APRIL RESIDENCY APPLICATION DEADLINES
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SKIDMORE DEPARTMENT OF ARTWORK + SPACE RESIDENCY
SARATOGO SPRINGS, NY
DEADLINE: 4/5/2026
GRANT: $1,000
The Skidmore Department of Art is seeking applications for its Work+Space Residency Program for Fall 2026. The Work+Space Residency Program hosts an emerging artist for a 3-week residency (approximately November 1st to November 22nd) to make new work, have a one week solo exhibition in the Schick Gallery, and engage with students through a lecture, studio visits, workshop or other project.
Preference will be given to artists with recent MFA (completed within 5 years) or equivalent exhibition record.
The artist will receive studio space, a stipend of $1000, and be provided with lodging, and on-campus meals, for the duration of the visit.
The artist may have access to project-specific facilities and tools based on availability and demonstrated competency with tools and facilities. Some of the faciltiies that may be available are a printmaking studio, digital media studio, graphic design studio, photography studio (no darkroom), painting and drawing studios, and a large format inkjet printing facility. The artist may also have access to cameras, tripods and other equipment through the equipment check-out system.
The engagement component will be determined between the artist and the Skidmore Art Department within 30 days of residency confirmation.
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - QUEER AND TRANS RESEARCH LAB
TORONTO, CANADA
DEADLINE: 4/6/2026
GRANT: $20,000
The Queer and Trans Research Lab (QTRL) at the University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to apply be our artist-in-residence for the 2026-27 school year. The QTRL residency will provide financial and other material support for artists working in any medium (photography, sculpture, visual art, media arts, theatre, poetry, playwriting, fiction, etc.), whose work centres on LGBTQ2S+ lives, communities, histories, and cultures. The residency will culminate in a funded exhibition, reading, screening, or performance of the resident’s work-in-progress. The successful applicant is expected to be in residence in the Greater Toronto Area during the period of their award and will join the faculty and students who make up our intellectual community and participate in activities at the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. These may include guest lectures, a public artist talk, office hours with our students, and a general presence at the Centre. They will be given office space and access to the vast faculty resources, manuscript archives, and library collections available at the University of Toronto and the Bonham Centre. In addition to financial support for a final artist showcase the successful candidate will receive a stipend of $20,000.
FORGAN ART CENTRE
NEWPORT-ON-TAY, UK
DEADLINE: 4/6/2026
GRANT: £12,600 + £7,000 project budget
This year, we seek proposals for two funded artist residencies, responding to our site, our philosophy of An Art Centre As A Garden and the theme of Ecologies of Migration.
Our awarded residencies offer time, space, and support to artists* working with communities in meaningful and imaginative ways.
There are two residency opportunities available, each taking place flexibly over 35 days across a season. One residency will span Summer (May 2026 – September 2026) and one will span Winter (October 2026 – March 2027).
Each residency offers:
Accommodation and studio on site in The Gardener’s Cottage
£12,600 fee (minimum 35 days)
£7,000 project budget
Separate access budget
Access to our garden, classrooms, library, tools, staff and tutor support
Opportunity to contribute an artwork to The Gardener’s Cottage and/or Garden
We seek artists with:
A collaborative and socially engaged practice
Experience working creatively with communities
Interest in environmental and ecological themes
For this opportunity, we explicitly invite proposals from artists, duos or collaborators who have lived experience of migration, who are from a refugee background or who have experienced forcible displacement.
Our intention is to ground discussions of migration in the communities who are the most affected, and to amplify perspectives which are often overlooked, misrepresented or ignored. Artists do not have to explore their own personal history – we invite you to respond to the theme in ways that develop your own creativity, thinking and practice.
ZKM - RAUSCHENBERG RESEARCH RESIDENCIES
KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
DEADLINE: 4/12/2026
GRANT: £4,000 + £2,500 MATERIAL BUDGET + £1,000 TRAVEL REFUND
In cooperation with and thanks to the support of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Department for Artistic Research & Development, the ZKM | Hertzlab, is announcing three artistic research residencies in 2026. These "Rauschenberg Residencies" offer artists at the interface of performative art and creative technology the unique opportunity to be inspired by Rauschenberg's commitment to E.A.T. - Experiments in Art and Technology and to think about the future.
