The MacDowell Colony. Summer 2011 Deadline: January 15, 2011

Location: This retreat-style residency was founded in 1907 and is situated on 450 acres in Peterborough, New Hampshire

Application periods:

- Oct. 15, 2010 - January 15, 2011 (Summer 2011: June - Sept. 2011)
- February 15 - April 15, 2011 (Fall 2011; Oct. 2011 - Jan. 2012)
- Sept. 15, 2011 (Winter/Spring 2012: Feb - May 2012)

Residency length: 1 - 8 weeks. Average: 5 weeks

Disciplines

• Visual arts: Book Arts, Ceramics/Clay Arts/Pottery, Drawing, Installation Arts, Heavy Metals/Blacksmithing, Mixed Media, Painting, Paper Arts, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Woodworking
• Media arts: Electronic Arts, Multimedia, Sound Art
• Writing: Fiction, Journalism, Literary nonfiction, Playwriting, Poetry, Screenwriting, Translating
• Performing arts: Choreography/Dance, Composition/Music, Performance Art
• Design: Architecture, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning/Design
• Other: Interdisciplinary Arts, Conceptual Arts, Environmental Arts, Multimedia Arts, New Genres

Studios/special equipment: Digital media, Exhibition / Installation, Film / Digital editing, Heavy metals / Blacksmithing, Music studio (non-recording), Painting, Photography (non-digital), Sculpture, Woodworking, Writing

Housing: private housing (individual apartment/cabin/house). Private bedroom in a sharted housing facility.

For further information and application process: http://www.macdowellcolony.org

Ragdale Residency Program: Deadline January 15, 2011

Residency Experience: Ragdale artists come from all over the country and around the world to Lake Forest, Illinois to create, write, experiment, research, plan, compose, rejuvenate, brainstorm, and work. Residents' uninterrupted time at Ragdale is their own. In this community of unique individuals, Ragdale also offers the possibilities of dialogue and connections with other artists.

Location: Located at the historic summer home of Arts and Crafts architect Howard Van Doren Shaw, Ragdale exists in a peaceful setting adjacent to over 50 acres of prairie. Residents reside in live/work spaces in the Ragdale House, Barnhouse and Friends' studios. Ragdale is located one mile from downtown Lake Forest, and just 30 miles (only one hour by train) from downtown Chicago.

Deadline: January 15, 2011 (for June - mid-September residencies)

Who Should Apply: Ragdale welcomes artists at all stages of their careers and seeks to create a mix of various experience levels in each group of residents. Through a competitive application process, Ragdale offers residencies to visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists such as those working in sound, performance, choreography, etc.

For residency program details and application procedures: http://www.ragdale.org/application

Skowhegan Summer 2011 Residency Program: Deadline:

Skowhegan, an intensive nine-week summer residency program for emerging visual artists established in 1946, seeks each year to bring together a gifted and diverse group of individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to art-making and inquiry to create the most stimulating and rigorous environment possible for a concentrated period of artistic creation, interaction, and growth. Sixty-five participants are accepted annually. An academic background in art is not required. Admission is based primarily on the review of work samples.


2011 Summer Session: June 11- August 13, 2011

Deadline: February 1, 2011

2011 Resident Faculty
DANIEL BOZHKOV
CHERYL DONEGAN
MARLENE MCCARTY
DAVE MCKENZIE
MICHAEL SMITH

2011 Visiting Faculty
VITO ACCONCI
WALEAD BESHTY
SUZAN FRECON
CHRIS OFILI
JUDY PFAFF

Paul Mellon Fellow
DAVID LANG

Tuition to Skowhegan is $5,500. All participants are expected to make a financial contribution to their experience at Skowhegan and we ask that applicants consider seriously what they are able to invest in this experience, but fellowships to help offset tuition costs are available to those who present evidence of need. Financial status is not a consideration in the admissions process.

Admission is based primarily on work samples (10 images or a 5-minute video sample). Skowhegan alumni may not reapply. Applicants must be at least 21 years old before the session begins.

For more information and online application: www.skowheganart.org

Elizabeth Foundation Studios, N.Y.: Deadline: December 10, 2010

Open to international artists who are legal U.S. residents.

Location of subsidized studio spaces: EFA building at 323 West 39th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues in Midtown Manhattan.

Descripction and Cost: Studios range in size from 200 - 435 sq. feet with 11 foot tall ceilings.

Subsidized membership fees range from 350 to 1,160 dollars/mo. Artists who do not demostrate serious financial need arestill eligible to apply and can expect to have slightly higher membership fees.

Monthly dues: $80.00/mo.

Eligibility: Visual artists working in all forms of media are eligible. The program is designed for artists with a developed studio practice and career experience. Applicants cannot be in a college or university degree-granting program. Certain types of work cannot be accommodated for practical reasons, including large or heavy sculptures, some types of metal work, and work involving high noise levels or fire risk. Applications are judged solely on the quality of the work as presented. EFA does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation or marital status. Artists must be citizens of the United States, or must be legal U.S residents during their tenure.

Deadline: Mail-in applications must be postmarked on or before Friday, December 10, 2010.

For more information and applicaton procedure: http://www.efanyc.org/studio_application/

Yaddo Residencies, Deadline: January 1, 2011

Location: 400-acre turn-of-the-century estate at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Deadline: January 1, 2011 for periods of 2 weeks to 2 months between May 2011 and February 2012.

Yaddo’s mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.

Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video.

Artists are selected by panels of other professional artists without regard to financial means.

No residency fees. Private housing and meals provided by organization.

For more information and on-line application: http://www.yaddo.org/