Artist Retreats: NEW ENGLAND
CONNECTICUT
Austin Arts Center, 300 Summit St., Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100 (865) 436-5860. Hosts artists-in-residence in fine arts, theater, music, and dance. (visual and performing arts) http://www.austinarts.orgCenter for Contemporary Printmaking, 299 West Ave., Mathews Park, Norwalk, CT 06850 (203) 899-7999. Etching, intaglio, lithography, and Vandercook presses, acid room, silkscreen equipment, paper mill, computer lab, and darkroom. Housing provided but no meals; cooking facilities available; 1-2 artists at a time. (visual arts) http://www.contemprints.org
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 234 W 44th St., Suite 901, New York, NY 10036-3909 (212) 382-2790. Playwrights only; residency in Waterford, CT and performance of play at annual conference; 10-15 writers work with a dramaturg or story editor and master designer (literary arts) http://www.eugeneoneill.org
Griffis Art Center, 18 Bristol St., New London, CT 06320 (860) 447-3431. Located near the downtown of a small city on the Thames River. 2 international artists selected twice a year for the Gemfire Residency Program, a 5 month residency which includes a furnished apartment in a turn-of-the-century mansion, utilities, local phone and cable, plus a working studio next door. Open studio/exhibition near completion of residency and invitations to other functions. Artist must donate one artwork completed during residency. (visual arts) http://www.GriffisArtCenter.com
I-Park, PO Box 124, E. Haddam, CT 06423. (860) 873-2468 or (877) 276-1306. Four to five residents at a time, for 4-5 weeks' length in a rural 450 acre natural park setting. No fees (other than $20 application fee). Residency includes accommodations and studio space. Favors figurative over conceptual in the visual arts; tonal/melodic over minimalist in music composition. Some digital equipment and kiln available. Some site installations permitted. (visual, literary, performing arts and architecture, landscape and garden design) http://www.i-park.org
James Merrill House Writer-in-Residence Program, PO Box 18, Stonington, CT 06378. Writers live and work in Merrill's apartment rent-free for 6 month or 11 month terms. (literary arts). http://www.jamesmerrillhouse.org
The O'Neill Music Theater Conference, O'Neill Theater Center, 305 Great Neck Rd., Waterford, CT 06385 (203) 433-5378. Composers and playwrights (literary and performing arts) http://www.oneilltheatercenter.org/prog/music/musiprog.htm
Soul Mountain Retreat, PO Box 1071, Old Lyme, CT 06371. Located in East Haddam on 6 acres of woods and meadows near the Eight Mile River. Founded by Marilyn Nelson, supported by the University of Connecticut College of Arts & Sciences. 3-8 week residencies for 6 poets at a time. Private rooms, shared kitchen, library, exercise room, wireless internet. Spring, Summer, and Fall residencies; Summer residencies reserved for African-American poets who are graduates of the Cave Canem poetry program. Room and board are included; no fees charged. http://www.soulmountainretreat.com/
Weir Farm, Artist in Residence Program, 735 Nod Hill Rd., Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 761-9945. Former summer home of J. Alden Weir, American Impressionist painter. The only National Park Service site dedicated to an American painter. Open year round, 1 artist at a time, residencies of 2 weeks to 1 mo., stipend. Open to 2D visual artists including printmakers and painters, phtographers, sculptors, video/filmmakers. (visual, media arts). http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
Wisdom House, 229 E. Litchfield Rd., Litchfield, CT 06759 (860) 567-3163. Interfaith center for women and men who value seeking and learning in a contemplative environment. Residency program and conference center on 54 acres, gardens, wooded areas in the foothills of the Berkshires. Fee-based; daily and weekly rates; competitive admissions. http://www.wisdomhouse.org
MAINE
Acadia National Park, AIR Program, PO Box 177, Eagle Lake Rd., Bar Harbor, ME 04609 (207) 288-5459. 3 week residencies in the Spring and Fall. Accomodations in one-bedroom apartment near park headquarters with kitchen and laundry facilities. Artists asked to donate a piece of work to the Park's collection and share an offering with the public in the form of a demonstration, talk, exploratory hike, or performance. "With its dramatic cliffs stretching to the sea, its balsam scented forests, and spring warbler serenades, the area offers artists the age-old inspiration of nature." Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, composers (visual, literary, performing arts). http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htmCarina House, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, PO Box 466, Rockland, ME 04841 (207) 596-6457. Visual artists who are at least 25 years old and legal residents of the state of Maine; 2 artists are awarded a 5-week residency on Monhegan Island and $500 stipend. Open to painters, drawers, printmakers, sculptors, photographers. (visual arts) http://www.monhegan.com/marc/index.htm
