ROCKY MOUNTAINS

COLORADO
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, PO Box 5598, 5263 Owlcreek Road, Snowmass Village, CO 81615 (970) 923-3181. 18 studios; single-occupancy dorm-style rooms; five dinners and five continental breakfasts provided per week, artists make all other meals; average length of residency is 6 mos.; modest materials stipend ($200); artists pay travel, food, personal expenses. Ten miles west of Aspen, spread out over 4 acres. Artists must exchange 20 hours of work each month for studio space and utilities, technical consultations/discussions, and a spring show in the Dow's Gallery. Open to visual artists, including woodworkers, furniture makers, photographers, painters, sculptors, ceramicists, printmakers, and book artists. (visual arts)
http://andersonranch.org

Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO 80003. Workshops and short-term residencies.
http://www.arvadacenter.org/text.html

Joshua Tree National Park, Park Stewardship through the Arts, 74485 National Park Drive, 29 Palms, CA 92277--located in 794,000 acres in the Mojave and Colorado deserts, with soaring granite cliffs and spires, and forests of Joshua trees. Writers and visual artists stay for 4 week periods from January through May; accomodations in rustic cabins or trailers. No stipend or fees. Applicants must be mid-career, with a strong national exhinition or publication record, usually affiliated with a college, museum, or arts organization. (visual and literary arts)
http://www.artmojave.org

Luna Artist-in-Residency Program, 2462A Glenarm Pl., Denver, CO 80205. (303) 293-2850. Located in an old school house in San Acacio, CO. On-going deadline; no minimum residency requirement. Four large spartan studio/sleeping quarters; short-term guests and well-behaved pets OK. Kitchen facilities, but artists provide own food. Open to writers, sculptors, jewelers, painters, dancers, musicians, photographers, ceramicists, healers, body workers, chefs and restauranteurs. The groundds and facilities are not yet wheelchair accessible. (literary, visual, performing arts)

Pingree Park , Artist in Residence Program, 1005 W. Laurel, Ft. Collins, CO 80523 (970) 491-7377--at Colorado State University, food & housing in exchange for one donated work. 1 month residency in drawing and painting. (visual arts)

Rocky Mountain National Park, AIR Program, 1000 Hwy. 36, Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-1206. Located on 417 square miles encompassing massive peaks, alpine meadows, the Continental Divide, and abundant wildlife. Residence in a rustic, historic cabin for 2 week periods from June through Sept.; no stipend; artists asked to donate one completed work of art in their medium and to provide one public program. 6-8 artists per year. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers, composers. (visual, literary, media, and performing arts)
http://www.nps.gov/romo

Rocky Mountain Women's Institute, Associates Program, 7150 Montview Blvd., Denver, CO 80220 (303) 871-6923. Not a residency program per se, open only to Denver-area residents who can commute from their homes. 7 Associates per year, Sept. through Aug. Associates given office or studio space and stipend. (literary, media, performing, visual arts, and scholars)
 
IDAHO
Art Workshop on Wheels, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843. (visual arts)
 
MONTANA
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, 2915 Country Club Ave., Helena, MT 59601 (406) 443-3502. 26 acres on the site of the former Western Clay Manufacturing Co., 3 miles from Helena. Artists purchase and prepare own meals; residencies of 2 months to 2 years; open to visual artists working in ceramics, installation and sculpture in clay. (visual arts)
http://www.archiebray.org

Glacier National Park, AIR Program, West Glacier, MT 59936 (406) 888-7936. National parkland includes nearly 50 glaciers, glacier-fed lakes and streams, grizzly bears and gray wolves. Summer residencies of 2 weeks open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, video/filmmakers. (visual, media arts)
http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/air.htm

Montanta Artists Refuge , PO Box 8, Basin, MT 59631 (406) 225-3500. Located in a small, gold-mining town near the Continental Divide. Fees charged; residencies of 3 mos. to 1 yr. A variety of living and studio spaces available. Open to artists working in the visual, media, folk, installation, literary, performing, conceptual, environmental, interdisciplinary, multimedia and new genre arts, as well as architects, graphic designers, landscape designers, scholars, collaborative teams. (visual, literary, performing, media arts)
 
WYOMING
Jentel Artist Resiedncy Program , 11 Lower Piney Creek Rd., Banner, WY 82832. One-month residency in March on a functioning ranch in Wyoming foothills. Open to painters, printmakers (lithography pressonly), artists who work on paper, and writers. Private accomodation, workspace, $400 stipend. (visual and literary arts)

Ucross Foundation , 30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835-9712 (307) 737-2291. 8 residents for 2 weeks to 4 mos. Located on a 22,000 acre working cattle ranch in the rugged foothills of the Big Horn Mtns. No fees, residency includes studio space, living accomodations, and meals. (visual, literary, performing arts; scholars, scientists)
http://www.ucrossfoundation.org or http://www.artistcommunities.org/ucross.html

Yellowstone National Park , Artists-in-Residence Program, PO Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 (307) 344-2265. Residencies include service hours, leading public programs, as well as studio hours in which visitors can observe artist at work (visual arts)
http://www.nps.gov/yell/

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