GREAT LAKES
ILLINOIS
Anchor Graphics,
Residency Committee, 119 W. Hubbard St. #5W, Chicago IL 60610, (312)595-9598.
Open to experienced printmakers. 2 week residency, 4-6 artists per year. Deadline
July 8.
http://www.anchorgraphics.org
Illinois Arts Council , State of Illinois Center, 100 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601. Open to out of state artists; monthly stipend, studio space, and supplies (visual arts) http://www.state.il.us/agency/iac/
Lakeside Studio , 600 N. McClurg Court, Suite 1302-A, Chicago, IL 60611. Room and board, materials, and assistance; ceramics, fiber and painting (visual arts)
Ox-Bow Workshop for the Arts
, Academic Administration, 37 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL 49453 (312) 899-7455. 110
acres of wooded dunes, between the Kalamazoo River and the Ox-Bow Lagoon, in
Saugatuck, MI; housing in a pre-Civil War Inn or cabin; fees charged; residencies
of 1 week (visual, performing, and literary arts)
http://www.ox-bow.org/
Ragdale Foundation
, 1260 N. Green Bay Rd., Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 234-1063. Studios on the
historic Howard Van Doren Shaw family estate, listed on the Register of Historic
Places. Residencies for 2 weeks to 2 months; fees charged, some scholarships;
dinners served 6 nights/week, residents make all other meals from food provided.
(visual, literary, and performing arts)
http://www.ragdale.org
Studios Midwest,
PO Box 291, Galesburg, IL 61402 (309) 344-1177. 8 week summer residencies for
4-6 artists from June through August; free housing and studio space; opportunities
for informal community interaction and one group exhibit. Artists must supply
their own transportation, equipment, food. (visual arts)
http://www.mindspring.com/~studios/
INDIANA
Art Barn
, 695 N. 400 East, Valparaiso, IN 46383. (visual arts)
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
, AIR Program, 1100 N. Mineral Springs, Porter, IN 46304 (219) 926-7561 x 225.
Residencies of 2-4 weeks in houses or campsites from June to September. Artists
asked to donate art to park and to interact with interested patrons and staff.
Dunes rise 200 ft. above the southern shore of Lake Michigan. Beach, marsh and
prairie. (visual, literary, media arts and landscape architects)
http://www.nps.gov/indu/arp.htm
Mary Anderson Center for the Arts
, 101 St. Francis Dr., Mount St. Francis, IN 47146 (812) 923-8602. 1 week to
3 months; up to 6 writers and visual artists at a time; residents pay what they
can afford; 400 acre wildlife refuge located 15 min. north of Louisville, KY
in southern Indiana. (literary, performing, visual arts; architects, designers
and scholars) http://www.artistcommunities.org/maryand.html
MICHIGAN
Doghaven Center for the Arts
, PO Box 283, Three Oaks, MI 49128. Weekend workshops, classes for kids, performance
space, and retreat facilities in rural southwestern Michigan; also offers residencies
of 2-6 mos. (visual arts)
Alden B. Dow Creativity Center
, Northwood University, 3225 Cook Road, Midland MI 48640 (517) 837-4478. Four
10-week fellowships annually for innovative project ideas. "Some past residents
created new math curricula, re-thought residential health-care facilities, looked
into the politics of the art world, and started creative-writing programs for
prisoners." Stipends paid. Annual deadline Dec. 31, with notification by
April 1. (all arts, humanities, sciences)
http://www.northwood.edu/abd
Hiawatha National Forest , Artist*Forest*Community Program, 400 E. Munising Ave., Munising, MI 49862 (906) 387-2512 ext 25. Two week residencies. The National Forest has rugged cliffs, expansive beaches, inland lakes, and a vast wilderness area. Each artist must give a public presentation/workshop. Artists housed in cabins, cottages, or camps, some primitive. 1 artist hosted per quarter. Open to Michigan residents only. (visual, literary, performing arts)
Isle Royale National Park
, Artist-in-Residence Program, 800 E. Lakeshore Dr., Houghton, MI 49931 (906)
487-7152. Operates mid-June to mid-Sept. 5 residencies of 2-3 weeks. Island
wilderness in Lake Superior; artists housed in shared rustic cabin (pit toilet,
no electricity or running water). Artists must purchase food for entire stay
in advance; canoe provided for transportation; ability to reside in a wilderness
environment and to relate and interpret the park through art work are criteria
for selection. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers,
writers, video/filmmakers, composers. (visual, literary, and performing arts)
http://www.nps.gov/isro
Lakeside Studio
, 15486 Red Arrow Highway, Lakeside, MI 49116 (616) 469-1377. Residencies of
up to 3 mos. include studio space and housing. Mostly supports ceramic artists,
by facilities can also accomodate painting. Wheels, kilns (electric and gas),
salt firing, clay mixing, and a glaze room are provided. There is a gallery
show at the end of the residency. Fees charged.
