Artist Retreats: APPALACHIAN SOUTH

KENTUCKY
Artcroft Center for Arts & Humanities, 2075 Johnson Rd., Carlisle, KY 40311 (859) 473-0552. Year-round residencies of 2-8 weeks for up to 3 artists at a time on a 400-acre working cattle farm in the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky. Private rooms, shared baths, meals provided. Fees charged; work-study scholarships and some reduced fees available. (visual, literary arts)

Green River Writers Retreat, AIR Program, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (615) 296-4420. Offers workshops, monthly critique sessions, as well as retreats. Fees charged. (literary arts)

Hopscotch House/Kentucky Foundation for Women, 8221 Wolf Pen Branch Rd., Prospect, KY 40059 (502) 228-4875. Open only to KY women artists whose art focuses on positive social change. Located on a 10-acre farmstead 13 miles east of Louisville. (visual, literary, performing, and media arts)

Isaac W. Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Isaac W. Bernheim Foundation, Hwy. 245, Claremont, KY 40110 (502) 543-2451. South of Louisville. Residencies for up to 3 mos., stipend paid, 1 recipient per year. Artist expected to donate examples of a body of work during the residency and to be available on occasion to meet the Trustees and donors, and to conduct public presentations or workshops. (visual, environmental artists)

Mammoth Cave National Park, AIR Program, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 (270) 785-2254. Residencies of 2-4 weeks year-round; open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, video/filmmakers. (visual and media arts)

 

NORTH CAROLINA
American Dance Festival, PO Box 90772, Durham, NC 27708. Performances and school, with some choreographers and dancers in residence. (performing arts)

Artspace, 201 E. Davie St., Raleigh, NC 27601 (919) 821-2787. Regional emerging artist residency open to emerging artists from NC. Rent-free studio with 24-hr. access. (visual arts)

Chowan University , Visual Artist Residency Program, Dept. of Visual Art, 200 Jones Dr., Murfreesboro, NC 27855. Open to working artists holding MA or MFA degree in art; working in painting, drawing, printmaking, graphic design, ceramics, mixed media. Housing and meals, private studio, shared office, solo exhibition. (visual arts)

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, 606 S. Elm St., Greensboro, NC 27406 (336) 549-5555. A "living installation, museum of process, and art production space" in a former thrift store (housing a 58-year inventory of American surplus and antiques) in downtown Greensboro hosts artists-in-residence who create site-specific, conceptual, or technology-based projects. Residencies of one month. Residents live in converted boarding house rooms, and are invited to participate in the food co-op and share cooking. Fees charged. (visual, literary, and media arts)

McColl Center for Visual Art, Artists-in-Residence Program, 721 Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202. (704) 332-5535. 3 month residencies in the Fall and Winter. Private studios, materials budget, daily stipend, access to metal and wood studio equipment, media lab, print shop, darkroom, sculpture studio, and ceramic facility. Travel allowance and apartments to out-of-state artists. 6 artists per session join 8 area affiliate artists. Residents participate in open houses, artist forums, outreaches, workshops. (visual arts)

Penland School, Penland Rd., Penland, NC 28765 (704) 765-2359. AIR Program. Open to artists working in sculpture, textiles, photography, jewelry, mixed media, books, paper, drawing, metals, printmaking, wood, glass, or clay who are creating nontraditional studio crafts. Residencies of 2-3 years for up to 7 artists at a time. Housing and studio provided. Modest fees charged. (visual arts)

Weymouth Center, 145 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines, NC 28387 or PO Box 939, Southern Pines, NC 28388 (910) 692-6261. 22-room Georgian Manor house located on 20 acres, no fees, North Carolina writers and translators only, purchase and prepare own food, short residencies of 1 to 2 weeks (literary arts)

Wildacres Retreat, PO Box 280, Little Switzerland, NC 28749 (828) 756-4573. Located on 1,600 acres atop Pompey Ridge approx. one hour from Asheville, adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Individual cabins for each resident; 1 artist at a time; residencies of 1 week. Housing and meals provided. (visual, literary, performing arts)

 

SOUTH CAROLINA
Hub-Bub Arts Residencies, PO Box 8421, Spartanburg, SC 29305 (864) 582.0056. Open to emerging visual artists and writers aged 20 to 30. Accomodations for 4 artists at a time for 11-month periods in a 1920s-era Cadillac store in downtown Spartanburg. Artists in residence must work 15-20 hours a week in the arts center, which may include open studio events, community outreach, working in the box office or gallery, as well as general upkeep and maintenance of the facilities. Modest stipend provided. (visual, literary, and media arts)

