Focus On Summer Residencies & Workshops
Residencies are evolving as we discuss throughout this issue. At their core, they all present an extraordinary opportunity for study, self-reflection and, in many cases, travel. That could mean one town over, one state over, across the country, or across the globe. Whether thinking big or starting small, there’s a program in the right place, in the perfect season, and for the right length of time. Residencies take all shapes and sizes, from days to months, and are the ultimate gift to one’s craft and one’s psyche. Paint, write, compose, sculpt, dance, weave, weld, print—what are you hoping to work on this year? Step out of your comfort zone or more deeply into your chosen field. The opportunities that follow on the next few pages will, we hope, act as catalysts for you in 2023. Seize the moment! This year is about change.
California
Dorland Mountain Arts
Dorland Mountain Arts is located in the mountains near the wine country of Temecula, CA, on 300 acres of nature-preserve land. Within the natural landscape, participants in the Dorland Arts residency programs are never short of inspiration from the valleys, mountains, and tree-rich areas. The grounds feature a reflecting pond, hiking trails, and a small lake. The program welcomes visual artists, writers, musicians, and composers to stay in private cottages equipped with personal studios and living facilities. There is also a Community Arts Center offering additional working space, including a library, a meeting room, and a studio room. The program allows for residences based on the applicant’s schedule. Application deadlines are to be submitted at least thirty days before the requested residency dates. Residencies range from one week to two months, are reviewed in order of receipt, and are accepted based on availability.
P.O. Box 6
36701 Hwy 79 S, Temecula, CA 92592
(951) 302-3827
info@dorlandartscolony.org
dorlandartscolony.org
Connecticut
Lyme Art Association
The Lyme Art Association offers year-round two- to five-day painting workshops that take artists’ painting to the next level. This spring, artists have the opportunity to work with John Traynor, an artist known for his unique blend of realism and atmospheric impressionism to create emotionally evocative landscapes. Summer workshops will offer a unique hybrid experience incorporating both studio and plein air painting. The Ascending Landscape with Don Demers will focus on plein air painting as a form of study and aims to help artists recognize where they are in their artistic evolution and push them to a higher level. Painting Town Views and Landscapes in Summer with Zufar Bikbov will be a five-day oil painting workshop that aims to work on artists’ outdoor painting skills through knowledge, practice, and analysis so that they can take these skills and apply them to larger studio pieces later in the season.
90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT 06371
(860) 434-7802
lymeartassociation.org
Maine
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts’ two-week Open Studio Residency will run from May 28 to June 9, 2023. The residency is open to emerging and established artists aged 21 and older. The application process is highly competitive and begins in January 2023 with a deadline of February 1. The Open Studio Residency supports fifty artists over the course of the summer and provides free tuition, room, and board to those selected. Located on Deer Isle, Maine, the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts campus sits in 40 acres of wooded area and overlooks Jericho Bay. Residents will have access to all six of Haystack’s studios for ceramics, fiber arts, graphics, iron, jewelry, and wood to develop ideas and experiment in these mediums. Artists can choose to work in one studio or move between the six. The Haystack Fab Lab digital fabrication studio will also be available for use. All studios are staffed with technicians who are available to assist with projects.
P.O. Box 518
Deer Isle, ME 04627
(207) 348-2306
registrar@haystack-mtn.org
haystack-mtn.org
Massachusetts
Fine Arts Work Center
The Fine Arts Work Center is an artist-led organization in Provincetown that has been nurturing artists and writers in their early careers for over fifty years. The Summer Workshop Program offers over sixty week-long workshops in visual arts and creative writing to hundreds of students over the course of nine weeks each summer. They invite nationally recognized artists and writers to Provincetown to teach these open enrollment workshops and to participate in readings and artist talks that are free and open to the public. Visit the website for more information and to register for a course. The Fine Arts Work Center offers additional year-round programming in the form of workshops, public readings, lectures and gallery openings, and residencies.
24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657
(508) 487-9960
fawc.org/summer-workshops
Mixit Print Studio
Mixit Print Studio is an open-access professional printmaking studio owned and operated by Catherine Kernan, Jane Goldman and Randy Garber. The studio is housed on the ground floor of the Mixit Studios Cooperative, an artist-owned live/work building. Mixit Print Studio will offer a range of five-day workshops with Goldman, Kernan, Garber, Chris Wallace and Joel Janowitz in summer 2023. Mixit will also be hosting artist residencies consisting of five to seven days with consultation and around the clock studio access. The 1,800 square feet studio is fully equipped for making and printing large-scale intaglio, monotype, monoprint, relief and photo-intaglio plates. At a studio with an emphasis on cooperation and collaboration, artists engaged in residencies here will find a community of printmakers and artists ready to give support.
32 Clifton Street, Somerville, MA
mixitprint.com
Montserrat College of Art
Located on the North Shore in Beverly, MA, Montserrat College of Art offers a variety of educational opportunities for adults and teens throughout the summer. Rising high school juniors and seniors are invited to attend residential-option, pre-college programs in which they can earn three college credits, develop their art school portfolios and experience life as an art student. Current college students can receive credits from a selection of courses offered in two sessions during the summer, running from May 22 to June 30 and July 10 to August 18. There are two week-long programs for K-12 or community college art educators to experiment with new art making methods on-campus and explore the museums and galleries of the North Shore. These programs will run from June 18 to 24 and July 25 to 30. New this year, Monserrat College of Art is offering a program for art educators to travel to Niigata, Japan from June 23 to July 3. This program will include studio time, guided tours through historical and cultural sites in and around Niigata, and gallery and museum visits in Tokyo.
23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915
(978) 921-4242
montserrat.edu
Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts
Located thirty miles off Cape Cod on the island of Nantucket, Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts (NISDA) is in its fourth decade. Offshore Artist Residencies (OAR) are open for summer 2023. OAR is a self-structured residency program that provides live-in studios and access to NISDA’s Seaview Farm Art Center as well as the amenities of the island itself. OAR residents are housed in NISDA’s 1940s Atlantic House and cottages, private accommodations with low open ceilings, painted board floors, and whitewashed board walls. NISDA’s residencies are open to emerging and professional artists and educators in all fields, yet especially those working in interdisciplinary arts, art in the environment, and conceptual works. OAR is also open to educators looking to incorporate these into their classrooms. OAR residents can waive one week of residency fees in exchange for giving a lecture and/or a one- or two-day workshop. Dates and deadlines vary, see website for more information.
29 Madaket Road, Nantucket, MA 02554
(508) 325-6659
nisda.org
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill was built by artists, for artists and has been serving its community for just over fifty years. The Center features year-round arts workshops by nationally recognized faculty, lecturers, classes, artist residencies, events and so much more. Its faculty consists of renowned artists in their fields and its range of workshops includes everything from painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, and ceramics to culinary and land art. Student housing is available on a first-come, first-serve basis at the Edgewood Farm campus and The Boathouse, a seaside cottage that offers the optimum Cape Cod experience. Castle Hill is an inclusive organization that welcomes all levels of learning. A Community of Artists. A World of Inspiration.
10 Meetinghouse Road, Truro, MA 02666
T: (508) 349-7511
F: (508) 349-7512
info@castlehill.org
castlehill.org
