drive for this program is to free the artist - from the busy routines and demands of everyday – and to provide a sanctuary for creativity. WOODSTOCK A-I-R encourages participants to pursue creative risk-taking in an environment rich in cultural resources. Working without distraction or interruption, participants focus intensely on their own work, continuing works in progress, setting goals for the future, and breaking new ground. In 2012 CPW will offer 7 residencies for artists of color and 1 "critical studies residency" for a curator/critic of color. Residents receive 24/7 access to CPW’s workspace facilities (including black-&-white darkroom, digital imaging stations, and library), critical and technical support, stipend for food and travel, and honoraria. In addition, CPW extends participants opportunities in exhibition and publication to residents. Each resident is provided accommodations at a historic artist residence located .5 miles from CPW and the center of Woodstock's business district. With quiet and solitude, yet, enlivened with a community of fellow artists, WOODSTOCK A-I-R participants work in an idyllic environment - a gathering place renowned for its vibrant cultural history. For more information on WOODSTOCK A-I-R, feel free to contact CPW at (845) 679 9957 or at info@cpw.org. APPLICANTS: The 2012 deadline is Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (postmarked date). The PDF file of the 2012 WOODSTOCK A-I-R brochure & application form is available at www.cpw.org/AIR/main/pdf/Online_2012_application.pdf.

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Provisions Library Residencies

Provisions Library is pleased to launch research residencies that investigate futures for creative civil society. The program will bring together four residents (artists, scholars, activists, and practitioners) for research-based projects that explore and extend social change themes. Participants will gain exposure to policies, practices, and politics while exploring transformative social imaginations and strategies. The rapidly changing urban and institutional landscape of Washington DC will serve as a platform, model, and resource to propose and prepare social futures. Provisions will provide participants comfortable, convivial, and easily accessible lodging in the DC area, travel funds, and a stipend of $2000 for each resident. Residents will enjoy access to George Mason University’s studio facility, project facilitation, and opportunities to build DC networks. Residency curators will assist in project and research curation in public spaces and surrounding institutions. For information on specific research topics visit Provisions Library at http://provisionslibrary.com/?page_id=14925. Provisions invites letters of interest from artists, activists, scholars, writers, educators, and practitioners. To apply to the program, compose a one page letter for each research topic of interest that expresses your past works, future visions, research interests, and how you would benefit from program participation. All letters should be submitted with a resume/cv and samples of current work (website link or pdf). All letters of interest for the first round of projects must be received by March 1, 2012 at provisionslibrary@gmail.com. Selection will be announced April 1st.

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2012-2013 DeVos Institute of Arts Management Fellowship

The application deadline is April 1, 2012. Founded by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser in 2001, the Fellowship at the DeVos Institute for Arts Management is an immersive program in arts management strategy designed to prepare mid-career arts managers for executive positions in today’s complex arts environment. Hosted at one of the largest and most dynamic performing arts institutions, the Fellowship offers a structured blend of academic training, hands-on work experience, independent and collective learning opportunities, and personalized mentoring. Fellows develop close working relationships with Kennedy Center leadership, complete significant projects within the context of the Kennedy Center, and are connected to a vast network of DeVos Institute alumni throughout the United States and in 39 countries worldwide. The nine-month, full-time program begins in September 2012. Please visit the DeVos Institute of Arts Management web site at www.kennedy-center.org/education/artsmanagement/fellowships/home.html for more information and application instructions.

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Grand Canyon National Park Artist-in-Residence Program

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The Sodus Art Banck, LLC 2009 Residencies

The Sodus Art Banck, LLC in upstate New York is accepting applications for the 2009 Residency/Artist's Retreat season. Painters, Sculptors, Mixed Media visual artists, or artists desiring to work in collaboration, may apply for 3-4 week sessions. For a nominal fee, artists are provided private rooms in a Victorian house, studios in a turn of the century bank building, outdoor sculpture gardens, and optional participation in intense creative workshops, or may rejuvenate their spirit biking/kayaking around the Finger Lakes and nearby Sodus Bay. Residency & Workshop Sessions: Session II. July 6 - August 1 (4 week residency); Session III. August 10 - August 29 (3 week residency); Session IV. September 7 - September 26 (3 week residency); and/or Session V. October 5 - October 24 (3 week residency). To apply, visit www.sodusartbanck.org/Application.html.