Poinsett State Park, Artist-in-Residence Program, 6660 Poinsett Park Rd., Wedgefield, SC 29168. (803) 494-8179. Open to all visual artists who want to interpret the park and surrounding area in their work. One-week stay. Housing in a rustic Civilian Conservation Corps cabin, fully furnished with bed and bath linens, heating, AC, and a full kitchen. Each artist selected will be asked to contribute a piece of work representative of their stay at the park, to be displayed in the cabins and throughout the park. Must be willing to reside in a secluded environment. (visual arts)

 

TENNESSEE
Appalachian Center for Crafts, 1560 Craft Center Dr., Smithville, TN 37166. (615) 597-6801. 1 yr. residency for up to 5 artists at a time (renewable for a second year); artists expected to work 20/hrs. a week. Open to craft artists working in glass, ceramics, fiber, wood, and metal. Aims "to provide a creative, residential environment for emerging professional artists and to broaden student and faculty awareness of new approaches and techniques." (visual arts)

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, PO Box 568, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 (865) 436-5860. 9-11 month program for 3-5 artists. Located 3 miles from the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in eastern TN (visual arts)

Hill House Writers Retreat, 8161 Highway 100 #177, Nashville, TN 37221 (615) 662-8258. Bed and breakfast writers retreat on 34 acres of trails and springs nestled in fox hunting country. You may bring your horse with you. Weekend or weeklong residencies include 3 meals daily; special diets can be accomodated. Non-smoking environment. Fees charged; some full grants available on a competitive basis for aspiring and professional writers. (literary arts)

Webb School, 9800 Webb School Dr., Knoxville, TN 37923 (865) 693-0011. Independent day school for grades K-12. Artist in residence creates their own work on campus for a 4-6 week period. Residency includes exhibition, public lecture, stipend, studio, materials allowance. Must be enthusiastic, willing to provide students access to your artistic thoughts and processes. (visual arts)

 

VIRGINIA
Lynchburg College in Virginia, Richard H. Thornton Endowment, English Dept., 1501 Lakeside Dr., Lynchburg, VA 24501-3199 804/522-8267. Fiction writers, playwrights, or poets who have published at least one book are eligible; one semester long (8 weeks); housing, meals, $8,000 stipend; resident must teach a weekly seminar for undergraduates, visit classes as guest speaker, give one public reading. (literary arts)

The Porches Writing Retreat, 56 Pine Hill Lane, Norwood, VA 24581 (434) 263-4135. Historic 1854 farmhouse overlooking the James River Valley. Can accomodate 3 writers at a time in private rooms. Canoeing, hiking, and vineyards nearby. Fees charged. Open on first-come, first-served basis. (literary arts)

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Box VCCA, Sweet Briar, VA 24595 (804) 946-7236. Approximately 60 miles south of Charlottesville, situated on a 450-acre estate at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Open year-round, accommodates up to 25 artists at a time. Residencies range from two weeks to two months and include private studios, private bedrooms and three prepared meals a day. Residents may use the facilities of nearby Sweet Briar College. VCCA asks residents to contribute to the cost of their residency if able, but financial ability does not figure into the selection process. Special fellowships available for artists of limited means and artists of ethnically diverse backgrounds. (visual, literary and performing arts)

 

WEST VIRGINIA
Arts and Humanities Alliance of Jefferson County, PO Box 2051, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 (304) 876-3194. Artist in Residence occupies guesthouse on 90 acre farm; stipend provided; must have own transportation; artists expected to donate a work or give a workshop. (visual, performing, media arts)

Augusta Heritage Arts Workshop, David and Elkins College, Elkins, WV 26241. Works to encourage wider understanding and practice of artistic expression in Appalachian regional and ethnic folk cultures through workshops, apprenticeships, publications, and performances. The Apprenticeship Program supports master folk artists and apprentices year-round. Only West Virginia residents are eligible to apply. (folk arts)

The Aurora Project, RR1 Box 224, Aurora, WV 26705 (304) 735-6344. Housing in 2 19th c. restored cottages and weekday meals provided. Fees charged; no one turned down due to inability to pay. Optional community outreach opportunities; artists help with chores. (visual, literary, media arts)

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Artist-in-Residence Program, PO Box 65, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 (304) 535-6497. Located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers in the Blue Ridge Mtns. Studios in historic lower town; 6 artists per year; residencies of 4 weeks April to November; exhibit and/or performance opportunities; $400 stipend for participating in 2 public programs. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers, composers, historians, artisans. (visual, literary, performing, media arts)