Artist Residencies and Fellowships
Listing of recommended artist residencies and artist fellowships. Updated monthly.
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​Resources for visual artists. Resources include grant opportunities for artists, fellowships, artist studios, vending and market opportunities, art fairs, and more. The mission of this resource guide is to serve and support artists in the West Michigan area with tools to elevate their careers.
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​​The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency
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18 artists selected each year. Accommodations include a private apartment (with private bathroom), individual studio spaces, walking trails around campus and a fully equipped shared kitchen.
Discover new ways of working with your medium and geek out with the Material and Application Specialists/Artists at Golden Artist Colors!
Application Fee: $30
Applications Due: August 28th, 2024.
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The focus of Bryn Du’s Artist in Residence program is to enhance local awareness and engagement in the arts by introducing new and varied artists to the Granville community throughout the calendar year. While in residence, the chosen artist will reside in the Cramer House, the renovated laundry building designed for Artists in Residence, behind the Bryn Du Mansion. Artists may be in any stage of their career to apply and participate in a Bryn Du residency.
All Artists in Residence are expected to provide a minimum of 2 community engagement activities per month which will be agreed upon by Bryn Du and the artist prior to the residency. Examples might include a community poetry reading, performance on the outdoor stage, artist talk or gallery show. Bryn Du is open to lots of ideas and will happily work with accepted artists to determine engagement activities that are enjoyable to the artist, may advance his or her journey, and engage the community. Stipends include $2000 for an 8 week residency and $3000 for a 12 week residency.
Application Fee: $15.
Applications Due: August 31st, 2024.
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Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency 2025
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The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (EMAR) program by Collar Works is designed to provide emerging, underrepresented, and established artists an immersive, supportive, productive, and communal atmosphere for art-making and dialogue on a bucolic 77-acre farm in Granville, NY. The summer residency offers 2 and 4-week residencies for individual artists and 1-week residencies for families. Accepted artists will receive a $250 stipend to be used at their own discretion towards travel, materials, or other associated costs related to this opportunity.
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Application Fee: N/A until July 15th, 2024.
Applications Due: September 1st, 2024, 11:59PM.
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Lansing Art Gallery Holiday Exhibition & Market
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Call to artists! Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center seeks artists for the Michigan Made | Holiday Art Exhibition & Market, which will feature artworks that range from fine art to small gifts, including jewelry, paintings, pottery, metalwork, leather goods, paper products, glass works, woodworking, and more. We seek contemporary fine art, inspired modern craft, and items designed by Michigan makers!
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Applications Due: September 5th, 2024, at 11:59PM.
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Princeton Arts Fellows spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton University and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course each semester subject to approval by the Dean of the Faculty, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class, such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. Although the teaching load is light, our expectation is that Fellows will be full and active members of our community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year. A $92,000 a year stipend is provided.
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Applications Due: September 10th, 2024.
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Hodder Fellows spend an academic year with Princeton, but no formal teaching is involved. A $92,000 stipend is provided for this 10-month appointment as a Visiting Fellow. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply. Previous recipients of the Princeton Arts Fellowship are not eligible to apply.
Applications Due: September 10th, 2024.
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Residencies of varying lengths (no minimum stay) with flexible scheduling are available May through August of next year. All residencies at Mt. San Angelo include a private bedroom with en-suite bath, a separate private studio, and three prepared meals each day.
Application Fee: $30 (If the application fee presents a significant barrier to application, artists should reach out to Artists Services at vcca@vcca.com to request an application fee waiver at least five days before the deadline.)
Applications Due: September 15th, 2024. ​​
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VCCA - Moulin á Nef in Auvillar, France
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For Fellows who have had a residency in Virginia, VCCA offers the opportunity to apply for residencies at le Moulin à Nef in Auvillar, France, a lovely village on the Garonne River. A residency at le Moulin à Nef is an immersive experience, rich in history, architecture, wonderful wine, and food with Roman, Gallic, and Occitan influences. Auvillar has been designated one of the “most beautiful villages in France” and is on the famous pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Located in the Port section of town, below the main village, le Moulin à Nef hosts four artists at a time who receive a private studio, a private bedroom with shared bath, and two dinners each week.
Application Fee: $30
Applications Due: September 15th, 2024.
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A key component of Hayama Artist Residency is a group exhibition during your stay to highlight your work and that of the other participating artists. If you are selected for the residency, you will receive a roundtrip flight to Narita International Airport (Narita) or Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), shared accommodations with one other artist-in-residence for 4 weeks, and a weekly allotment of $200 USD for meals and local transportation.
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Although there will be several scheduled events and programs during your stay, including the artist-in-residence exhibition, the primary purpose of the residency is to give you an opportunity to immerse yourself in various aspects of Japanese culture and to meet artists, curators and gallery owners in Japan. Artists are not required to create new work during the residency. We want you to have ample time to reflect on your career and plan for the future in a calm, nurturing environment.
Applications Due: September 30th, 2024.
Application Fee: $95/first time applicant. Waived fee for 2nd time applicant.
