Artist Retreats: ROCKY MOUNTAINS

COLORADO
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, PO Box 5598, 5263 Owlcreek Road, Snowmass Village, CO 81615 (970) 923-3181. 14 artists at a time; 2 residency terms (10 weeks in the Fall and 12 weeks in the Spring). Single-occupancy dorm-style rooms; five dinners and five continental breakfasts per week, artists make all other meals; artists pay travel, food, personal expenses. Concurrent Visiting Artists and Critics program allows residents to meet and get feedback from internationally-recognized artists, curators, and writers. In a resort community in the Rocky Mountains 160 miles west of Denver and 10 miles west of Aspen, spread out over 4.5 acres. Open to emerging and established visual artists, including woodworkers, furniture makers, photographers, painters, sculptors, ceramicists, printmakers, and book artists. (visual arts)

ART342, 224 Canyon Ave. #304, Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 416-5897. Located on a semi-rural 4-acre lot on the city border, just 10 minutes from Old Town and the university. Up to 7 artists at each of three 14-week sessions (spring, summer and fall). Open to emerging and established visual artists, ceramicists, scholarly and creative writers, and composers. Studios, a kiln and basic equipment are available for most visual artists, including ceramicists. Quiet spaces exist for creative or scholarly writers. The composer’s studio is outfitted with a Steinway B, computers and software for writing and recording. Residents provide own food and cook in shared kitchen. Modest weekly stipend provided. (visual, literary, and performing arts)

Carbondale Clay Center, 135 Main St., Carbondale, CO 81623 (970) 963-2529. Studio space, use of kilns, basic materials, payment for services 20 hours a week (with additional income opportunities via teaching, studio work, etc.), health insurance. 2 positions of 1-2 years. (visual arts)

Colorado Art Ranch, 6878 Taft Ct., Arvada, CO 80004 (303) 503-1132. One-month residencies in small Colorado towns for writers and visual artists. Located in a different area each session; 1-6 artists at a time; no fees. Residents provide their own travel and food. Each residency corresponds to a theme. (visual and literary arts)

Rocky Mountain National Park, AIR Program, 1000 Hwy. 36, Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-1206. On 417 square miles encompassing massive peaks, alpine meadows, the Continental Divide, and abundant wildlife. Residence in a rustic, historic cabin for 2-week periods from June through Sept.; no stipend; artists donate one completed work of art in their medium and provide one public program. 6-8 artists per year. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers, composers. (visual, literary, media, and performing arts)

Rocky Mountain Women's Institute, Associates Program, 7150 Montview Blvd., Suite 317, Denver, CO 80220 (303) 830-1818. Not a residency program, open only to Denver-area residents who can commute from their homes. 7 Associates per year, Sept. through Aug. Associates given office or studio space and stipend. (literary, media, performing, visual arts, and scholars)


MONTANA
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, 2915 Country Club Ave., Helena, MT 59601 (406) 443-3502. 26 acres on the former Western Clay Manufacturing Co., 3 miles from Helena. Artists purchase and prepare own meals; residencies of 2 months to 2 years for visual artists working in ceramics, installation and sculpture in clay. (visual arts)

Glacier National Park, AIR Program, West Glacier, MT 59936 (406) 888-7936. Parkland includes nearly 50 glaciers, glacier-fed lakes and streams, grizzly bears and gray wolves. Summer residencies of 2 weeks open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, video/filmmakers. (visual, media arts)

Montanta Artists Refuge, PO Box 8, Basin, MT 59631 (406) 225-3500. In a small, gold-mining town near the Continental Divide. Fees charged; residencies of 3 mos. to 1 yr. A variety of living and studio spaces available. Open to artists working in the visual, media, folk, installation, literary, performing, conceptual, environmental, interdisciplinary, multimedia and new genre arts, as well as architects, graphic designers, landscape designers, scholars, collaborative teams. (visual, literary, performing, media arts)

Red Lodge Clay Center, 123 S. Broadway, Red Lodge, MT 59068 (406) 446-3993. Serves 4 long-term residents (of one year) and 2 to 4 short-term residents (ranging from one to eight weeks) at a time in a rural, mountainous setting. Full ceramic facilities. Housing, studio space provided. Long-term residents receive stipend in exchange for working 20 hours a week (teaching, gallery sitting, cleaning, maintenance). Short-term residents pay housing fee. All residents provide own meals. (visual arts)

 

WYOMING
 Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, 66 Brush Creek Ranch Rd., Saratoga, WY 82331 (307) 327-5284. Located on a 13,000 acre guest and working cattle ranch at the base of Medicine Bow National Forest. Accomodates 8 artists at a time for 2 to 4 weeks (4 visual artists, 2 writers and 2 composers) in historic, restored ranch buildings. All meals included; ADA accessible; no fees or stipends. (visual, literary, performing, media arts)

Central Wyoming College, Residency Program, Art Dept., 2660 Peck Ave., Riverton, WY 82501. Facilities include sculpture (welding, ceramic shell and sand bronze casting, carving), ceramics (downdraft, wood, Raku kilns), printmaking (relief, litho, intaglio), B/W darkroom, natural light studios for drawing and painting. Artists must be interested in developing relationships with students. (visual arts)

Devils Tower National Monument, AIR Program, Bearlodge Writers, PO Box 204, Sundance, WY 82729 (307) 467-5283 x24. The dramatic centerpiece of this park is a towering column of volcanic rock that rises 865 feet straight up from the prairie floor. Accomodations in one-bedroom apartment on park property. 2 residencies per year of 1 week each open to writers in the Fall. (literary arts)

Jentel Artist Residency Program, 130 Lower Piney Creek Rd., Banner, WY 82832. (307) 737-2311. Month-long residencies in a rural ranch setting in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains near Sheridan. Open to visual artists in all media and writers in all genres. Press for monoprints. Private accomodation, separate studio, and stipend. (visual and literary arts)

Ucross Foundation, 30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835-9712 (307) 737-2291. 8 residents for 2 weeks to 4 mos. On a 22,000 acre working cattle ranch in the rugged foothills of the Big Horn Mtns. No fees, studio space, living accomodations, and meals. (visual, literary, performing arts; scholars, scientists)

Yellowstone National Park, AIR Program, PO Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 (307) 344-2265. Residencies include service hours, leading public programs, as well as studio hours in which visitors can observe artist at work (visual arts)