Artist Retreats: PACIFIC
ALASKA
Denali National Park and Preserve,
Artist-in-Residence Program, PO Box 9, Denali Park, AK 99755 (907) 683-2294.
Up to 3 residencies of 10 days each from mid-June through mid-September.
Open to sculptors and 2-D visual artists. (visual arts) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
The Island Institute, Resident
Fellows Program, Box 2420, Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-3794. 3 single
residencies held each year for the months of January, April, and November.
Residents are expected to take part in a community activity once a week
(more if desired), including readings, workshops, exhibits, discussions.
Stipend of $450 for food, small private apt. with kitchen. Travel costs
not included. (literary arts) http://home.gci.net/~island/
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park,
AIR Program, PO Box 317, Skagway, AK 99840 (907) 983-9221. 1 or 2 artists
per year; residencies of 6-8 weeks October through April. Open to 2D
visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers,
composers. (visual, performing, literary, media arts) http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/air.htm
Visual Arts Center of Alaska, 615 Warehouse Ave.,
Anchorage, AK (907) 274-9641. Sculptors, printmakers, fiber artists,
metal artists, book artists (visual arts)
CALIFORNIA
California Arts Council, AIR Program,
Carol Shiffman, Program Manager, 1300 I St., Suite 930, Sacramento,
CA 95814 (916) 322-6555 or (800) 201-6201. Sponsors Artists in Schools,
Artists in Communities and Artists Serving Special Constituencies programs;
3-11 month residencies; monthly salary (all disciplines) http://www.cac.ca.gov
Camp Gina Creative Retreat, PO Box 795, Idyllwild,
CA. (909) 659-6256. Offers one-month summer residency to one visual
artist and one writer at a time; also shorter stays throughout the year
open to artists of all disciplines. Scenic mountain environment with
clear skies and tree top views. Town is 4 miles away, with galleries
and restaurants. Fees charged. Breakfast included in fee; kitchen privledges
for other meals. Workshops offered for a fee. (visual, literary, performing
arts) http://home.earthlink.net/~campgina
Canticle Arts Center, 13333 Palmdale Rd., Victorville,
CA 92342 (760) 241-2538. Open year-round; artists of all disciplines;
short-and long-term residencies; private studio, living accommodations,
and three meals per day; shared studio space. Fees charged. (visual,
literary, performing, media arts)
Capp Street Project, 525 2nd St., San Francisco,
CA 94107 (415) 495-7101. One resident at a time for 3 weeks up to 3
mos.; Stipend offered. (visual arts) http://www.wattis.org/cappstreet
Chesterfield Film Company, Writers Film Project,
PMB 544, 1158 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90403 (213) 683-3977. Open
to fiction, theater, and film writers of any age. Selected writers form
a screenwriting workshop, using their storytelling skills to begin a
career in film. Up to 5 writers chosen for a 12-month program. Stipend
awards to cover living expenses; all participants must live in LA for
the year. Each writer is paired with a professional screenwriter and
a studio executive mentor. (literary arts) http://www.chesterfield-co.com
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, 2325 Bear
Gulch Rd., Woodside, CA 94062-4405 (650) 747-1250. Residencies of 4
to 5 weeks between late March and mid-November.; 60 artists per year;
no fees. Open to choreographers, writers, composers, sculptors, installation
artists, photographers, film/video artists, performance artists, sound
& radio artists. Emerging and established artists welcome. Located
in the Santa Cruz Mtns. overlooking the Pacific Ocean. (visual, literary,
performing arts) http://www.djerassi.org/
Dorland Mountain Colony, PO Box 6, Temecula,
CA 92593 (909) 302-3837. 4 to 7 residents at a time for up to 3 months;
artists live in rustic studio cottages with no electricity. No fees
although donations of $300/month solicited to offset expenses. Propane
gas is provided for cooking, refrigeration, and hot water; lighting
by kerosene lamps and heat by wood stoves. Located on nature preserve
and Indian burial ground (composers, painters, sculptors, writers) http://www.ez2.net/dorland/
18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St., Santa
Monica, CA 90404 (310) 453-3711. Open only to LA artists and select
international artists. Residencies of up to 3 years. (performing, visual,
literary arts) http://www.18thstreet.org
Exploratorium, 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco,
CA 94123 (415) 563-7337. Work space inside interactive science museum
in Marina District, near the Presidio and the Golden Gate Bridge, living
space in the city by arrangement; artists given per diem; 4-6 artists
per year awarded residencies of 1-6 mos. Stipend and travel costs paid.