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Culture Push - Black Utopian, Utopian Practice, & Disability Arts Fellowships
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The Fellowship is a process-based program aimed at artists and other creative people who are seeking to test new ideas through civic engagement. Culture Push offers the Fellows concrete financial and institutional support, including feedback and mentoring, a stipend, and fiscal sponsorship for fundraising efforts, and heightened legibility, through support from the Culture Push institution. During the Fellowship year, Fellows collaborate with different communities and the Culture Push staff to find viable working methods for realizing ambitious hybrid projects. While Culture Push emphasizes the visual and performing arts, the Fellowship program is open to people working in any discipline aiming to expand their practice beyond its traditional borders.
Application Fee: None
Applications Due: September 30th, 2024.
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Workshop Studios Ceramics Program - Calgary, Alberta - Rolling
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Selected artists will receive support during their residency, enjoying a free private studio equipped with essential materials, including clay, underglazes, and reduction glazes, tools and various firing options. There will also be access to a large StoneFlower Clay 3D printer (volume, 50 x 50 x 50 cm3 = 125L 3D) for those with expertise in this cutting-edge field.
In return for the provided space, access to kilns, and materials, we request that artists contribute to our community and this can take the form of an artist talk or demonstration to share your artistic process. Alternatively, we ask for a piece of artwork to be donated to the studio, creating a lasting connection and legacy within our artistic space.
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ACT Intern Program
Internships with ACT offer a chance to gain real-world experience in your area of study or interest. Areas of student interests include art therapy, art education, event planning, fund development, graphic design, non-profit admin, special education, social media, and more. We work closely with colleges and universities in the Greater Grand Rapids area and beyond. Internships typically run January-April, May-August, and September-December.
Application Fee: None
Applications Due: N/A
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Organizations that have regular Artist in Residence Programs available:
Good Hart Artist in Residency Program: The Good Hart Artist Residency located in Good Hart, Michigan offers 2-3 week residencies to dedicated visual artists, writers, and composers/songwriters. The residency provides full room and board including a newly completed residency building with a 24-foot x 14-foot detached studio, a fully stocked kitchen with several meals provided by host family each week, a $500.00 stipend, and quiet, natural surroundings to concentrate on creative work. The resident artist is housed in a rural area within walking distance of Lake Michigan and the village of Good Hart, along the “Tunnel of Trees,” a Scenic Heritage Route. The Good Hart Artist Residency offers a solitary experience by hosting one resident at a time.
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Lakeside Inn Artist in Residence Program: Selected artists will participate for a two-week period (three weeks for ceramic artists) based on their proposals, expressive medium, and past body of work. Residents stay in the residency apartment located behind the inn, and also have 24/7 access to the clay studio on the main level or artist studio on the second level. WiFi is available for the studios and the apartment.
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The Mackinac State Historic Parks Artist-In-Residence Program is designed to promote and encourage the creation of artistic works inspired by the history, natural wonders, and beauty of Mackinac Island. The residencies are available to artists in all mediums, including writers, composers, sculptures, and visual artists including photographers, among others.
The 2 and 3 week residencies are available beginning in early June and continuing through early October.
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Ox-Bow: We’ve reimagined our residency programs to explore different approaches to serving artists. Below you will find a number of new models, each with a unique take on how artists come together in community to share, build new skills, dive into critical conversations, and spend focused time on making.
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Popps Studio and Emporium Residencies: For emerging, mid-career, and established visual artists with a studio based practice who are interested in an immersive experience in Detroit and Hamtramck.
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Red Bull Arts Detroit Artist Residency: The Artist Residency program is central to Red Bull Arts Detroit. We’re committed to providing artists the space, time, and resources necessary to push their practices forward by offering a two-month residency at our facilities in Detroit. We provide housing, studio space, an $8,000 stipend, a $2,000 budget for production of work during the residency, and access to the local arts community through studio visits, exhibition tours, and personal connections. The Residency is designed for artists at all stages of their careers interested in experimenting with new techniques, developing new work, or focusing on research.
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Red Bull Arts Detroit Curatorial Fellowship: Red Bull Arts Detroit is committed to holistically supporting the arts locally and nationally. As such, we seek to provide alternative exhibition platforms to the vast network of independent curators who offer new ways of seeing, understanding, and experiencing artists and their works. The program creates an opportunity for a curator to realize an exhibition concept and bring it to the public in Detroit. The selected curator will demonstrate in their proposal a level of engagement and thoughtfulness about how their exhibition engages with the local city and community, and why it should take place in Detroit. Red Bull Arts Detroit will support the curator in the execution of the exhibition and it’s public programming.
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Sleeping Bear Dunes Artist in Residence:
The Artist-In-Residence program is open to professional American writers, composers and visual artists, including photographers, whose work can be influenced and enhanced by this superb Michigan scene. It provides resident artists the opportunity to capture the moods of Sleeping Bear Dunes in their particular medium. The program provides rent-free use of a park house located in the vicinity of the village of Empire (no pets). You may also choose to stay in a campsite in one of the developed mainland campgrounds.
Two 3-week residencies are available during September and October.
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Contact
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