Creative Photographic Arts Center of Maine, 59 Canal St. PO Box 921, Lewiston, ME 04243. (207) 782-1369. Located in the Historic Bates Mill. Classes and exhibitions in addition to some artist residencies. (visual arts) http://aipress.com
Eastern Frontier Society, 342 Pine Brook Rd., Bedford, NY 10506. Summer residency program with 2 sessions on Norton Island for writers, painters, and composers. Located 50 miles up the coast from Bar Harbor on the western side of Mossebec Reach. Accomodations in individual log cabins on 150 acres surrounded by 4 miles of coastline. Daily trips to the mainland available. No fees charged (other than $10 application fee). (literary, visual, performing arts) http://www.easternfrontier.com
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 04627. Scholarship grants available, for craft artists. Workshops and residencies. (visual arts) http://www.haystack-mtn.org
Magic Pond Wildlife Sanctuary and Guest House, Linda Griffith and Kay Johnson, PO Box 174, Blaine, ME 04734. (207) 429-8787 or (215) 947-2240. 75 acre wooded refuge with pond, streams, and fields. Open year-round. Registered guide service and photography coaching available. For "artists seeking renewal and solitude." Fees range from $360-550 week. http://www.magicpondmaine.com
Maine Photographic Workshops, 2 Central St., Rockport, ME 04856. Photographers. Workshops and residencies. (visual arts) http://www.meworkshops.com
Molasses Pond Writers' Retreat and Workshop, R.R. 1, Box 85c, Milbridge, ME 04658 (207) 546-2506. A structured retreat for writers of novels, short stories, feature articles, and essays (no poetry or children's lit.) for a week in June. Mornings reserved for writing, afternoons for classes in technique and manuscript criticism led by Martha Barron Barrett and Sue Wheeler (published writers who teach at Univ. of NH); up to 9 writers; $300 for room, workshops, and evening meals; scholarships avail. for Maine residents, May 1 deadline. (literary arts)
Robert M. MacNamara Foundation, 241 East Shore Rd., Westport, ME 04578 (207) 882-1254. Residencies of 6 weeks; housing, studio, travel, and food provided. Equipment includes ceramics facilities, and a digital media center. (visual, media, and literary arts) http://www.artistcommunities.org/macnamara.html
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 200 Park Ave. South, Suite 1116, New York, NY 10003 (212) 529-0505. Open to advanced visual artists and art students in painting, sculpture, fresco, installation, performance, video, photography, mixed media who are at least 19 years of age. Residencies for 9 weeks, mid-June through mid-August. Located in the heavily forested lake district of central Maine. The summer intensive allows 65 artists to produce new work in a communal, rural environment. No structured classes, but critical assistance (in the form of weekly one-on-one sessions) is scheduled with a faculty of resident and visiting artists. Shared living facilities in dormitory, sculpture shop, darkroom. Fees charged; some fellowships offered. (visual arts) http://www.skowheganart.org
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, 19 Brick Hill Rd., Newcastle, ME 04553 (207) 882-6075. Various jobs for studio and stipend; ceramics only; dorm room accommodations. 2 week sessions during summer months and 9 month residencies from Sept.-May. Located on 32 rural acres with gently rolling hills in a former brick factory. Some residencies fully funded, some partially funded. Equipment on-site includes a variety of kilns, potters' wheels, clay mixer, pug mill. (visual arts) http://www.watershedcenterceramicarts.org
MASSACHUSETTS