Residency Details
Duration: 3 months (1. October 2026 – 18. December 2026) plus a final rehearsal week with public showcase (7. January 2027 – 15. January2027)
Locations: on site in the ZKM | Hertzlab with provided studios and rehearsal rooms (studios, sound studios, wetlab, VRlab, co-working space), showcase in the cube (versatile venue with ~100 seats)
Showcase: Presentation of the results in a public showcase on Friday, 15. January 2027
Technology openness: from slide projector to projection mapping, from Arduino to Lidar, from Eliza to Alexa: we are less interested in technology buzzwords than in a compelling connection of the topic with the selected technology and in the creative use of the selected method
Openness of form: Digital theater is characterized by its combination of performative art and the use of technology. All forms of connection are desired and allowed: dance, performance, speech or music theater, body or object theater, mixed and hybrid formats
Topic focus
Reference to the central topics of the ZKM | Hertzlab (see focus under ZKM Hertzlab)
Inspiration through the "Projects Outside Art" of E.A.T. (including "City Agriculture", "Children and Communication", "Recreation & Play"). The ZKM Archive, which has housed the Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) archive package with extended material since 1999, is available for research during the residency. Here, for example, correspondence and information material of the group members as well as publications and slides can be viewed.
DAVID BARR ARTIST RESIDENCY
THOMPSONVILLE, MI
DEADLINE: 4/15/2026
GRANT: $1,500
Inspired by the work of artist, writer and educator David Barr, Michigan Legacy Art Park provides resident artists with time, space, support and inspiration for furthering their work by offering artist residency programs. Our primary annual residency program offers a two-week stay, a small honorarium, and an opportunity to both explore the Art Park, and work in a local art studio. Non-lodging residencies for local artists are also available on a limited basis.
We run one 2-week residency with lodging, generally in the Fall. A stipend of $1500 is included, to pay for travel, supplies, groceries, and incidentals. Local non-lodging residency artists are awarded a $500 stipend.
We work with all residents to create flexible opportunities to network and share your work with the public.
Michigan Legacy Art Park, a nonprofit arts and culture organization in northern Michigan, is seeking artists to apply for the 2026 David Barr Residency program. The annual residency is supported by the Art Park’s Charles McGee Art Fund that was established to support new and emerging Michigan artists by providing a creative retreat with lodging, studio space, honorarium, materials budget, and the inspiration of the Art Park.
ST. ELMO ARTIST RESIDENCY
AUSTIN, TX
DEADLINE: 4/20/2026
GRANT: $40, 000
The St. Elmo Arts Residency within the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin offers one fellowship each academic year to a recent MFA graduate specializing in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, or multimedia. The residency includes a charming house and studio in a small artist community in the St. Elmo district of South Austin.
Fellowship
24-hour access to a private 1800-square-foot studio
Private furnished house that can accommodate the resident and a partner *
$40,000 stipend
Access to health insurance and benefits, with premiums partially paid for by UT
Part-time teaching experience at UT Austin
An exhibition at the Visual Arts Center
* The house cannot accommodate children or pets.
Eligibility
The residency begins in early August 2026. Only artists who graduate from an MFA program between August 2025 and July 1, 2026, are invited to apply. Please do not apply if you have not graduated from your program by July 1, 2026.
If you graduated before August 2025, you cannot apply.
Only artists who graduate from MFA programs based in the U.S. can apply.
Students and alumni of the UT Austin MFA program are ineligible to apply
Fellow Responsibilities
9½-month commitment
Teach one class per semester (two classes total) in Studio Art in the Department of Art and Art History
Lead one practice-based workshop each semester (two workshops total)
Present a public lecture on your work for the UT Arts Community
Present a solo exhibition at the Visual Arts Center
MARTIN HOUSE CREATIVE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
BUFFALO, NY
DEADLINE: 4/24/2026
GRANT: $5,000 + $1,000 TRAVEL REFUND
The Martin House Creative Residency Program is a project-based residency that provides creative individuals a designated time and space to develop new works of the imagination inspired by one of the great examples of 20th century architecture.
The primary goals of the program are to:
Nurture creativity by offering individuals from multiple disciplines a thought-provoking environment in which to produce works and present them to our community.
Expand interpretation of our site through active solicitation of diverse perspectives and voices.
Provide audiences an opportunity to discover and engage more fully with the Martin House and the creative arts.
Strengthen the Martin House and the region as a center for architecture, art, design, and culture.
The residency is a competitive program that is open to applicants who seek the resources to support ongoing projects or the creation of new work. Creative makers who are selected to participate will generally spend 2-4 weeks onsite either consecutively or incrementally within the specified residency term. Length of stay is project-based and determined by the needs of the applicant and in alignment with the Martin House schedule.
Residents are also expected to deliver a free public program, performance, exhibition, or other creative presentation in order to share their Martin House-inspired work with the larger public.