Southwest artist residencies and writer residencies in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming with deadlines in Spring 2022.
The world still isn’t back to what it used to be, but with the seemingly waning power of the omicron variant of COVID-19, we have our eyes set on a number of exciting Southwest region residencies—whether they’re taking place in remote settings or in the middle of the urban action—that are scheduled to take place later this year and beyond. These residencies, in general, will happen during the warmer months, with submissions deadlines ranging from January 31, 2022 (get on it!) through May.
For additional information (and while you’re scrambling and procrastinating to apply), refer back to Daisy Geoffrey’s 2021 residency guide as well as this deep-cut 2019 roundup by Shane Tolbert
Arizona
Made in Wickenburg Residency Program
Wickenburg, Arizona
This residency at a historic dude ranch, in the country-feeling town located about an hour northeast of downtown Phoenix, offers space for creatives working in the performing arts, ranging from ballet and dance companies to choral music ensembles and theater groups.
Deadline to apply: Ongoing.
Application fee: None.
Length: up to two weeks.
No application form, email Cathy Weiss.
Colorado
Mountain Words Writer-in-Residence
Crested Butte, Colorado
What’s possibly one of the only things that would make the Rocky Mountains more magnificent? Writing in the Rocky Mountains. This residency for writers offers a month’s worth of quiet writing time in the ski-resort town of Crested Butte. Residents present completed works and public readings at the Mountain Words Literary Festival, scheduled for May 27-29, 2022.
Deadline to apply: February 7, 2022.
Application fee: None.
Stipend: $5,000.
Length: One month, from May 1 to June 1, 2022.
Anderson Ranch Artists-in-Residence Program
Snowmass, Colorado
The residency program at Anderson Ranch, a cultural hub located in a ski village near Aspen, is for artists working in ceramics, new media, photography, furniture design, woodworking, painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. The residency includes unlimited access to the studios and equipment.
Deadline to apply: February 15, 2022.
Application fee: $30.
Stipend: None, but a select group of the thirty-two residencies are fully funded fellowships awarded by a jury panel.
Program fee: Fall residents pay a fee of $1,500 for ten weeks, and spring residents pay a fee of $750 for five weeks. It covers housing, studio space, and meals.
Length: Ten weeks for fall residents, five weeks for spring residents.
PlatteForum
Denver, Colorado
Resident artists at PlatteForum, founded in 2002, create new works covering social justice topics while working with local youth. The residency, which requires artists to lead workshops with ArtLab interns and other youth-serving groups, culminates with an exhibition and/or performance in collaboration with youth.
Deadline to apply: March 15, 2022.
Application fee: $35.
Stipend: $350 per week. Residents also receive $200 for the pre-planning meeting and $250 to be a part of PlatteForum’s ArtMoves podcast.
Length: Typically six to eight weeks.
RedLine Contemporary Art Center Artist-in-Residency
Denver, Colorado
RedLine, a non-profit contemporary art center with a focus on socially engaged art, offers a two-year residency program to emerging contemporary artists. In addition to mentorship, career development, and greater exposure, artists receive fully-subsidized studio spaces for the duration of the residency. (Read Deborah Ross’s recent profile on the RedLine Contemporary Art Center in Southwest Contemporary.)
Deadline to apply: Late May 2022; call for applications will be posted mid-March 2022.
Application fee: TBD.
Stipend: Studio space is covered.
Length: Two years starting in September 2022.
Nevada
Buffalo Creek Art Center Residency
Gardnerville, Nevada
Located on a thirty-four-acre property at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the summer residency is open to sculptors—whether they work in metal, ceramics, wood, stone, or mixed media—who make traditional figurative and abstract three-dimensional works. Residents are provided with free room and workspaces as well as access to shop equipment.
Deadline to apply: Ongoing.
Application fee: None.
Stipend: None.
Length: June 1–October 30, 2022. Residents can choose between four-, six-, or eight-week stints.
New Mexico
Women’s International Study Center
Santa Fe, New Mexico
WISC offers creative sabbaticals as well as a fellowship-in-residence. It’s open to women writers, artists, scholars, scientists, professionals, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are working in WISC’s broad focus areas, which include the arts, sciences, cultural preservation, business, and philanthropy.
Deadline to apply: Year-round; the next application deadline is March 1, 2022.
Application fee: $10-20.
Stipend: None.
Length: Typically four weeks.
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program
Roswell, New Mexico
The Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, established in 1967 by an oil and gas businessman and artist, gives creatives “the gift of time.” The program, which focuses on visual artists with studio practices, provides six fellows with a full year of rent-free housing, ample studio space, and a monthly stipend. (Read Sommer Browning’s August 2021 story on the Roswell artist-in-residence program in Southwest Contemporary.)