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, 271 Main St., Suite 3, Great Barrington, MA 01230-1606. (800) 969-2823. Amy Clampitt Residency: AIR program for single writer, substantial stipend, housing in Amy Clapitt's former cottage in Stockbridge, MA for one year or 6 months. Open to emerging poets or literary scholars. (literary arts) http://www.berkshiretaconic.orgThe Berwick Research Institute Artist in Research Residency Program, 14 Palmer St., PO Box 190087, Boston, MA 02119 (617) 442-4200. Located in the Dudley Square, a developing inner-city Boston neighborhood, in a former whoopie pie factory. Open to emerging artists in experimental and new genre performing and media arts, such as electronics, sound, installation, performance art, film, video, and robotics. Provides shared studio space, access to tools and equipment, presentation oppy's, critical feedback on work in progress, publication, and career advising. Artists can also participate in lectures, school tours, and other outreach. Two month residencies include modest stipend. Housing is not included. (performing, visual, and media arts) http://www.berwickinstitute.org
Boston National Historical Park, AIR Program, Institute of Contemporary Art, 955 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02115 (617) 927-6615. Residencies of 2 to 12 months from Spetember through June. Open to 2D artists, photographers, sculptors, video/filmakers, craft artists. (visual, media arts) http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/air.htm
The Cleaveland House B&B, PO Box 3041, West Tisbury, MA 02575 (508) 693-9352. On Martha's Vineyard; caters to poets and writers, but welcomes all guests; On Wednesday afternoons, Dionis Coffin Riggs holds a poetry workshop; fees charged. (literary arts)
Contemporary Artists Center, The Historic Beaver Mill, 189 Beaver St., North Adams, MA 01247 (413) 663-9555. In the Berkshires of western MA, 3 hours from NYC, on a 27 acre wooded site adjoining Natural Bridge State Park. Residencies of 1 week to 2 months; residency fees charged. Facilities include wood shop, darkroom, printmaking facilties, industrial tools, airbrush equipment. (visual, performing, conceptual and interdisciplinary arts) http://www.thecac.org
C-Scape Dune Shack, Provincetown Community Compact, Inc., PO Box 819, Provincetown, MA 02657 (508) 487-3684. Artist in Residence Program for Art and Healing. Residencies of 1 week to 3 months, year round on Cape Cod National Seashore. Fees charged, although "no artist will be turned away due to inability to pay." The shack, an historic structure built in the 1940s, overlooks the ocean. No running water or electricity; outdoor chemical toilet, propane stove and refrigerator. Access by foot or 4-wheel drive vehicle only. Limited interaction with park visitors expected during weekly ranger-led tours. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers; preference for landscape painters. (visual, literary, performing, media arts) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
Cummington Community for the Arts, RR 1, Box 145, Cummington, MA 01026 (413) 634-2172. Located in the Berkshires in Western MA, 3 hours from Boston and NYC. Artists of all disciplines receive private living space and studio. Apply at least 2 mos. in advance of desired dates. Children can be accomodated during summer months. Groups, such as performance ensembles, may apply. (visual, literary, performing arts)
Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Box 565, Provincetown, MA 02657 (508) 487-9960. 7 month session runs Oct. 1 through May 1; 20 fellows annually provided with live-in studio and stipend of $375/mo. Plus materials allowance of $75. Located on the tip of Cape Cod, near national seashore beaches and miles of dunes. Facilities include a woodshop, printshop with etching press and darkroom. (visual, literary arts) http://www.fawc.org/
Footpaths to Creativity, 8 Rideout Lane, Stoughton, MA 02072. (617) 549-2452. Residency on Flores Island in the Azores Archipelago off the coast of Portugal, from 1 week to 1 year. Fees charged on sliding scale based on ability to pay. (Visual, literary, performing arts) http://www.terraincognitacenter.org
Isabella Stewart Garden Museum Artist-in-Residence Program, 2 Palace Road, Boston MA 02115 (617) 566-1401. Housing, stipend, 150 sqaure foot studio, opportunities to perform or exhibit. Open to all artistic disciplines. Artists participate in the Museum's school partnership program, which helps connect younger people with art. Residencies of one year. (visual, literary, performing arts) http://www.isgm.org
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and School, PO Box 287, Lee, MA 02138 (413) 637-1322. In the Berkshire Mountains; clusters of heated cabins, each with common bath; artists purchase own food and prepare own meals; no fees. (dance, performance) http://jacobspillow.org