(music, dance, performance) http://www.exploratorium.edu
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 100 34th
Ave., Lincoln Park, San Francisco, CA 94121-1693 (415) 750-7634. One-month
residency for one artist at a time at the Legion of Honor at Land's
End in Lincoln Park, overlooking San Francisco Bay. Open to local artists;
no housing or meals provided; stipend paid; artist expected to be on
site working at least 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. Optional studio
tours, lecture, or public workshop. (visual, media arts) http://www.thinker.org
Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Ft. Barry,
Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 331-2787. 4 week to 11 month residency in
painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, conceptual, video/film,
writers and performance for artists from CA, OH, and NC only; located
in the Marin Headlands just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Golden
Gate National Recreation Area; 30 residents per year February through
November. Artists must participate in public Open House. (visual, media,
literary, and performing arts) http://www.headlands.org
Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia St.,
San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 626-1636. Open to young writers between
20 and 35 years old who are residents of CA or NV, or were born in CA
(literary arts) http://www.theintersection.org
Joshua Tree National Park, AIR Program, 74485
National Park Dr., Tweny-nine Palms, CA 92277 (760) 367-5539. Located
on 800,000 acres in the Mojave and Colorado deserts among soaring granite
cliffs and spires and ancient archeological sites. Accomodations in
a primitive, rustic cabin with no electricity. Personal transportation
is essential and artists should be prepared for extreme temperature
ranges and high winds. 4-6 artists per year; residencies of 4 weeks
October through May. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors,
writers, video/filmmakers. (visual, literary, media arts) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
Kala Institute, 1060 Heinz Ave., Berkeley, CA
94710 (510) 549-2977. Housing in local apartments; 6 month residency
with 24 hour access to the institute's facilities. Artists must pay
for travel, food, housing; annual exhibition of fellows in gallery;
10 fellowships annually; fees charged. Extensive equipment on site.
(visual artists in book art, digital imaging, painting/monoprints, paper
art, and printmaking; traditional and combined with electronic media,
animation, digital video and sound, multimedia artists) http://www.kala.org
Mesa Refuge, c/o Common Counsel Foundation, Ann
Dowley, Executive Director, 1221 Preservation Park Way, Suite 101, Oakland,
CA 94612 (510) 834-2995. Residencies of 2-6 weeks including room and
most meals for experienced and new writers. Particularly interested
in supporting writers working on themes of social justice, the economy,
and the environment. Located near the seashore of Point Reyes atop the
San Andreas Fault. (literary arts) http://www.commoncounsel.org/pages/mesa.html
Norcal Sanitary Fill, AIR Program, 401 Tunnel
Ave., San Francisco, CA 94134 (415) 330-1415. Open to Bay Area artists;
honorarium; 3-6 mo. residency, studio, sculpture equipment, access to
solid waste transfer center for materials. (visual arts) http://www.ysdi.com
Padua Playwrights' Productions, Box 4168, Los
Angeles, CA 90051. Playwrights only (literary arts) http://www.paduaplaywrights.net
Raid Projects, 602 Moulton Ave., Los Angeles,
CA 90031. Residencies of 3 months' duration; includes bedroom, separate
studio, solo show, paid publicity and opening costs. Fees charged. International
focus. (visual arts) http://raidprojects.com
Stanford Creative Writing Fellowships, Creative
Writing Program, Dept. of English, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
94305-2087. (650) 723-2637. Open to poets and fiction writers only.
20 fellowships awarded each year; fellowships are for 2 years. Stipend.
