Note: We will not be holding separate Summer and Winter Residency open calls this year. Instead, we will be holding one Artist Residency open call for the entirety of 2026. On our SlideRoom application, you will be able to specify which sessions you’re most interested in joining us for.
Summer residents receive 24-hour access to an adaptable, semi-private, 200-300 square foot studios in the historic Luther Barn. Accommodations include a private bedroom in a shared house, complete with common spaces, 1–2 full bathrooms, and a kitchen (artists participating in our Family Residency will receive a private house). Artists-in-residence also have access to our print shop and wood shop. Monthly programming includes open studios, group studio visits with our embedded critics, Ghost of a Dream, and one-on-one studio visits and artist talks with 2–3 creative professionals, our Director of Artistic Programming, and WP staff.
This call is for individual artists, collaborative teams, and groups of two or more individual artists, and artists applying through our Family Residency program. Applications are run through our SlideRoom portal. Dates for the program are:
- June 4–July 6, 2026
- July 9–August 3, 2026
- August 6–August 24, 2026
- August 27–September 21, 2026
Fees
We offer our residency on a sliding scale from $0–$900. It costs us $5,000 per person to host the residency. Most of this is covered by the generous support of donors and grants, but we recommend a contribution of $900 per session to those who are able to contribute.
Fellowships
We offer the following fellowships:
- The Work and Family Fellowship offers no-fee residencies and $500 honorariums to several artists-in-residence per year participating in the Family Residency program.
- The Sustainable Arts Fellowship offers several no-fee residencies and $500 honorariums per year to family residents who identify as Black, Indigenous or a person of color.
- The Mary Ann Unger Fellowship offers one no-fee residency per year to a female-identifying artist who primarily works in sculpture and who identifies as Black, Indigenous or a person of color.
- The ArtForArtists Fellowship for Social Justice-Based Practice offers one no-fee residency and $500 honorarium per year to an artist who identifies as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Color.
To be considered for the Work and Family Fellowship and Sustainable Arts Fellowship:
In your application, please take some time to reflect on the ways in which care and caregiving, whatever those words mean to you, come through (or might come through) in your work. It’s okay if this isn’t something you’ve considered before. We think of these fellowships as a starting point towards building a future where artists shape the way society sees and values care.
All applicants are considered for the Mary Ann Unger Fellowship and the ArtForArtists Fellowship for Social Justice-Based Practice and do not have to complete any additional information on their application.
Financial Assistance
We also offer financial assistance to artists who self-report need in their applications, but ask that artists who are in a position to fully contribute towards the residency fee please do so. Our review process is need-blind: we do not consider financial circumstances when deciding whether to accept an artist into our programs.
Application Requirements
- Contact information
- 1–10 work samples
- CV (3 pages max)
- 2 references
- $25 application fee*
- Proposal: We believe our residency works best as a creative laboratory untied to outcome. We would like to hear about what makes you curious, what you are interested in investigating, and what your jumping off point would be. (200 words max)
- Question: We want to look at your work according to your definition of success. Are there additional criteria that you would like the panel/us to consider when reviewing your work? For example: What do you consider to be a successful piece or process? If you work with a community, the artistic product may not be the sole or most important creation of the work. Are there other impacts and creations in your process we should focus on? Please share any documentation that could bring us close to these impacts — interviews, testimony from participants, writing about the work, images from an event, etc.
Review
Artists-in-residence are selected by a review panel composed of the Wassaic Project Co-Directors, Director of Artistic Programming, and professionals in the field. Residents will be selected based on the quality of their work, commitment to their practice, and ability to interact positively with the community at large.
Notifications
Notifications will be sent out in mid-September.
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If you have additional questions, see our Residency FAQ. We will be hosting office hours on 4/3, 4/10, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, and 5/29. A recording of our info session is available here. If you still have questions, email our Programming Coordinator, .
* If the cost of the application fee presents a financial hardship, email to have your application fee waived
Termin: 18. August 2025