Residencies & Retreats
Renaissance Box Residencies
Renaissance Box, a residency program by Kaiser Studios, fosters collaboration between artists and STEM professionals, creating opportunities to explore the intersection of creativity, innovation, and community impact. This program is designed for artists who are eager to engage with scientific concepts and develop work that bridges disciplines in transformative ways.
Deadline: April 2nd, 2025
Deadline: April 2, 2025
Submission Fee: $25 Application
About the residency: Renaissance Box, a residency program by Kaiser Studios, fosters collaboration between artists and STEM professionals, creating opportunities to explore the intersection of creativity, innovation, and community impact. This program is designed for artists who are eager to engage with scientific concepts and develop work that bridges disciplines in transformative ways.
Located in Cleveland, a city renowned for its vibrant arts community and rich history of scientific and industrial innovation, Renaissance Box offers a unique environment for interdisciplinary exploration. Cleveland’s cultural institutions, research facilities, and creative spaces provide a dynamic backdrop, connecting residents to broader conversations and networks.
Participants in the residency benefit from dedicated studio space, a stipend, and opportunities to showcase their work through exhibitions, talks, and panels. The program also includes tours of cultural and scientific organizations, along with networking events to support both the creative process and meaningful community engagement.
Cleveland’s thriving art scene, combined with its legacy of innovation, makes it an ideal setting for artists seeking to deepen their connection to science and their community. Renaissance Box leverages this unique environment to foster experimentation, dialogue, and impactful collaboration.
Residency dates: June 1 – August 31, 2025.
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
Deadline: Ongoing
• Duration: 5 weeks
• Type: Residency
• Eligibility: Open to international artists
• Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Sculpture
• Location: Puebla, Mexico
Program Overview: 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.
Participants will work with handmade processes according to Puebla’s colonial Talavera ordinances, avoiding industrial chemicals in clays and glazes. In addition to supervised technique guidance, the program includes:
• Personalized research assistance and resources.
• Project critique and guidance from the directorial and curatorial team.
• Access to specialized facilities tailored to traditional ceramics production.
This program provides a rich environment for artists to produce unique works while exploring and preserving the heritage of pre-Columbian and colonial ceramics.
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
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.
The program provides :
• Up to two months in residence at La Maison de Beaumont
• A fully equipped private apartment with kitchen & bath
• A common creative room for rehearsals, exhibits or other artistic endeavors
• Networking with other cultural associations of Luberon
Entry Fee: $45
Deadline: Ongoing
Willowtail Residency, Mancos, Colorado, USA
Willowtail is a unique property, offering one – three week residencies that have a special appeal to artists. Sixty acres tucked away in the high, alpine desert of the Four Corners Region writers come to begin or work on novels, poems, memoirs, screenplays, musicians practice, compose and rehearse, visual artists paint, draw, sculpt, and photograph. However, the best quality of Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center is its ability to offer a quiet inspiring space to reflect, research, experiment, explore, laugh and create, easily, intensely.
Deadline: Ongoing
Deadline: Ongoing
Submission Fee: $25
Eligibility:
Full Scholarship, Partial Scholarship and Fully Self-funded Residencies:
Must be an emerging, established or mid-career practitioner in the visual arts, performing arts, film/multi-media, literature, music, ecology or natural sciences.
Residencies are open to local, national and international applicants. All are encouraged to apply.
About the residency:
Willowtail is a unique property, offering one – three week residencies that have a special appeal to artists. Sixty acres tucked away in the high, alpine desert of the Four Corners Region writers come to begin or work on novels, poems, memoirs, screenplays, musicians practice, compose and rehearse, visual artists paint, draw, sculpt, and photograph. However, the best quality of Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center is its ability to offer a quiet inspiring space to reflect, research, experiment, explore, laugh and create, easily, intensely.
Application Deadlines
Full-Scholarship, Partial-Scholarship or Fully Self-funded Residencies: for one or two week Full Scholarship Residencies or Partial Scholarship Residencies. Applicants can apply all year.
Willowtail is looking for individual practitioners in the arts.
Willowtail is also looking for two residents in two different mediums to participate in a collaborative Residency. We will look at writing, film, poetry, visual arts or music which deal with this theme. The two residents awarded would both reside at Willowtail for two weeks at the same time and work both individually and in collaboration with each other.
For application questions: info@willowtail.org.
Our Board meets 4 times per year to consider applications.
For more information on eligibility criteria and selection process for Willowtail Residents, plus what the residency includes, please visit our Guidelines page.
The F Project Artist Residency
The F Project welcomes artists from all over the world to stay in the picturesque and historical south west corner of Victoria, Australia. We live and work on the traditional lands of the Peek Whurrong people of the Gunditjmara and Maar nations.
The F Project Residency Program provides a space for artists to further their art practice in a stimulating, comfortable, creative and supportive environment. We offer residencies of 2 weeks or more at our centrally located residence. This opportunity is open to individuals as well as teams, and we encourage cooperatives to apply – it’s an ideal place for a group residency!
Deadline: Ongoing
Deadline: Ongoing
Submission Fee: There is no application fee, however residency fees may apply. Please see website for further details.
About the residency:
The F Project welcomes artists from all over the world to stay in the picturesque and historical south west corner of Victoria, Australia. We live and work on the traditional lands of the Peek Whurrong people of the Gunditjmara and Maar nations.
The F Project Residency Program provides a space for artists to further their art practice in a stimulating, comfortable, creative and supportive environment. We offer residencies of 2 weeks or more at our centrally located residence. This opportunity is open to individuals as well as teams, and we encourage cooperatives to apply – it’s an ideal place for a group residency!