Participants must arrange own housing. http://www.stanford.edu/dept/english/cw
Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts,
47694 Dunlap Rd., Miramonte, CA (509) 562-4859. Located on 173 acres
of open land next to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks at an elevation
of 3,600 feet on a ranch with magnificant views of the high Sierra Mountains
to the east and the San Joaquin Valley and foothills to the west. Open
to all visual artists and writers; residencies of 4 weeks for 3 artists
at a time; fees charged; housing and meals provided. Artists are expected
to participate in off-site public exhibitions and presentations and
in open house studio tours. http://www.stonehouseresidency.org
Sundance Institute, 225 Santa Monica Blvd., 8th
floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 394-4662 or (801) 328-3456. Sundance
Resort in Utah; no fees; screenwriters and filmmakers (media arts) http://institute.sundance.org
Thompson Peak Retreat (530) 253-3303. Cabin in
northeastern CA with views of pond and ponderosa pines. Fees charged;
open to all. "Ideal for solitude." (literary, visual arts)
http://www.citlink.net/~kvento.
Villa Montalvo, PO Box 158, 15400 Montalvo Road,
Saratoga, CA 95071 (408) 961-5818. 175 acres in the eastern foothills
of the Santa Cruz Mountains; grounds are a public park, artists housed
in 19-room Mediterranean-style villa. Residencies available April through
October; 5 furnished apts.; no fees, artists provide own food; residencies
of 1-3 months; some fellowships with stipends (visual, literary, and
performing arts, architecture and design) http://villamontalvo.org
Yosemite National Park, AIR Program, PO Box 100,
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389 (209) 372-4024. Located in the Sierra
Nevada Mtns. in central CA. Parkland exncompasses granite domes that
rise high over broad meadows, giant sequoias, and some of the nation's
highest waterfalls. 4-10 artists per year selected; residencies of up
to 1 month year-round. Artists exhibit in park gallery. Open to 2D visual
artists, photographers, sculptors. (visual arts) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
HAWAII
Kalani Honua Eco-Resort,
Institute for Culture and Awareness, RR #2, Box 4500, Pahoa, HI 96778
(800) 800-6886 or (808) 965-7828. 113 acres of secluded forest and coastline
on the big island of Hawaii, 45 minutes from Hilo, 1 hour from Volcanoes
National Park. 2-8 week residencies; year-round; fees charged. Also
hosts workshops, conferences, annual hula festival. (visual, media,
folk, literary, performing arts, architects, graphic designers, landscape
designers, art conservators, art educators, computer scientists, critics,
environmentalists/naturalists, general scholars, historians, linguists,
mathematicians, scientists, collaborative teams) http://www.kalani.com
Kona Coastal Arts Retreat, 73-1122
Ahikawa St., Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. New retreat; just forming. Downstairs
lanai apartment of a Kona redwood home, with a view of the ocean and
a lava-tube garden. Reader's library with an emphasis on poetry. Fees
charged; some scholarships for writers willing to give a public reading
and participate in a community writing workshop. Also open to visual
artists.
Red Cinder Creativity Center, PO Box 527, Na'aelhu,
HI 96772 (808) 929-9600. Residency on a 10-acre rural site near Na'alehu,
on the big island of Hawaii; shared house, private studio. Average stay
2 weeks. Fees charged. 4 artists at a time. Visual arts studio, dance
studio with sprung floor, and two studios that could be used by writers,
musicians, photographers, or video artists. (visual, performing, literary,
media arts) http://www.red-cinder.com
Volcano Art Center, PO Box 104, Hawaii National
Park, HI 96718 (808) 967-8222. http://www.volcanoartcenter.org
OREGON
Andrews Forest Writers' Residency,
The Spring Creek Project, Oregon State University, 101 Hovland Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331. (541) 737-6198. One-week residencies March through
May in the Oregon Cascades, 40 miles east of Eugene. Open to writers
of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction whose work "reflects a keen awarenes
of the natural world." 3 room apt. includes kitchen. Modest stipend
provided. (literary arts) http://springcreek.oregonstate.edu.