http://www.members.tripod.com/lakesideGAL/
Ox-Bow , The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, 37 S. Wabash, Room 35, Chicago, IL 60603. (800)
318-3019 or (616) 857-5811. Residency program in Saugatuck, Michigan. Residencies
of 1 week; fees charged. Studios for papermaking, glassblowing, ceramics, printmaking,
sculpture.
http://www.ox-bow.org/
Pewabic Pottery
, AIR Program, 10125 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48214 (313) 822-0954. 6
month, 1 year, or 2 year residency includes studio, stipend, health insurance,
materials; open to emerging ceramicists making functional pottery and/or architectural
tile; artists must work at the Pottery 16 hours per week (may include teaching,
design work or production); artists must make own housing arrangements. (ceramics)
http://www.pewabic.com/index.html
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
, AIR Program, PO Box 40, Munsing, MI 49862 (906) 387-2607. Artists live and
work in the national park. Located along the shores of Lake Superior, multi-colored
sandstone cliffs have been carved by the lake into towers, covers, and arches.
Parkland also encompasses beaches, dunes, inland lakes, and forests. Choice
of accomodations from campsites to cabin to a former Coast Guard empoyee residence.1
residency per year of 4 weeks. Open to 2D visual artists and photographers.
(visual arts)
http://www.nationalparks.org/guide/parks/pictured-roc-1813.htm
Sleeping Bear Dunes
National Lakeshore Artist-in-Residence Program , 9922 Front St., Empire, MI
49630-9797 (231) 326-5134. The massive dune which gives this park its name towers
as high as 460 feet above Lake Michigan. Parkland also encompasses lakes, birch-lined
streams, and rugged bluffs. Choice of accomodations in campsite or park headquarters;
2 3-week time blocks available. Moderate reimbursement for mileage and out-of-pocket
costs; artist is asked to contribute one original work and to give one public
program (demo, reading, slide talk, etc.) and must be willing to interact with
the public while working in public spaces. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers,
sculptors, writers, composers. (visual, literary, performing artists)
http://www.nps.gov/slbe
Urban Institute for Contemporary
Arts , Artist-in-Residence Program, 1064 Race St., NE, Grand
Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 454-7000. 4 artists at a time; 2 years. (visual, media,
performing, literary and inter-disciplinary arts)
MINNESOTA
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary
Studies, PO Box 406, Red Wing, MN 55066 (651)
388-2009. Residencies of 2 weeks to one month from May to October. Room, workspace,
and baord provided. Residents must provide community service (e.g., talk, lecture,
reading, performance, teacher training or workshop). In addition to residencies,
the center is home to The Environmental Learning Center, Tower View Alternative
HS and the Institute of Archeology. Open to those working in anthropology, archeology,
biology, botany, children's literature, drama, fiction, geology, history, music
composition, nonfiction, painting, photography, poetry, sccreenwriting, and
sculpture (visual, literary arts; scientists, humanists)
http://www.andersoncenter.org/
Blacklock Nature Sanctuary , Artist Fellowship Program, PO Box 426, Moose Lake, MN 55767-0426. Situated on over 440 acres of land, including coniferous and deciduous forests, one half mile of lakeshore on Little Moose Lake, beaver ponds, a heron rookery and a rich assortment of wildflowers and wildlife. The residence is a fully furnished two bedroom house with work station in the living room, fireplace, modern kitchen, bath and laundry. Two additional studio spaces and use of the land for temporary site-specific work are available. Open to Minnesota residents over age 18 who are emerging artists (visual, literary, performing arts, and arts administrators)
Cornucopia Art Center , Lanesboro Residency Program, PO Box 152, Lansboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2446. 1 mo. residency. (visual arts)
Franconia Sculpture Park
, 29815 Unity Ave., Shafer, MN 55074 (651) 465-3701. 16 acres in the St. Croix
River Valley, 45 miles NE of Minneapolis. Open to established and emerging sculptors.
20 artists per year invited to create site-specific outdoor work. Residency
and stipend. (visual arts)
Grand Marais Art Colony , Box 626, Grand Marais, MN 55604 (218) 387-2737.