Margo-Gelb Shack, OCARC, 22 Nelson Ave. Provincetown, MA 02657. 2 week residencies from mid-May to mid-October on Cape Cod National Seashore. Operated by the Outer Cape Artists Residency Coalition, membership fee plus residency fees charged. No running water or electricity; outdoor toilet and hand pump; kerosene lamps. Artists give one public presentation during their stay. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, writers, video/filmakers. (visual, literary, media arts) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, 23 Wauwinet Rd, Box 958, Nantucket, MA 02554 (508) 228-9248. Open year-round; fees charged; Open to artists in painting, sculpture, photography, fiber art, mixed media, new media, literature, music, interdisciplinary. 8 cottages. Spouses, partners, friends and/or collaborators allowed. Facilities include ceramics studio, darkrooms, library. (visual, literary, performing arts) http://www.nisda.org
Peace Abbey, 2 N. Mason St., Sherborn, MA 01770. (508) 650-3659. Retreat center 17 miles west of Boston. Also has a conference centere, pacifist memorial, vegapeace animal sanctuary, multi-faith chapel. Vegetarian food servied, fees charged. (visual, literary, performing arts) http://www.peaceabbey.org
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Radcliffe College, 34 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-8212. 1 yr. Residency for women artists at least 2 years out of graduate school; fellows receive studio space, stipend; 40 fellowships annually. (visual and literary arts, critics) http://www.radcliffe.edu
Sea Change Residencies/Gaea Foundation, 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-2304. Residency in Provincetown MA, on Cape Cod. Supports artists "whose work is creating fundamental shifts in public perceptions of reality and possibility, and activists who employ creative and artistic tools in the struggle for change." Housing, workspace and stipend provided; artists must provide own meals. Application by nomination only. (visual, literary, performing arts) http://www.gaeafoundation.org
Wellspring House, PO Box 2006, Ashfield, MA 01330. Retreat center in Massachusetts hills, 35 minutes from Northampton/Amherst, sheltered by towering spruce, secluded but in town. Private rooms, communal kitchen in renovated carriage house. Can accomodate up to 7 residents at a time. Wireless internet, library, meditation room. Fees charged; some partial scholarships available. (literary, visual arts) http://www.wellspringhouse.net/home.htm
The Yard, Inc., PO Box 405, Chilmark, MA 02535, (508) 645-9662. Winter address: 890 Broadway, NYC 10003 212-228-0911. On the island of Martha's Vineyard; modest stipends paid; 5 week residencies; teaching and performance duties. Open to choreographers and dancers. (performing arts) http://www.dancetheyard.org
NEW HAMPSHIRE
George Bennet Fellowship Program, Philips Exeter Academy, 20 Main St., Exeter, NH 03833 (603) 772-4311. Year-long writer-in-residence; stipend and housing; no teaching, but writers expected to give one public program and must make themselves available to interested students. (literary arts) http://www.exeter.eduGreat Rivers Arts Institute, PO Box 639, Walpole, NH 03608 (603) 758-3638. Artists' Residencies in Patzcuaro, Mexico at Casa Don Miguel, a 250-year-old monastery. Private rooms, separate studios for visual artists; 2meals a day included. $1,600 per month; partial fellowships available. (visual, literary arts) http://www.greatriverarts.org
MacDowell Colony, Inc., 100 High St., Peterborough, NH 03458 (603) 924-3886. On 450 acres of woodlands and fields near Mt. Monadnock; 33 studios; residencies of no more than 8 weeks; 31 artists in residence in the summer and 22 in winter; fees are voluntary; darkrooms, 16mm editing suite, printmaking equipment available. (visual, literary, performing arts, architecture and design) http://www.macdowellcolony.org
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, AIR Program, RR 3, Box 73, Cornish, NH 03603. (603) 675-2175. One residency of 12 to 24 weeks, June to October. Housing in nearby apartment; works space in the historic Ravine Studio, located on park grounds. Tools and materials, as well as insurance, provided. Artist expected to keep regular hours, in which tourists can watch you work, and to conduct workshops. No work donation expected and no percentage on sales taken. Open to sculptors who do figurative or representational work suited to the lost wax casting techniques empoyed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. (visual arts) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
RHODE ISLAND
