Community Rankings
Top-Rated Residencies
Ranked by average rating from verified alumni reviews. The more reviews, the more reliable the ranking.
1
Lighthouse Works
Fishers Island, NY, United States
visual art / writing / film
5.00
11 reviews
2
Centre Pompadour: A Laboratory for Neo-Feminism
Ercourt, Baie de Somme, France
visual art / writing / interdisciplinary
5.00
5 reviews
3
Tides Institute & Museum of Art StudioWorks AiR Program
Eastport, Maine, USA, United States
visual art / interdisciplinary
5.00
1 review
4
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE, United States
visual art / sculpture / new media
4.80
10 reviews
5
Chalk Hill Artist Residency
Healdsburg, California, United States
visual art / interdisciplinary
4.76
25 reviews
6
Epicenter's Frontier Fellowship
Green River, Utah, United States
interdisciplinary / social practice / design
4.76
17 reviews
7
Marble House Project
Dorset, VT, United States
visual art / writing / music
4.67
3 reviews
8
ACRE
Steuben, WI, United States
visual art / interdisciplinary / music composition
4.63
74 reviews
9
Mas els Igols
Torrelles de Foix, Barcelona, Spain
interdisciplinary / visual art
4.50
12 reviews
10
Mudhouse Residency
Crete, Greece
Interdisciplinary / Visual Art / Painting
4.50
8 reviews
11
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
Madison, ME, United States
painting / sculpture / video
4.48
60 reviews
12
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
Nebraska City, NE, United States
visual art / music / interdisciplinary
4.46
161 reviews
13
McColl Center for Art + Innovation
Charlotte, NC, United States
visual art / interdisciplinary / new media
4.33
3 reviews
14
Atlantic Center for the Arts
New Smyrna Beach, FL, United States
visual art / painting / sculpture
4.31
16 reviews
15
The Arctic Circle
Svalbard (Arctic Ocean), Norway
interdisciplinary / visual art
4.30
40 reviews
16
Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Shanghai, China
visual art / music / dance
4.30
10 reviews
17
I-Park Foundation
East Haddam, CT, United States
visual art / writing / music
4.22
9 reviews
18
Elsewhere Museum
Greensboro, NC, United States
interdisciplinary
4.04
43 reviews
19
SHARP: Snug Harbor Artist Residency Program
Snug Harbor, Staten Island, New York, United States
visual art / interdisciplinary
4.00
3 reviews
20
Ragdale
Lake Forest, IL, United States
visual art / music / dance
4.00
1 review
21
Wassaic Project
Wassaic, NY, United States
visual art / music / writing
3.68
31 reviews
22
The School of Making Thinking
Delhi, New York (nomadic), United States
interdisciplinary / social practice
3.67
6 reviews
23
Santa Fe Art Institute
Santa Fe, NM, United States
visual art / writing / film
3.62
32 reviews
24
Residency Unlimited
Brooklyn, NY, United States
visual art / performance / film
3.43
14 reviews
25
Bunker Projects
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
visual art / interdisciplinary
3.43
7 reviews
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