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.org
Carbondale 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.org
Glacier 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.edu
Devils 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/