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Chamber Music American Residency Partnership Program

The Residency Partnership Program supports ensembles and presenters in building audiences for classical/contemporary, jazz, and world chamber music through residency projects. Funding is specifically aimed at activities that take place in community settings and that are not part of a regular concert series. These activities may include, but are not limited to, clinics, interactive classroom programs, and lecture/demonstrations in libraries, hospitals, senior centers, or similar venues.  Projects must take place in the U.S. or its territories. The length of the residencies ranges from a minimum of three days to one year. Grants support up to 75 percent of expenses directly connected to the project.  The balance must be drawn from other sources, such as cash from other grants, earned income, or an allocation from the organization's general operating funds. For more information visit www.chamber-music.org/programs/grant.html.

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Artist in Residence Programs – Opportunities in France

Artistay is a service for artists, writers, architects, academics, art teachers, curators…looking for a residency program in France in order to realize a personal artistic project. We work with several art places offering a professional support to artists from all over the world and in various disciplines. Applicants are responsible for the funding of the residency participation fees, they can though do an application with artistay even if they haven’t secured the funding yet. We can provide necessary documentation and contacts for funding advice. Artistay service is free of charge for the applicant. Contact us with your residency proposal, we’ll find an art place for you suited to your requirements. Catherine Cordelle (applications coordinator): apply@artistay.com. You can get more details at: www.artistay.com.

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Artist in Residence Program at Acadia

The Artist-In-Residence Program offers professional writers, composers, and all visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their particular art form while surrounded by the inspiring landscape of the park. In the spring and fall, the park provides housing to participants for two-week to four-week periods. No additional stipend is available. In return, participating artists are asked to donate to the park collection a piece of work representative of their style and their stay. These creative works will be displayed on a rotating schedule or shared with the public through other appropriate means during the upcoming seasons. Artists are also asked to participate in one public program per week of their residency such as demonstrations, talks, exploratory hikes, or performances. In the fall, artists work with fourth--eighth grade students. Programs can be tailored to your medium, interests, and experiences, and only consume a few hours of your stay. HOW TO APPLY: Applications for the program are accepted beginning November and must be received by January 5 for consideration for the following season. Notification will be made by April. There is a $25 non-refundable application fee for applying to the residency. Make checks payable to the National Park Service. Any medium that involves collecting or altering park resources would be in conflict with national park preservation goals and would be deemed inappropriate for a residency. Please send six copies of the following items: 1. A one- to two-page résumé and summary of creative works. 2. One-page statement stating what you hope to accomplish and achieve during a term as an artist-in-residence at Acadia National Park. 3. Description of public/school presentation. 4. Names and contact information of two references who know your work. 5. An appropriate sample of your recent work (i.e., six slides of different works (or JPEGs) from visual artists; six copies of a brief manuscript excerpt, short story, article, poetry, etc.—maximum of six pages—from writers and poets; one 1/2" VHS videotape or DVD from dancers and other performing artists.) 6.A self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of sample materials. (Written materials will not be returned.) For more information, visit www.nps.gov/acad/supportyourpark/artistinresidence.htm; write to: Artist-In-Residence Program Coordinator, Acadia National Park, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609; call 207-288-3338 - "0" for operator; or email Kate_Petrie@nps.gov.

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Residency in Applied Arts

The Center on Age & Community at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, in partnership with the Peck School of the Arts, is offering a three-month residency for professional artists to develop a high-quality artistic creation motivated by working with people with dementia and/or those who care for them. Projects are expected to address the quality of life of people with dementia and raise public awareness of their capacities. CAC's residency offers a $20,000 stipend, up to $7,000 in supplies, 2 student assistants (if desired), housing, and transportation costs to and from Milwaukee. The program supports residencies as a learning and experimentation period for visiting, professional artists who are permanent U.S. residents. To learn more about the previous and current artists in residency, visit www.aging.uwm.edu. For deadlines, expectations, and application information, download the application form, also available through the website www.aging.uwm.edu.

