Top Artist Residencies in New England, USA
New England is a northeastern region of the United States comprising the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. This region has some of the best artist residency programs in the country. From Maine to Massachusetts, we've rounded up the very best opportunities for artists working in every medium. These prestigious residencies have programs you'll want to submit your work for immediately!
Vermont Studio Center | Residency Program
The Vermont Studio Center has fostered creativity through community, collaboration, and quiet reflection during in-person residency for visual artists and writers. The center aims to build an international creative community that supports artists and writers by providing them with a distraction-free studio space and the companionship of professional peers. Residents receive individual studios, private rooms, and all meals, plus access to prominent Visiting Artists and Writers offering slide talks, readings, and studio visits.
Location: Johnson, VT
Rewards: Accommodation, studio space & more
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Fine Arts Work Center | Residencies & Fellowships
The Fine Arts Work Center is a space for artists and writers. Each year, they provides seven-month Fellowships-the gift of time and spaceÂ-to ten artists and ten writers selected from over 1,000 applicants worldwide. From October to May, the Visual Arts Fellows receive private efficiency apartments, separate studio space, and a monthly stipend of $750. Fellows pursue their work independently in a diverse and supportive community of peers.
Location: Provincetown, MA
Rewards: Funding, accommodation, production & more
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Tides Institute & Museum of Art | StudioWorks Artist-in-Residence Program
The Studio Works Residency at the Tides Institute & Museum of Art (TIMA) offers residency opportunities to visual artists from the U.S. and abroad to deepen and develop their practice within a community setting. They are enrolled in the residency for between 2 to 8 weeks. Residents have unlimited studio access as well as funding options.
Location: Eastport, ME
Rewards: Fully Funded, accommodation provided, production space & more.
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The Frost Place | Poetry Artist-in-Residence
The Frost Place is a nonprofit educational center for poetry and the arts based at Robert Frost’s old homestead, which is owned by the town of Franconia, New Hampshire. Each year, in July and August, The Frost Place hosts a poet-in-residence who lives and writes in Frost's farmhouse, offering three public readings during the summer.
Location: Franconia, NH
Rewards: Funding, accommodation, production & more
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Hadassah-Brandeis Institute | Artist Residency
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, a research center at Brandeis University, develops fresh ways of thinking about Jewish people and gender worldwide by producing and promoting scholarly research and artistic projects. The residency program provides artists the opportunity to be in residence at Brandeis University while working on a significant artistic project and to produce an exhibit for the Kniznick Gallery at the Women's Studies Research Center (WSRC) at Brandeis University.
Location: Waltham, MA
Rewards: Funding, accommodation, production & more
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The Yard | Dance & Performance Art Residencies
The Company Residency and Bessie Schönberg Individual Choreographers' Residency are the artistic centers of The Yard's programming. These 4-week residencies provide artists with housing, workspace, stipends, technical and administrative support, artistic mentoring, concert performances of new work, and the time and freedom to explore their craft without interruption or outside obligation. Yard founder Patricia Nanon envisioned the residencies as a "playground without walls... a place to explore, experiment, construct."
Location: Chilmark, MA
Rewards: Accommodation, production & more
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NXTHVN | AIR program
Each year, NXTHVN welcomes seven emerging artists, two curators, and five high school apprentices to participate in its highly-competitive Fellowship and Apprenticeship programs. With a focus on mentorship, professional development, and hands-on training. The NXTHVN team, with Deborah Berke Partners, has designed a unique shared environment—within a state-of-the-art facility—where artists, curators and the local community converge to make art, exchange ideas, and extend their networks.
Location: New Haven, CT
Rewards: Accommodation, production & more
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