Momm and Popp Residency at Popps Packing — Detroit /Hamtramck, Michigan
Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but we typically schedule residencies 4-6 months in advance.
Application Fee: none
Residency Fee: $1000/ month
Length: 1-2 months; occasional 2 week residencies on a case by case basis
Stipend: none
Food: none
The Momm and Popp family residency, launched in 2016, invites parent artists into our unique arts ecosystem, to explore hybrid forms of life and work, in which children can become an intrinsic part of the workspace and creative experience.With the help of neighbors, local artists and past residents, we have been reimagining the various underused spaces that surround us into an artistic hub, creating a platform for local and visiting artists to explore installations, architectural interventions, and research based projects while also stabilizing our neighborhood. Artists who participate in our program are generally interested in the unique context of Detroit and the many layered narratives that exist here.
Families are housed in the Guest House (GH), a single family house across the street from Popps Packing and adjacent to our expansive green spaces and different workshop spaces. The (GH) is equipped with all the basics for small children (baby gates, playpen, crib, stroller, toys and books) and Popps staff can help coordinate childcare when needed. Artists have access to the Popps workshop (includes table saw, compound miter saw, oxy/acetylene torch, drill press, bench grinder, belt/disc sander, various other power and hand tools), our gardens, and the Popps Mobile Sauna. We provide bikes for guests to use during their stay. (Public transportation is questionable in Detroit, so we recommend a rental car, or in the warmer months, a bicycle).
Popps Packing offers artists many different environments to work in. In addition to the communal studios, we offer the various structures and empty lots around the Popps compound as sites for exploration. The abundance of land, raw materials and structures around Popps give artists many opportunities to realize ambitious site specific projects that could not be accomplished in a traditional studio environment.
In addition to the housing, studios and facilities offered here at Popps, we also connect residents to our large network of local artists, resources, and organizational and institutional partners through informal gatherings, open studios, exhibitions and performances.
Popps requires that resident artists put in 10 hours per month to pitch in and help around the compound: general cleaning, building and grounds maintenance, building renovation projects, publications, p.r. and administrative assistance are some of the areas we always need help with*
————————————————————————————————————————————The Virtual Artist Residency at Millay Colony Residency — Austerlitz, New York
Deadline: October 1 or March 1st
Application Fee: $37
Residency Fee: none
Length: just weekends for 1 month
Stipend: $1000
Food: Our chef cooks healthy delicious dinners and also provides food for residents to cook their own day-time meals.
The Millay Colony is an artists residency program in Upstate New York. We welcome 6-7 visual artists, writers and composers each month between April and November. We offer a number of flexible residency formats. all including a private bedroom and studio as well as all meals. We welcome artists of all ages, from all cultures and communities, and in all stages of their career. We offer ample time to work in a gorgeous atmosphere, organizing everything an artist needs for maximum productivity.
The Millay Colony will award one Virtual Residency each year. This residency is specifically for working artists and/or artists with children who could benefit from the support of a residency in modified form. The ‘Virtual Resident’ can participate in one of The Millay Colony’s month-long residency on weekends or no less than four total days during that month at the colony and will receive a stipend of $1,000 to assist in securing time off/childcare/art supplies or other resources necessary to the making of new work.*
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————————————————————————————————————————————The Wassaic Family Residency — Wassaic, New York
Deadline: June 19th
Application Fee: $25
Residency Fee: $900 per month
Length: 1-8 weeks
Stipend: We may provide up to $300 per month in additional financial assistance based on artist need. Artists receiving financial assistance will be expected to donate 2 – 8 hours of their time per week working with our staff, depending on the level of assistance received.
Food: none
We recognize that artists who have families often opt-out of peer community building for practical reasons: residencies don’t often take children, events happen late at night, childcare is expensive. Bowie, Jeff and Eve (Wassaic co-founders) have kids; they’re all artists. They have families that they want to be with and not away from. And they ALSO want to connect with other artist peer groups and build community. While we can’t solve all these problems at once (yet!), we have solved the first one: we now offer Family Residencies from November – April from 1 to 8 weeks in length.
