Off Campus Arts Resources

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Image courtesy of Reed Flores

We have compiled some of our favorite Arts resources from the Bay Area and beyond. While by no means comprehensive, we hope you enjoy exploring.


Residencies

Open to Multiple Disciplines

18th Street Arts Center Santa Monica, CA

ACA — Atlantic Center for the Arts New Smyrna Beach, FL

ACCEA — Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art Armenia

Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart, Germany

American Academy in Rome Rome

American Antiquarian Society Worcester, MA

Anderson Ranch Arts Center Snowmass Village, CO

Arcus Japan

Artists’ Enclave at I-Park E. Haddam, CT

Art Farm Marquette, NE

Art Omi Omi, NY

Artpace San Antonio

Banff Centre Alberta, Canada

Bellagio Center Lake Como, Italy

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Omaha, NE

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Bernheim, KY

Blue Mountain Center Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Blue Star Contemporary Berlin Residency Berlin, Germany 

Byrdcliffe Artist-in-Residence Program New York

Camargo Foundation, The Cassis, France

CCA — Center for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu Kitakyushu, Japan

Center for Contemporary Arts Prague Prague

Centrum, Creative Residencies Port Townsend, WA

Chinati Foundation, The Marfa, TX

Civitella Ranieri Foundation Umbria, Italy

Djerassi Resident Artists Program Woodside, CA

Dorland Mountain Arts Colony Temecula, CA

Dorset Colony for Writers Dorset, VT

Eastern Frontier Society - Norton Island Residency Program Norton Island, ME

Edward F. Albee Foundation, The Long Island, NY

Exploratorium, The San Francisco, CA

Fabric Workshop and Museum Philadelphia, PA

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco San Francisco, CA

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Provincetown, MA

Griffis Art Center, The New London, CT

Hamiltonian Artists Washington, DC

Headlands Center for the Arts Sausalito, CA

Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico Taos, NM

Henry Street Settlement New York, NY

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA

Jentel Artist Residency Program Banner, Wyoming

Joshua Tree National Park California

Kala Art Institute Berkeley, CA

Kamiyama Artist in Residence Program Japan

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Nebraska City, NE

LIFT Early Career Support for Native Artists, Portland, OR

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council New York

MacDowell Colony, The Peterborough, NH

Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation New York

Mary Anderson Center Mt. St. Francis, IN

McColl Center for Visual Art Charlotte, NC

Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation NJ, NY, PA

Millay Colony for the Arts Austerlitz, NY

Montalvo Residency — Sally and Don Lucas Artists Programs Montalvo, CA

Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH): Core Program Houston, TX

New England Foundation for the Arts — Art & Community Landscapes Throughout the Northeast

New York Mills Regional Cultural Center New York Mills, MN

National Young Arts Washington DC

OX-BOW Illinois

Palm Beach County Cultural Center — Residency Program Florida

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study — Fellowship Program, Harvard Univ. Cambridge

Ragdale Foundation, The Lake Forest, IL

Rockefeller Foundation — Bellagio Study and Conference Center Bellagio, Italy

Rome Prize Competition Rome

Roswell Artist-in-residence program Roswell, NM

Santa Fe Art Institute Santa Fe, NM

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Oregon

Skowhegan Madison, Maine

Stone Quarry Art Park Cazenovia, NY

Studio in the Woods New Orleans, LA

Studio Museum in Harlem, The Harlem, NY

Ucross Foundation Clearmont, WY

U.S./ Japan Creative Artists’ Program Japan

VCCA — Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Mt. San Angelo, VA

Vermont Studio Center — Artist Residency Johnson, VT

Visual Studies Workshop Rochester, NY

Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH

Whitney Independent Study Program New York, NY

Women’s Studio Workshop Rosendale, NY

Yaddo Saratoga Springs, NY

Discipline-Specific

Ceramics/Clay

Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts Helena Helena, MT

Baltimore Clayworks Baltimore, MD

Clay Studio of Missoula Missoula, WA

Clay Studio Philadelphia

Museum of International Ceramic Art Denmark

Watershead — Center for the Ceramic Arts Newcastle, ME

European Ceramic Work Centre Netherlands

Craft

Appalachian Center for Craft Smithville, TN

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Deer Isle, Main

Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC

Creative Writing

Hedgebrook Langley, WA

Curatorial

Casa Chuck San Antonio, TX

National Gallery of Art Washington DC

Winterthur Winterthur, DE

Yale Center for British Arts New Haven, CT

Film/Media

Experimental Television Center LTD Newark Valley, NY

NW Film Center Portland, OR

Squeaky Wheel Buffalo, NY

Netherlands Media Art Institute Netherlands

Glass

Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY

Creative Glass Center of America Millville, NJ

Installation

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative Greensboro, NC

Mattress Factory Pittsburgh

Painting

Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Scholarship Rome

Printmaking

Lower East Side Print Shop New York

Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minneapolis

Brandywine Workshop South Philadelphia

Photography

Center for Photography at Woodstock Woodstock, NY

Cepa Gallery Buffalo, NY

Eyebeam New York

Woodstock AIR Woodstock, NY

Sculpture/Wood

Sculpture Space Utica, NY

Internships

National Opportunities

American Folk Art Museum New York, NY

Artadia Brooklyn, NY

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Atlanta, GA

Autry Museum of the American West Los Angeles, CA

Asian American Arts Centre New York, NY

Asian Art Museum Art Speak Internship San Francisco, CA

Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY

Buffalo AKG Art Museum Buffalo, NY

California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, CA

Cooper Hewitt New York, NY

Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY

Creative Time New York, NY

Dia Beacon Beacon, NY

di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art Napa, CA

The Drawing CenterNew York, NY

Edward Hopper House Nyack, NY

El Museo del Barrio New York, NY

Eastman Museum Rochester, NY

Fine Arts Museums (deYoung, Legion of Honor) San Francisco, CA

The Frick Collection New York, NY

Golden Gate Conservatory San Francisco, CA

Heckscher Museum of Art Huntington, NY

The Jewish Museum New York, NY

Lawrence Hall of Science Teen Internship Berkeley, CA

Manhattan MoMA Manhattan, NY

Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY

MUNSON Utica, NY

Museum of History and Industry Seattle, WA

National Gallery of Art Washington, DC

National Museum of the American Indian New York, NY

Neue Galerie New York, NY

Olana State Historic Site Hudson, NY

Rubin Museum of Art New York, NY

Sam Noble Museum Ethnology Internship Norman, OK

SF MOMA Internship Program San Francisco, CA

SF Cinematheque San Francisco, CA

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY

South Street Seaport Museum New York, NY

Whitney Museum of Art New York, NY

Women's Studio Workshop Rosendale, NY

Yale Center for British Arts New Haven, CT

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