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Residencies for Artists, Writers, and Cultural Producers

Elsewhere, an arts production site and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking artists, writers, and cultural producers for residencies during its Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to pursue site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects. Elsewhere's building—two storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and warehouse on the third—provides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works. Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments become platforms for re-conceptualizing the theory and practice of art-making as an ongoing process of exchange in community. Experimenting with museum-as-medium within a store where nothing is for sale, Elsewhere offers an unparalleled framework for art practices, processes, and productions outside the traditional gallery, museum, and residency systems. The complete call for artists, residency brochure (PDF), and application deadlines are available at www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html. Email George Scheer, Collaborative Director, at residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org for an application. Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, 606 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27406. www.elsewhereelsewhere.org. We review applications at the end of each month. The residency season runs from April through October.

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Finding Peace and Respite from the Modern World – 29 Artist Residency Opportunities in Alaska

Seattle-based La Familia Gallery is now offering 29 annual artist residency opportunities in Talkeetna, Alaska. Accepting applicants from around the world who concentrate in the visual arts, music, and literature, the residency program aims to encourage a better understanding of what one truly needs live, to create, and to be happy. The La Familia Artist Residency program is designed for emerging and mid-career artists who are seeking direction, inspiration, and reflection. Artists must be actively pursuing their creative careers with passion and integrity.  While participating in the program, they are expected to live and volunteer (20 hours/week of community service) in Talkeetna for the full residency period for which they apply. The program has been developed to provide artists with an environment where they can hear their own voices while giving back to the gallery’s home community by adding to the creative dialogue. Within the silence and the peace, you discover that what you need to create, what you need to live, and what you need to be truly happy is far less than you ever imagined. To learn more, please visit www.lafamiliallc.com/AKResidenceHome.php. Additional information regarding the gallery’s many services can be found on their website www.lafamiliallc.com or by calling (206) 903-0627.

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The Sodus Art Bank Residency, New York

The Sodus Art Bank in upstate New York is accepting applications for the Residency/Artist's Retreat season. Visual artists, writers, poets, musicians, or artists desiring to work collaboratively my apply for 2-4 week sessions, with time extensions possible. For a nominal fee, artists are provided private rooms in a Victorian house, studios in a turn-of-the-century bank building, outdoor sculpture gardens, and optional participation in intense creative workshops, or may replenish their spirit biking/kayaking around the Finger Lakes and nearby Sodus Bay. Applicants should send 20 slides or CD of their artistic direction, resume, creative proposal, and SASE. Materials must be postmarked at least 2 months prior to requested residency month. Send to: Art Bank Residency, 27 East Main Street, Sodus, New York 14551. Visit their web site at: www.Sodusartbank.org; email: bwsodervick@hotmail.com; or call 585-576-6851 for more information.

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The UCross Foundation Residency Program

Call to Visual Artists, Writers and Composers - The UCross Foundation Residency Program for the arts and literature offers residencies for 2-8 weeks. Located on a 22,000acre working cattle ranch in the foothills of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, the Foundation provides individual workspace, living accommodations, uninterrupted time and the experience of the historic High Plains landscape to selected writers, artists, and composers working in all disciplines. There is no charge for room, board, or studio space. The quality of an applicant’s work is given primary consideration in the review process; individuals from all stages of their professional careers are invited to apply. At any one time there are typically 8 individuals in residence. Facilities include an Elephant etching press and a composer’s cabin which has an electronic keyboard, synthesizer, and piano. Annual deadlines are October 1 for Spring Session (February-June) and March 1 for Fall Session (August-December). For brochure, application and guidelines, visit our website www.ucrossfoundation.org or send SASE to Ucross Foundation 30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835. Phone: (307) 737-2291, Fax: (307) 737-2322, Email: info@ucross.org

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The Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency in New Smyrna Beach, FL

The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL offers residencies and opportunities to work with master artists in residence. For more information, visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org. Writers, visual artists, dancers, filmmakers, and composers/musicians are encouraged to apply.

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The Djerassi Resident Artists Program

The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is a nonprofit arts organization, which offers residencies to artists in the disciplines of music composition, choreography, literature, visual arts, and media arts/new genres. All national and international artists are eligible to apply. We seek applications on two levels. The first includes emerging and mid-career artists, for whom appointments as resident artists may make a significant difference to their careers. The second level consists of artists with established national and/or international reputations. Artists selected by peer panels are offered, at no cost, room, board, and studio space for four and five-week sessions during the season, which runs from mid-March through mid-November. The Program is located in a spectacular rural setting in the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, yet is within easy driving distance to the entire San Francisco Bay Area. The special quality of the residency experience centers around a "retreat" atmosphere. The property is located 40 miles south of San Francisco and 15 miles west of Palo Alto. There is no public transportation to either city from the ranch for artists without cars. Rides to Palo Alto for errands are generally provided by the staff once a week. Transportation to and from the airport is provided by the Program. The deadline for accepting applications is February 15th, each year, for a residency in the following year. Application forms and Guidelines are available on our web site at www.djerassi.org, or may be requested by sending a self-addressed, stamped, envelope. We are affiliated with the Alliance of Artists Communities a nation-wide consortium, which includes professionally run artist communities and other nonprofit organizations that support artists in the development of their work.