Each Family will be provided with a private house complete with a kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, and three bedrooms. Artists will receive an adaptable raw studio space in the historic Maxon Mills. All studios are roughly 100 square feet. Artists will have 24 hour access to their studio and accommodations. Residents are required to bring everything they need for their creative practice. Each studio is provided with a table, chair and limited lighting. We do not provide any art materials.
We do not provide childcare for you child/children. They are expected to be under your care, the care of your spouse/partner, or a hired professional at all times over the course of your stay. We can, however, provide you with recommendations for babysitters and fun activities, like the Millbrook Zoo!*
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————————————————————————————————————————————Marble House Project — Dorset, Vermont
Deadline: Applications are closed for the 2018 Season. Please check back in early October, for the 2019 Season.
Application Fee: $30
Residency Fee: none
Length: 16 days (July 16th - August 1st)
Stipend: none
Food: Lunch is also provided so that the parent artists have more time to work uninterrupted in their studios. The staff at MHP also helps prepare dinner meals for the families.
MHP has one family friendly residency in 2018 that occurs from July 16th until August 1st.. This residency is for 16 days instead of 23.and is designed specifically for artist parents with children. We understand that there are many parents who cannot or will not leave their children for a length of time and we realize that there are not many residencies that will allow children. Marble House Project provides art and ecology programming and other physical and enriching activities for the children, weekdays, from 9 till 3pm. Lunch is also provided so that the parent artists have more time to work uninterrupted in their studios. The staff at MHP also helps prepare dinner meals for the families.
Each family is provided one or two bedrooms depending on the age of the child and the needs of the parent. Programming for the children is for 4yrs and older. If you are applying for this residency with a child who is younger than four you or your spouse may need to be responsible for the child’s care. If accepted, the family friendly residency is free to the artist and their child or children ages 17 and under. If you bring a partner or spouse who is not an accepted artist, there is a $200 fee to help defray the additional food costs. In addition, you will need to pay $100 upon contract signing as a place holder. This $100 is fully refundable at the end of the residency. Watch a video about this residency session.*
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————————————————————————————————————————————The Luminary — St. Louis, Missouri
Image courtesy of Brett Bloom and Bonnie Fortune Bloom
Deadline: July 31, 2018
Application Fee: $25
Residency Fee: none
Length: 1-6 weeks
Stipend: $500 + childcare stipend
Food: none
As a leading artist-run and artist-centric space, The Luminary supports exceptional ideas and initiatives by providing dedicated time, considered collaborations and a supportive working environment. The program is open to all artists, curators and critics, but uniquely supports the research, development and presentation of work that utilizes innovative forms and unconventional structures such as alternative spaces and economies, publications and writing, archives, collaborations, artist-led projects and experimental institutional practices.
Thanks to the support of the Sustainable Arts Foundation, we offer a dedicated residency for artists, critics and curators with children. While we are always supportive of proposals from artist parents, these select residencies will come with additional financial support, assistance with childcare, and a personalized environment for the unique needs of families. The Luminary, directed by parent-artists, offers an honorarium, childcare stipend, and a private family apartment during a dedicated summer session for parent-artists.
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————————————————————————————————————————————Art Farm — Marquette, Nebraska
Deadline: passed; 2019 residency applications will open on Nov 1, 2018
Application Fee: $15
Residency Fee: none
Length: 2 weeks to 5 months
Stipend: none
Food: generally no. During the growing season, produce is available from an organic garden and if the chickens cooperate, there are eggs
Art Farm supports families/partners with up to two children by offering approximately 2000 square feet of studio and living space consisting of kitchen, bath, sitting and dining, two second floor private bedrooms and a fourth floor master bedroom with panoramic views of the countryside. The studio is on the third floor.
Art Farm’s mission is to support artistic vision, which may be impractical, obscure, and independent of commercial recognition—where failing is no less welcomed than succeeding. To offer artists, writers, performers, and others: studios, time, and resources for pursuing their range of expression, for experimenting, for developing projects, but most of all, for distilling the promise and potential of their creative enterprise, while working and living in a rural environment.
