Artist Retreats: ROCKY MOUNTAINS
COLORADO
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, PO Box 5598, 5263 Owlcreek Road, Snowmass Village, CO 81615 (970) 923-3181. 18 studios; single-occupancy dorm-style rooms; five dinners and five continental breakfasts provided per week, artists make all other meals; average length of residency is 6 mos.; modest materials stipend ($200); artists pay travel, food, personal expenses. Ten miles west of Aspen, spread out over 4 acres. Artists must exchange 20 hours of work each month for studio space and utilities, technical consultations/discussions, and a spring show in the Dow's Gallery. Open to visual artists, including woodworkers, furniture makers, photographers, painters, sculptors, ceramicists, printmakers, and book artists. (visual arts) http://andersonranch.orgCarbondale Clay Center, 135 Main St., Carbondale, CO 81623 (970) 963-2529. Resident artists' program provides studio space, use of kilms, basic materials, payment for services 20 hours a week (with additional income oppy's via teaching, studio work, etc.), health insurance. 2 positions of 1-2 years. (visual arts) http://www.CarbondaleClay.org
Colorado Art Ranch, 6878 Taft Ct., Arvada, CO 80004 (303) 279-5198. One-month residencies in small Colorado towns for writers and visual artists. Located in a different area each session; 5-6 artists at a time; no fees. Also sponsors a two-day "Artposium" open to the public during each residency, featuring presentations and speakers from residents and others on pre-determined themes (such as Mapping, The Art and Science of Birds, Fire in the Arts, The Immigrant Experience). Artposiums include four main stage events, breakout sessions, and meals. (visual and literary arts) http://www.coloradoranch.org.
Luna Artist-in-Residency Program, 2462A Glenarm Pl., Denver, CO 80205. (303) 293-2850 or (719) 206-0622. Located in an old school house in San Acacio, CO. On-going deadline; no minimum residency requirement. Four large spartan studio/sleeping quarters; short-term guests and well-behaved pets OK. Kitchen facilities, but artists provide own food. Open to writers, sculptors, jewelers, painters, dancers, musicians, photographers, ceramicists, healers, body workers, chefs and restauranteurs. The grounds and facilities are not yet wheelchair accessible. (literary, visual, performing arts)
Pingree Park, Artist in Residence Program, 1005 W. Laurel, Ft. Collins, CO 80523 (970) 491-7377. Located at Colorado State University, food & housing in exchange for one donated work. 1 month residency in drawing and painting. (visual arts) http://www.colostate.edu
Rocky Mountain National Park, AIR Program, 1000 Hwy. 36, Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-1206. Located 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 asked to donate one completed work of art in their medium and to 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) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
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 site of the former Western Clay Manufacturing Co., 3 miles from Helena. Artists purchase and prepare own meals; residencies of 2 months to 2 years; open to visual artists working in ceramics, installation and sculpture in clay. (visual arts) http://www.archiebray.orgGlacier National Park, AIR Program, West Glacier, MT 59936 (406) 888-7936. National 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) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
Montanta Artists Refuge, PO Box 8, Basin, MT 59631 (406) 225-3500. Located 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) http://www.montanarefuge.org
WYOMING
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) http://www.cwc.eduDevils Tower National Monument, 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) http://www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm
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 only. Private accomodation, separate studio, and stipend. (visual and literary arts) http://www.jentelarts.org
Ucross Foundation, 30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835-9712 (307) 737-2291. 8 residents for 2 weeks to 4 mos. Located on a 22,000 acre working cattle ranch in the rugged foothills of the Big Horn Mtns. No fees, residency includes studio space, living accomodations, and meals. (visual, literary, performing arts; scholars, scientists) http://www.ucrossfoundation.org
Yellowstone National Park, Artists-in-Residence 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) http://www.nps.gov/yell/