Arts at Menucha, Creative
Arts Community, PO Box 4958, Portland, OR 97208. Residential art workshops
for adults. (visual arts) http://www.creativeartscommunity.org
Bullseye Connection, 3601 SE 21st Ave., Portland,
OR 97202 (503) 227-2797. Not a full residency program. Open to emerging
and mid-career visual artists from all disciplines who are interested
in working in glass. Housing and meals not provided; projects can be
one day to one year in length; artists expected to participate in studio
tours. (visual arts) http://www.bullseyeconnection.com
Caldera, 224 NW 13 Ave., Portland, OR 97209 (503)
937-7563. 90 acres located on the shore of a cerulean blue lake formed
in the cinder cone of an extinct volcano in the Cascade Mountain Range
of Central Oregon. Surrounded by Deschutes National Forest. Residencies
of 1-5 weeks during fall, winter, and spring. Private A-frame cottages.
No fees; residents responsible for travel, food, and materials costs.
Having a car while in residence is extremely helpful; nearest supermarket
is 15 miles away. (visual and literary arts) http://www.calderaarts.org
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, 3934 SW Corbett Ave., Portland,
OR 97239 (503) 223-2654. Annual award to an outstanding student or emerging
artist who commits to a 6 to 12 month residency at the gallery's studio
facility and a solo exhibition at the end of the residency. (crafts)
http://www.ContemporaryCrafts.org
Ocean Haven, 94770 Highway 101 North, Florence, OR 97439 (503)
547-3583. Located on the Oregon coast, situated on a bluff overlooking
the Pacific, bordering the Siuslaw National Forest. Offers a variety
of accommodations at different rates; all units have breathtaking, unobstructed
views of the sea and sky; most units have living rooms, equipped kitchens,
modern tiled bathrooms; some have small libraries of books and magazines;
each unit is uniquely different. First-come, first-served; room rental
ranges from $35-85/night for two people; pets permitted for an additional
$8/day; retreat center, open to anyone. (all disciplines) http://www.oceanhaven.com
Oregon College of Art and Craft, 8245 SW Barnes Rd., Portland,
OR 97225 (503) 297-5544. 8 acres on a wooded hillside; stipend, artists
purchase own food; 4 mo. residency for emerging artists during academic
year and summer residencies for mid-career artists. For artists working
in book arts, ceramics, drawing, metalsmithing, jewelry, photography,
and furniture making. Extensive equipment on site. (visual arts) http://www.ocac.edu
Oregon Writers Colony, Colonyhouse, PO Box 15200, Portland, OR
97293 (503) 879-8072. 2 story log house overlooking beach on the Oregon
coast; weekend and weekly stays avail to members; $20 annual dues, plus
$150/weekend and $300/week Oct 1 through May 31; $250/weekend and $450/week
June through Sept; $100 for Mon- Fri during Writers' Week Sept through
May; Reservations required. (literary arts) http://www.oregonwriterscolony.org
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, 219 NW 12th Ave., Portland,
OR 92709 (503) 242-1419. Contemporary/experimental art, any discipline.
Residencies of 2-4 weeks offered year-round; equipment provided as necessary.
Room, studio, travel, small stipend. No meals. (visual arts) http://www.pica.org
Riverdune House (541) 997-6235. Updated 1900
home overlooking the Siuslaw River in Old Town Florence on the Oregon
Coast. Fees charged; open to all. (visual, literary arts) http://www.florencerentals.com/riverdune.htm
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, PO Box 65,
Otis, OR 97368 (541) 994-5485. In the Cascade Head National Science
Research Area, overlooking the Salmon River estuary and Pacific Ocean;
2 residences, no fees, artists purchase and prepare own meals; artists
asked to contribute 20 hours/mo. of community service/maintenance. Etching
press, skutt kiln, slide projection, mechanical potter's wheel available.
Residencies average 3-4 months, running from Oct to Jan and Feb to May;
4 residents annually, one awarded a stipend (visual, literary, performing
arts, architecture and design) http://www.sitkacenter.org
Soapstone, 622 SE 29th Ave., Portland, OR 97214 (503) 233-3936.