Deadline to apply: March 15, 2022
Application fee: $25.
Stipend: $1,100 per month, plus $100 for a spouse/partner and each child living with the grantee.
Length: One year.
Bandelier National Monument Artist-in-Residence Program
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Professional writers, composers, and visual and performing artists are eligible to apply for a residency at the stunning Bandelier National Monument, home to thousands of ancestral Pueblo dwellings. Selected artists, who are required to present a public program, are provided with historical Pueblo-style housing.
Deadline to apply: March 31, 2022
Application fee: None.
Stipend: None.
Length: Four weeks per residency, taking place between September 1 and mid-December 2022.
Santa Fe Art Institute Changing Climate Residency
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Santa Fe Art Institute says that the structure of this residency “addresses the most critical issue of our time”: climate change. SFAI encourages proposals from artists, activists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners whose work aligns with climate change and global warming and that will inspire “individual transformation and inform collective action.” Starting with this themed residency for 2023, SFAI intends to award a $500 stipend to up to twenty-eight regional BIPOC artists who are selected for a residency.
Deadline to apply: April 10, 2022.
Application fee: $10.
Stipend: $500.
Length: One to three months.
Parse Seco
Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
This experimental creative space and art residency, founded in 2016, offers thirty- to ninety-day residencies for underrepresented artists, musicians, and creators, and provides “an inclusive sanctuary for the expression and amplification of minority and marginalized voices.”
Deadline to apply: Ongoing.
Application fee: None.
Stipend: None.
Length: One to three months.
Texas
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Artist Residency
Houston, Texas
Artists working in wood, glass, metal, fiber, and clay are eligible to apply for this immersive program that requires its residents to work in their studios two days per week during the HCCC’s public hours as well as opening their studios twice per week to the general public. Residents are afforded 24/7 access to the studios, receive cultural and professional development opportunities, and the chance to give an artist talk.
Deadline to apply: March 1, 2022.
Application fee: None.
Stipend: $1,000 per month that includes a housing and materials allowance.
Length: Varies between three and twelve months, between September 2022 and August 2023.
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and Houston Center for Photography Interdisciplinary Craft + Photography Artist Residency
Houston, Texas
HCCC, in partnership with the Houston Center for Photography, offers a similar residency to the one detailed above but for artists who are working at the intersection of photography and contemporary art with an “experimental, multidisciplinary edge, who are testing the boundaries within both fields.”
Deadline to apply: March 1, 2022.
Application fee: None.
Stipend: $1,000 per month that includes a housing and materials allowance.
Length: Three months.
Galveston Artist Residency
Galveston, Texas
Awardees of this residency develop a body of work that’s exhibited at the Galveston Artist Residency gallery at the end of the project. Each artist receives 24/7 access to a 500-square-foot studio, an apartment a few blocks away from the studio, and a monthly stipend for ten months. (Read about one of the latest residents, Dawolu Jabari, in Southwest Contemporary.)
Deadline to apply: March 19, 2022.
Application fee: None.
Stipend: $1,100 per month.
Length: Ten months.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston Core Program 2022
Houston, Texas
The MFAH Core Residency Program awards visual artists and critical writers who have completed their undergraduate or graduate studies and are trending towards developing a sustainable practice. Fellows are also expected to be engaged in their own creative and/or critical practice while attending seminars and lectures.
Deadline to apply: April 1, 2022.
Application fee: $12.
Stipend: $20,000.
Length: Nine months, from September 2022 to May 2023.
Utah
The Taft-Nicholson Center Artist-in-Residence Program
Salt Lake City, Utah
This summer residency takes place in a secluded setting in the Centennial Valley, and it’s open to a wide variety of creatives, including visual artists, composers, writers, dancers, photographers, filmmakers, playwrights, and textile artists. Proposals must address how the remote and unique environment of Utah’s Centennial Valley is essential to the project.
Deadline to apply: January 31, 2022.
Application fee: None.
Stipend: None, housing and studio space are provided.
Length: From two to six weeks between June 15 and October 1, 2022. Request desired length in the application. If an artist needs financial assistance support, please contact director Mark Bergstrom to request a meal scholarship application.
Wyoming
Ucross Residency Program
Sheridan, Wyoming
The Ucross Residency Program, which offers a number of different options, is open to visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, interdisciplinary artists, and performance artists, as well as collaborative teams. Currently, Ucross is accepting applications for several of its programs, including a fellowship for Native American visual artists and another one for Native American writers as well as a music/dance residency.
Deadline to apply: March 1, 2022.
Application fee: None or $40, depending on the program.
Stipend: $1,000 for general residency artists; $2,000 for Native American Fellowship recipients.
Length: From two to six weeks, from August to early December 2022.