AS220, 115 Empire St., Providence, RI 02903 (401) 831-9327. 3-6 mo. residencies. AS220 is a 22,000 sq. ft. blg. that includes a cafe and performance space, computer lab, darkroom, screenprinting studio, video editing suite, 10 working studios, 4 galleries, 12 living/working studios. (performing, visual, literary arts) http://www.as220.orgWoonsocket Neigborhood Development Corporation (401) 762-0993. Supports year-long residencies by a single community-friendly professional artist (and family) with free rent in spacious 3-bedroom apartment, in exchange for 5/hours per week working with local kids. Woonsocket is a former mill city located in the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, 20 minutes from Providence. All media welcome: visual arts, film, video, theater, computer art, storytelling, dance, poetry or other writers, folk arts, crafts. "We believe in the importance and transformative power of the arts as part of a comprehensive community revitalization effort," says Executive Director Joe Garlick. http://www.wndc.org
VERMONT
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, Inc., PO Box 495, Marble Street, West Rutland, VT 05777 (802) 438-2097. A rehabilitated, extinct marble quarry in the Green Mountains in Central Vermont; no fees; artists purchase and prepare own food; 2 month residencies for artists working in stone carving; 2 artists at a time; year-round. (visual arts) http://www.carvingstudio.org
Compost Art Center, PO Box 265, Hardwick, Vermont (802) 472-9613. Residencies in an 1800s farmhouse on 25 rolling acres. Daily, weekly, or monthly rates. Spouse accomodations can be arranged. Ceramics studio, darkroom, 3500 sq. ft. of performance/exhibition space. Nightclub, restaurant and bar also on premises. (visual, performing, and literary arts) http://www.compostartcenter.comDorset Colony House, PO Box 519, Dorset, VT 05251 (802) 867-2223. Up to 8 writers at a time; residencies from 1 week to several mos.; fees charged; writers must cook own meals and provide own food. Near the Green Mountains in Southern Vermont. (literary, performing, visual arts) http://www.theatredirectories.com/colony.html
The Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education, 392 Hall Dr., Townshend, VT 05353 (802) 365-4483. 200-year old former farm on 221 acres in the southeastern corner of the state. Residencies of one week to one month covers room and board, and takes place during two residency sessions: June 10- July 17 and July 29 - Sept. 18. Open to fiction and nonfiction writers, poets, playwrights, painters, performers, composers, photographers, sculptors, and other artists. (literary, performing, visual arts) http://www.hallfarm.orgKokoro Studio Retreat Center, RR 1, Box 192, Castleton, VT 05735. (802) 273-2278. Facilities include: studios, Japanese bath, steam, sauna, massage, pond, waterfall, extensive stone yard. Resident artists, supportive critiques, small groups, or retreat options available. Lodging options vary from tent, tepee, lodge, or private cabins. Fee ranges from $20-85/night; residencies from 1 day to 1 month. (visual, literary arts) http://www.transartists.nl/air/kokoro_studio_retreat_center.4105.html
Vermont Carving Studio, PO Box 613, Proctor, VT 06765 (617) 894-9173. Studio spaces for sculptors working in marble, other stones, and wood. (visual arts) http://www.vmga.org/exhibiting/shows/vtcarving.html
Vermont Music and Arts Center, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT 05851 (802) 626-9371. Residencies and workshops for serious amateur chamber musicians to "take a vacation with music." (performing arts) http://www.vermontmusicandarts.org
Vermont Studio Center, PO Box 613, Johnson, VT 05656 (802) 635-2727. 4-12 week residencies; fees charged, some financial support; up to 50 artists and writers per mo. Other services include library, slide showings, readings, art supply store, visiting artist series, fitness activities. Located in the heart of the Green Mtns. Access to all facilities at nearby Johnson State College for residents include sport, library, computer lab privleges. (visual and literary arts) http://www.vermontstudiocenter.comThe Writers Retreat, Boz 193, 3141 Beebe Rd., Beebe Plain, VT 05823 (819) 876-2065. No application required, first reserved basis; any length of stay; fees charged. Programs offered: complimentary critique and editing, private consulation, literary agent, workshops in all genres. Residencies in several locations: Southern Quebec, Prince Edwarwd Island, British Columbia, Colorado, California,South Carolina, Costa Rica, and Mexico. (literary arts) http://www.writersretreat.com