Women writers only; two writers at a time for periods of 1-4 weeks;
writers provide own food and linens. Residency wired for electricity,
but heat is from wood stoves (wood provided). They recommend residents
bring their own cars, since Soapstone is nine miles from the closest
stores. Located on 22 acres on the Soapstone Creek. (literary arts)
http://www.soapstone.org
Southern Oregon State College, Extended Campus Programs, The
Walden Residency, Ashland, OR 97520 503/522-6331. Open to non-smoking
Oregon residents; March-August; residencies of 3-6 weeks; housing in
a cabin on a quiet and beautiful mountain farm, partial board, do own
cooking; phone nearby; fiction, creative nonfiction, poets, playwrights,
essayists, and all other creative writers (literary arts) http://www.sou.edu/ecp
WASHINGTON
Centrum Foundation,
Fort Worden State Park, PO Box 1158, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 385-3102.
Cottages in a restored Victorian-era military fort on the Strait of
Juan de Fuca. Residencies of 1 week to 2 months; 15-20 artists per year;
some stipends. (visual, literary, performing arts) http://www.centrum.org
Cottages at Hedgebrook Farm, 2197 E. Millman Rd., Langley, WA
98260 (360) 321-4786. 6 cottages; residencies of 1 week to 3 mos.; no
fees; women writers only. 6 writers at a time. Located on a woodsy 30
acre farm on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound. (literary arts) http://www.hedgebrook.org
Fremont Fine Arts Foundry, 154 N. 35th St., Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 632-4880. 8 studio residencies for sculptors (visual arts) http://www.maskmadness.com/foundry.htm
Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE,
Seattle, WA 98105-6999 (206) 634-0919. Artist Support Program open to
local artists of any discipline working creatively with sound; up to
8 artists awarded 20 hours of studio recording and production time.
Gallery Residency Program offers up to 3 artists or artist teams commissions
to create new works that include sound as a major component; artists
encouraged to experiment and expand the artistic scope of their work
by working with new technologies and artists from other disciplines.
Writers Program offers up to 14 local authors readings, half-hour radio
programs, a chapbook, and other public events. http://www.jackstraw.org
Monarch Contemporary Art Center, PO Box 1125, 8431 Waldrich Rd.
SE, Tenino, WA 98589. (360) 264-2408. Residencies of 2-4 mos. to make
large-scale sculpture for grounds. Room, board, tools, studio, materials,
honorarium. For professional and emerging artists (visual arts) http://www.scattercreek.com/~monarchpark/
North Cascades National Park, 810 State
Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 (360) 856-5700x365. Residencies of
4-6 weeks in April-May and September-October for 4 artists per year.
Open to practicing artists with a portfolio of published, performed,
or exhibited works. (visual, performing, literary arts) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
Pilchuck Glass School, AIR Program, 315 Second
Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 621-8422. Emerging artists working
in glass. 8 week residencies from Sept through Nov; living accommodations
in cottages with shared baths; separate studios, technical assistance,
stipend; food not provided. Access to glass-plate printmaking shop,
plaster studios, fusing, slumping and pate de verre kilns, flame-working
torches, and coldworking equipment; group exhibition; 6 artists annually.
(visual arts) http://www.pilchuck.com
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Inner City Artists Residencies, 1902
S. Main, Seattle, WA 98144 (206) 328-2200. 3 weeks for 4 artists who
are persons of color (visual arts) http://www.pratt.org
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 (206) 322-7030.
Must be published; residencies for a minimum of 9 mos.; office space
and monthly stipend awarded. Housing not provided. Artists in residence
must teach a class, develop a public program, and hold public office
hours. (literary arts) http://www.hugohouse.org
Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation, PO Box 614,
Oysterville, WA 98641. (360) 665-5220. Writers residency program, 4
writers at a time, one month residencies, two bay-view cottages, weekly
stipend for food. Open to writers living or originally from the Pacific
Northwest, or whose work deals with subject matter specific to the Pacific
Northwest. (literary arts) http://www.espyfoundation.org