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Centre Cat’Art Residency, La Forge, Sainte Colombe sur l’Hers, France

Entry deadline: Ongoing. Cat’Art, international centre for research and creation. Visual arts, writing, performing arts, music… Cat’Art is a place where the diversity of the art expressions is encouraged and where the exchanges between cultures from all over the world can be developed, so that the art expression remains a universal language. There are still opportunities of residency in spring 2007 at Cat’Art. Application open to professional artists only, for temporary stays from 2 weeks to 1 year. Average residency fee: 600 € (lodging, studio and energy costs included). Detailed estimation of costs on request. Every resident has his/her own independent bedroom with common cooking facilities. The environment is exceptional (unspoiled nature, mountains, lake, in the south of France). The region has a rich historical background (Cathar castles, old city of Carcassonne and above all the cave of Niaux with its original paintings). Close by cultural centres, like Toulouse, Montpellier, Barcelona. More details and application to residency on our website www.catart.org. Tel. + 33 (0)4 68 69 35 01, or Email: centre@catart.org.

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The Montana Artists Refuge Residency

The Montana Artists Refuge, an artist-run residency program located in Basin, MT, is accepting applications now from artists of all disciplines. Residencies are one month to nine months in length. Facilities include two spacious apartments with separate 20’ x 30’ studios, one soundproofed apartment for writers, musicians, composers, and one studio apartment for writers or other artists who require minimal space; all include full kitchen facilities, double bed, private phone and wireless internet access. The deadline for applications to the residency program from November through July is June 15. The Refuge has three special residencies during the months of July, August, and September of each year:  an MFA Graduate Residency, in August, in collaboration with four separate Universities; the American Indian Artists Residency (AIAR) in September; and the Writers Residency in October. The participating graduate schools set the deadlines for the MFA residency. The deadline for AIAR applications is April 15, and for the Writers Residency, May 15.  To learn more about the Refuge go to www.montanarefuge.org and download an application; send SASE to Montana Artists Refuge, Box 8, Basin, MT  59631; phone 406.225.3500; or email mar@mt.net.

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McColl Center for Visual Art Artist-in-Residence Program

Charlotte, NC, McColl Center for Visual Art Artist-in-Residence Program for regional, national and international artists. McColl Center for Visual Art offers artists private studios, $2,000 materials budget, and $3,300 stipend is provided along with 24-hour access to fully-equipped metal and wood shops, media lab, darkroom, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramic studios. Artists-in-Residence participate in McColl Center for Visual Art's open houses, artist forums, outreaches, workshops, and interact with other regional, national, and international artists who are in residence. Paid travel and condominiums are provided for artists outside of the area. Information about the program and application guidelines are available at www.mccollcenter.org. If you have questions about the program or application procedure, contact Terri Smith tsmith@mccollcenter.org, 704-332-5535, ext 22. McColl Center for Visual Art is located at 721 North Tryon Street in the heart of Charlotte, North Carolina. The Center’s goal is to advance creativity through artist residencies, exhibitions and other educational programs about contemporary art.

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The Centrum Institute Residencies

Established in 1980, Centrum's artist residency program aims to create an environment where ideas, music, writing, art and more can be developed, and eventually disseminated. Centrum Creative Residencies are about time and space. With both, you’ll have the opportunity to grow as an artist or creative thinker. Centrum Creative Residencies are open to artists, thinkers, activists, performers —anyone involved in creative endeavors. A residency may involve either the solitary creative work of an individual or the interactive work of a group. It can focus on a single genre or be multidisciplinary. A residency may involve active engagement with other Centrum programs, artists, and communities, or it may serve as a reflective retreat. Residencies are awarded on a space-available basis, in week-long blocks (Friday-Friday). Residencies are available as space exists in Centrum facilities--generally January through June, and August through December. Some resources are available year-round. Centrum’s location at Fort Worden State Park offers residents a portfolio of resources. We offer modest, 2-3 bedroom cabins and apartments, some with small studios, and upright pianos. Print, painting, and rehearsal studios are also available for rental by creative residents, including a non-toxic print studio featuring a 30” American French etching press. Recording studio time can also be arranged at Fort Worden’s Synergy Sound studio. For an more information, please visit: www.centrum.org.