Art Farm's physical presence is in its buildings and land. More elusive to describe is the ambiance—the subtle influence of the environment's impact on time and space. The sun and stars measure your time, not clock and calendar. Space is shaped by proximity to sound and silence. The sky: your eyes: your ears will fill with the sound and shapes of an incredible number of birds and bugs. And, like it or not, the weather will be your collaborator in all undertakings.
Artists are expected to donate one piece of artwork to Art Farm’s collection. Everyone gives 12 hours assistance based on their skills, knowledge or interest to Art Farm each week in helping to run, build, or in some way improve the residency experience for those who will follow.*
————————————————————————————————————————————Caldera Arts Center — Sisters, Oregon
Deadline: March 15th for the following winter
Application Fee: $35 for individuals; $75 for collaborations; if this fee is a barrier, please call
Residency Fee: none
Length: 3.5 weeks (January-March)
Stipend: Depending on funding, stipends may be available for residents. We do not require a separate application for stipends and will let finalists for residencies know if funding is available.
Food: One shared dinner each week. Residents provide all other meals for themselves.
Every winter from January through March, creative individuals, collaborations, and performing ensembles are awarded the gift of time and space at our beautiful Arts Center in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains near Sisters, Oregon. Residencies are open to US-based and international artists in any discipline, as well as creative thinkers in culinary arts, design, and the sciences. Artists at any stage of their careers who are not current students are eligible.
Residencies are also available for parent artists who would like to bring their children and another caretaker. Children and caretaker can come and go as needed. Artists-in-residence stay at Caldera for the entire duration of the residency. Families are assigned a private a-frame cabin with 3 or 4 beds and (if requested) a separate studio.Caldera has two pack and plays, two high chairs, baby gates and outlet covers for families to use in their cabin and/or studio. Winter in the mountains provides lots of opportunity for outdoor fun for children (sledding, snowshoeing, building forts, etc.). Caldera does not provide or arrange childcare, but there are providers that serve our area.
Residents are provided a private cabin with sleeping loft, living room/work area, kitchenette, bathroom with shower, and a porch overlooking Link Creek or with a view of Blue Lake. Wireless internet is available in all cabins. There is little to no cell phone service. Cabin kitchens have a coffee pot, two-burner stove, microwave, small refrigerator, dishes, and pots and pans. Residents also have access to a full commercial kitchen in the Hearth Building. Cabins are heated by electric heat and most include wood stoves (with wood provided).
Visual artists work in one of Caldera’s two studios. Campbell Studio is a semi-private space that holds two studios for visual artists of all kinds. One side of Campbell Studio has two kilns, drying shelves, a work table, sink and counter; the other side has large walls, a work table, a large and small sink and counters. Studio B has large walls, a sink, counter, work table, a darkroom with related equipment, and an etching press. Both studios include natural light and large loft spaces above the main floor.
Caldera has identified the following as priorities for our Artists in Residence Program, and selection is made with these in mind: (1) Supporting artists of color: Caldera’s AiR cohorts will be made up of at minimum 50% artists of color. (2) Supporting community-engaged work and teaching artists: Caldera prioritizes supporting artists who wish to engage with our youth and broader community through teaching or other activities. (3) Supporting parent artists: Caldera is one of the few residencies that allows parent artists to attend with their children and an additional caretaker. (4) Supporting geographic diversity: Caldera values geographic diversity in our AiR cohorts – i.e. rural and urban, artists from both inside and outside Oregon, and international artists.*
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————————————————————————————————————————————Previously highlighted residencies that are family-friendly:
The McColl Center — Charlotte, North Carolina
Partners and children of artists-in-residence may stay in the provided condominium during the residency term. However, partners will not be allowed to use McColl Center workspaces, facilities, equipment, or materials. Artist couples must apply individually; if both are accepted, each will be offered a studio. Pets are not allowed in the condominiums or studios. Exceptions may be made for registered service pets.