http://www.franconia.org/
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
, (612) 871-1326. 3 residencies for emerging printmakers from MN, sponsored
by the Jerome Foundation. (visual arts)
http://www.highpointprintmaking.org
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
, AIR Program, 133 E. 25th St., Minneapolis, MN 55404. Teaching residencies
of 1-12 months, includes room, studio, and stipend. Sculptors encouraged to
apply. (visual arts)
http://www.mcad.edu
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
, 24 North Third Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401 (612) 338-3634. 1 year residencies;
24 hour access; teaching opportunities. For artists working in book binding,
papermaking, printmaking. (visual arts)
http://www.mnbookarts.org
New York Mills Arts Retreat
, PO Box 246, New York Mills, MN 56567 (218) 385-3339. Studio and housing; stipend
for community work; emerging artists only; artists provide their own food; located
along the Continental Divide in the town of New York Mills (pop. 900). 4-7 artists
accepted during each 9 month residency season; one in residence at a time. (visual,
literary, performing arts)
http://www.kulcher.org
Northern Clay Center
, 2424 Franklin Ave. E., Minneapolis, MN 55406 (612) 339-8007. McKnight Artist
Residency Program. Open to mid-career ceramic artists who are not residents
of Minnesota; 3 month residency. (visual arts)
http://www.northernclaycenter.org
Split Rock Arts Program
, 306 Wesbrook Hall, 77 Pleasant St. SE, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
MN 55455. Artists-in-residence program at the Duluth campus; workshops also
available; fees charged. (visual and literary arts)
http://www.cce.umn.edu/splitrockarts/
Voyageurs National Park,
AIR Program, 3131 Hwy. 53, International Falls, MN 56649-8904. (218) 283-9821.
National Park encompasses more than 30 lakes, countless bogs, marshes, beaver
ponds on land that was once the route of French-Canadian votageurs. Home to
moose, deer, timber wolves, bald eagles, ospreys, and loons. Two artists at
a time share a one-bedroom cabin with modern bath and kitchen for 2 weeks in
August. Canoe provided. Artists asked to donate one work to the park collection
and offer a public program. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors,
performers, writers, video/filmmakers, composers. (visual, literary, performing,
media arts)
http://www.nps.gov/voya
OHIO
Charlotte's Hollow Foundation for the
Arts , 6993 Wesleyan Church Rd., Pataskala, OH
43602 (614) 927-3566. Open April 1 through Nov. 1. (performing, visual, literary
arts)
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
, AIR Program, 3675 Oak Hill Rd., Peninsula, OH 44264 (330) 657-2796 or (800)
642-3297. 2 residencies per year of 6-8 weeks during Spring and Summer. Run
by the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center and the National Park
Service. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers,
video/filmmakers, composers, craft artists. (visual, literary, performing, media
arts)
http://www.cveec.org
WISCONSIN
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
, Route 1, Box 4, Bayfield, WI 54814 (715) 779-3397. In Western Lake Superior,
off Wisconsin's Bayfield Peninsula. National Park is 720 square miles of lakeshore
and islands. Artists are housed in Wellish Cabin, on the southeast shore of
Sand Island about 3 miles by boat from the Little Sand Bay Ranger Station. Minimum
2 week residency in June to September; basic cooking utensils and fuel are provided,
artist must bring bedding, personal gear, food, and art supplies, all of which
need to be purchased before the residency begins. The cabin is a half-mile from
the boat dock; whatever you bring with you must be carried that distance. The
artist is asked to donate a finished piece of work inspired by the island stay
to the program. The cabin is simple but roomy, with a vault toilet, no electricity,
no running water. Expect cool temperatures, muddy trail conditions, and insects.
"Early summer's brilliant wildflowers give way to the lush blueberry patches
in August. Storms rolls in and retreat, leaving rainbows over the low green
profiles of neighboring York and Raspberry Islands. The interplay of land and
lake, the song of the wood thrushes, and lingering stories of shipwrecks and
lightkeepers are among the many sources of inspiration for an artist's creative
endeavors." (visual, literary, performing arts)
http://www.nps.gov/apis/
Dillmans Creative Arts Foundation , PO Box 98, Lac de Flambeau, WI 54538-0098.
The Guest House at New Light Studios , 1610 Town Hall Rd., Beloit, WI 53511 (608) 362-8055. Two-bedroom cottage on a Wisconsin "farmette." Swimming pool, ping-pong and basketball, hiking, cross-country skiing, canoeing all nearby; booked on a first-come, first served basis; no application process; guests supply their own food; rates are $40/night for one bedroom or $50/night for two bedrooms. (visual, literary, performing arts, and "anyone seeking solitude in a peaceful, rural setting")
John Michael Kohler Art Center
, Arts/Industry Program, 608 New York Ave., PO Box 489, Sheboygan,
WI 53082-0489 (920) 458-6144. 2-6 month residencies offered for 16 to 22 artists
annually; room and board, travel costs, materials, access to industrial equipment
and engineers for consulting; sculpture, ceramics, crafts; artists working in
cast iron, bronze, ceramics, enameling; open access to pottery and iron foundries
(visual arts)
http://www.jmkac.org
St. John's Artist in Residence , St. John's Uihlein Peters Gallery, 1840 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 272-2022. Short-term residencies scheduled one year in advance (from 3 days to 1 week). Lodging, weaving equipment, pottery kiln, activity room (visual arts)
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