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La Macina di San Cresci 2008 Residency in, Greve in Chianti (Florence) Italy

La Macina di San Cresci is an independent non-profit association based in Greve in Chianti ,a hill town in Tuscany. We are situated midway between two great cities of the Renaissance: Florence & Siena. Our goal is to give an opportunity to exchange experiences and to learn from one another, in order to promote dialogue between different culture. The centre, open to artists, writers, poets, actors and to other art and culture professionals from around the world, offers the opportunity to work alone, or together with other creative people from other countries, developing and interchanging concise ideas on contemporary art and culture. Artist residencies consist of sojourning from 7 to 90 days. This period covers a program based on the personal project proposal presented by the artist and includes the attendance to the workshops in several disciplines (when scheduled). More information and application form on www.chianticom.com.

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Jamestown Fine Arts Association Residency

Jamestown, North Dakota, Deadline: On-going. For more information: 701-251-2496 or artscenter@daktel.com.  

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LUNA Artist-in-Residency Program

LUNA, located in the small rural town of (New) San Acacio, CO, near the border of New Mexico just north of Taos, offers an oasis for the expression of the creative spirit. Time away from the pressure and influence of mainstream urban life encourages us to recharge, rethink, and recreate. The peace and solitude of the modern and spacious LUNA facility draws artists, teachers, and healers from all over the globe. Writers, weavers, sculptors, jewelers, painters, performers, dancers, musicians, photographers, ceramic artists, yoga instructors and body workers, energy workers of every kind come to transform their bright ideas into a material reality, teach and learn. Simplicity in design fosters creativity for both individual and group experiences, where unconstructed time is hallmark. Our artist in residence program invites creatives, nationally and internationally, in every discipline, noticing things about the area which most of us take for granted or miss entirely. Light, color and time are different here. Saturday Open Studio provides a venue for locals to interact in a creative environment, teach techniques, hone skills, and share a magical, creative spark. Kids and adults alike enjoy the freedom to explore and develop their own ideas. Personal coaching and catered meals are available. Travel is easy by air and auto from Denver and Albuquerque, and small airports in Alamosa, Taos, and places in between, following Highways 25 and 285 to the east and west. LUNA is remote, but convenient to shopping, culture, and outdoor recreation. The skiing, hot springs and night skies are incomparable. Wildlife still abounds, as do indigenous arrowheads and precious stones. Please ask if there is anything about a LUNA experience which might work for your special circumstances. Dr. James M. Owens, Ph.D., 401 Directa San Acacio, Colorado 81151; j.m.owens@hotmail.com; Phone: 719-206-0622.

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Interested in a Residency in France? Need Help?

Call for Artists – Residency Opportunities in France 2010. For visual artists, writers, creators in other disciplines like design, fashion, architecture ... with a project of residency. artistay works with professional art residencies in France. All residence programs we work with aim to provide a nice living environment, premises and equipment adapted for the creation, administrative and basic technical support as well as a social, cultural and artistic environment encouraging the exchange and dialogue. Description: Duration of residencies from 2 weeks to 4 months; Applicants are responsible for the funding of the residency participation fees, they can though do an application with artistay even if they haven’t secured the funding yet. We can provide necessary documentation and contacts for funding advice; artistay service is free of charge for the applicant. Application: Please email your documentation and information (CV, website or portfolio, residency proposal, date of residency) or contact Catherine Cordelle at apply@artistay.org . We’ll study your application carefully and help you to achieve your aim of finding a residence in France, and one ideally suited to your requirements. More details about our service and application on our website www.artistay.org. Or visit the blog for artist mobility and artist in residence: http://www.artistay.org/en/blog-artist-in-residence.html.

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NEA Creative Writing Fellowship

Creative Writing Fellowships guidelines are now available at www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Lit.html. These fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Non-matching grants are for $20,000.

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