Residencies & Retreats
Kala Artist-in-Residence Program
Kala’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program offers 24-hour access to the printmaking workshop, digital lab, black and white darkroom, sculpture and textiles lab (textiles, wood shop, kiln, and slab roller), individual storage space, access to Kala’s gallery with potential exhibition opportunities, professional development resources including classes, and participation in a vital, international artist community.
Kimmel Harding Nelson Residency
Since 2001, KHN has awarded more than 1400 residencies to working visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from across the country and around the world.
Alberta Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Funding
This funding provides up to $18,000 to support development of individual Alberta artists, arts administrators, or an ensemble of artists by providing funding for a specific visual arts or new media project.
New Brunswick Artist In Residence
The Artist in Residence Program is intended for individual artists to participate in residencies and New Brunswick organizations to host professional artists, and enable them to pursue specific projects relating to their creative work. The artists in residence are also to contribute to the promotion and understanding of the arts by means of the artists’ contact with the clientele of the establishments. This program is divided into two components.
CULTVR Lab Immersive Arts Residencies
This strand will facilitate 3 residency opportunities to support the research, development, and presentation of new immersive productions and live experiences. This open call is specifically aimed at local and international artists with experience in creating immersive projects, encouraging them to bring their expertise to develop innovative work within this unique medium
Deadline: January 9, 2026
Cultural Foundation Art Residency 2026
A six-month residency offering professional cultural practitioners dedicated studio space, curatorial support, and resources to develop new work, connect with the community, and present outcomes through an open studio programme.
Deadline: January 31, 2026
UNESCO AI Ethics Residency
A remote international residency commissioning three artists to develop new online works critically engaging with AI, ethics, and intercultural perspectives. The programme includes mentorship, policy engagement, and presentation at UNESCO’s Global Forum on the Ethics of AI.
Deadline: January 15, 2026
Call for applicants: The 2026 Fogo Island Arts Young Curator Residency
This opportunity offers rich cross-disciplinary dialogue and an exploratory immersion within Fogo Island’s unique physical and cultural landscape. A place-based experience, this residency provides uninterrupted time for creative experimentation, research, and reflection.
Fogo Island Arts will cover the selected candidate’s cost of travel to and from Fogo Island, accommodation in a heritage house and the use of a vehicle for on-island transportation. The candidate will also receive a weekly honorarium for food and incidentals.
Deadline: January 13, 2026
Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park 2026 Exploratory Research Residency
The Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park (JRSP) is offering up to three Exploratory Research Residencies for the 2026 season, providing accommodation, local transport, and a food stipend for six nights on Hornby Island, with options for longer stays: vailable time slots are April 26 – May 3, May 3 – 10, and May 10 – 17, 2026.
Deadline: January 30, 2026
TISP YEAR 2 residency programme
Tiny Spaces is looking for 6 artists for their 2nd residency programme. The project is based on exploring more sustainable methods for artist residencies. Throughout Summer 2026, artists will travel to Athens, Potsdam or Oulu using slow methods and create site-specific artwork in recycled tiny studios and public spaces. It’s all about process and mobility.
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Artist Residency at Chokechaka
Our residency welcomes artists, musicians, curators, scholars, activists, cultural workers and creatives who seek not only to advance their personal projects but also to engage deeply with the Sacred Valley's culture, nature, and history. We prioritize those whose practice shows receptivity to new environments and can be enriched by immersion in different cultures and languages. We value community engagement, shared experiences and cultural exchange.
Residency Open Call for Palestinian Artists, GASWORKS
Our residencies programme supports professional development, cultural exchange, and artistic experimentation. We host up to twenty residencies each year, bringing artists from all over the world to London. All our residencies are self-led, non-prescriptive and process-based; they are about enabling artists to research and develop new work, engage with the city, and build their networks.
Deadline: January 12, 2025
Artist in Residence in the heart of Old Havana, Cuba
Immerse yourself in the enchanting history of Old Havana at this privately owned luxury boutique hotel, AS BOUTIQUE RESIDENCE. Nestled within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Havana, this all-suite marvel has been carefully redesigned to reveal its majestic beauty. Perfectly positioned in the vibrant heart of San Isidro — Old Havana’s most creative neighbourhood, recognized by TIME OUT as ‘One of the 51 coolest neighbourhoods in the world’ — this hotel offers an unparalleled artistic experience in an exceptional setting.
Deadline: Varies (see details)
Indigo Mentorship Residency Program
The Mentorship Residency Program at Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland, Maine, brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative processes while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. The program pairs a National or International artist with a Local/Regional artist to foster rich conversations, collaborations, and exchanges of experiences, knowledge, and technical skills. Artists are encouraged to work independently but are expected to dedicate 8–10 hours weekly to joint activities, including community engagement and collaborative projects. The residency provides 24-hour access to a flexible 3,000-square-foot community studio equipped for various disciplines. Visiting Artists are provided with private housing within walking distance of the studio.
Deadline: Ongoing
Hambidge Center’ Artist Residencies
Situated on 600 acres in the mountains of north Georgia, Hambidge is a sanctuary of time and space that inspires artists working in a broad range of disciplines to create works of the highest caliber.
Deadline: Recurring
The Kyoto Retreat: For international Artists, CuratorS, and Writers in Kyoto, Japan.
We select artists, curators, and writers at all career stages, working in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, interdisciplinary, and social practice. Individuals must be over 21 years old to apply. Our application requires you to submit a CV or resume, a brief statement about your creative interests and a description of how you anticipate using the time if selected for The Kyoto Retreat. You can also provide up to 10 work samples
Feminist Creative Residency, Centre Pompadour
CP promotes artistic, creative, scientific work and research projects in the fields of feminism and gender studies and a lotta fun.
CP welcomes like-minded creative professionals from all over the world to work on individual or collaborative projects that place feminist empowerment and gender equality at the heart of the creative process and outreach. CP offers accommodation and private work spaces for a determined period of time.
Deadline: Ongoing
Pre-Columbian Ceramics Non-Instructional Residency Program - Puebla, Mexico
This unique residency offers artists an opportunity to engage deeply with traditional ceramics techniques rooted in Puebla’s historical and cultural legacy. Hosted at Arquetopia or a partnered studio in Cholula, the residency emphasizes non-instructional, hands-on production under mentorship and supervision by skilled local master ceramists.
Deadline: Ongoing
La Maison de Beaumont - Artist Residency Program
La Maison de Beaumont offers an Artist Residency in Provence & Luberon as part of the prestigious ResArtis network (a worldwide network of 550 vetted members operating in 75 countries), as well as part of the Artist Communities program.
Residency dates can be anytime subject to availability
The Artist Residency of La Maison de Beaumont was created with the goal of offering a retreat for musicians, scholars, writers and painters, who seek a quiet place to work undisturbed on their art. The scenery and beauty of the region, coupled with the history and comfort of the house, provides an ideal setting to focus on creative work.
Deadline: Ongoing