Abrons Arts Center
New York, NY
AIRspace for Parent Artists: five–six week summer residency with an artist stipend and free summer arts camp for the resident’s child.

ACRE — Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions
Steuben, WI
Summer residency for emerging artists; scholarship fund specifically to support artists with children.

AS220 — Practice//Practice
Providence, RI
Tuition fellowships and childcare stipends for parents to attend Practice//Practice, a 4-day professional development residency for arts administrators.

Atlantic Center for the Arts
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Offering fully funded scholarships for parent artists.

Aunt Karen’s Farm
Mount Vision / Cooperstown, NY
Week-long family residencies with childcare stipends; formalised family residency program in individual guest houses.

BETC — Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (formerly Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company)
Boulder, CO
“Generations” program: week-long residency for a parent playwright with director/dramaturg/cast, public readings, prize money, childcare stipend, travel, lodging, and per diem.

Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX)
Brooklyn, NY
Parent-Artist Space Grants with dedicated studio time, professional support, childcare stipend, and access to BAX youth classes for residents’ children.

Caldera Arts
Sisters / Portland, OR
Flexible residencies and stipends for parent artists and families; on-site housing/childcare options; parent-artist fellowships.

Camargo Foundation
Cassis, France
Formalised support for parents with access to local schools/activities and additional stipends for cost of living and travel.

Collar Works — Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency
Granville, NY
Family-friendly nine-day (or week-long) residencies supporting multiple parent artists with a flexible stipend and robust childcare program.

Cuttyhunk Island Writers’ Residency
Cuttyhunk Island, MA
Semi-annual eight-day workshop/retreat; scholarships for parent writers.

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
Winter residencies available to parent artists.

Elsewhere (Museum & Residency)
Greensboro, NC
Childcare stipends enabling parent artists to participate in the residency.

Elsewhere Studios
Paonia, CO
Family-friendly residencies (10 days to several weeks); stipends and connections to local camps/activities for children.

Eugene O’Neill Theater Center — National Playwrights Conference
Waterford, CT
Funds for selected applicants to help cover childcare, transportation, food, and lodging.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Provincetown, MA
Assistance with housing, living, travel, and childcare expenses to support visiting parent artists.

Fountainhead Residency
Miami, FL
Month-long residency for cohorts of women/BIPOC mother artists with networking, curator/gallerist introductions, and childcare stipend (for families at home).

Franconia Sculpture Park
Shafer, MN
Two-week (or one-week) residencies with generous stipends; accompanying children can attend Franconia’s Youth Camp.

Gallery Aferro
Newark, NJ
Six-month residencies for parent artists of color with dedicated studio space, stipend, and opportunities for public exhibition/promotion.

Good Hart Artist Residency
Harbor Springs, MI
10-day to 3-week residencies on Lake Michigan; generous childcare stipends to attend with or without children.

Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
Continuing support for artists and writers with children; long-standing family-friendly access.

Hermitage Artist Retreat
Englewood, FL
Flexible 10–14 day residencies and stipends; artists may attend with their families.

Hewnoaks Artist Residency
Lovell, ME
Childcare stipends for parents in residence without their children.

I-Park Foundation
East Haddam, CT
Dedicated two-week summer residency period for artists to attend with their families.

Interlude Artist Residency
Livingston, NY
Residency designed specifically for parent artists; attend with or without children, supported by stipends.

Kala Art Institute
Berkeley, CA
Parent Artist Residency and Fellowships: studio residencies, generous stipends, access to classes/workshops, children’s camps, and pro-development consultations; family-friendly housing for out-of-town artists.

Lacawac Sanctuary and Field Station
Lake Ariel, PA
Scholarships for parent artists/writers to participate in residencies at the 550-acre preserve.

Los Angeles Performance Practice (LAPP)
Los Angeles, CA
Two-week residencies for parent artists with stipends and additional childcare funds.

Luminary
St. Louis, MO
Honoraria, childcare stipends, and a private family apartment during a dedicated two-week summer session for parent artists.

Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC)
Tallahassee, FL
Flexible childcare stipends for parents (and collaborators) in residency.

The MacDowell (MacDowell Colony)
Peterborough, NH
Supplemental childcare stipend fund complementing fully funded artist/writer residencies.

Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D)
Portland, ME
Stipends to help parent artists use family-friendly resident housing.

Marble House Project
Dorset, VT
Two-week Family Friendly Session with rich, child-centred camp programming while parents are in residence.

Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing (MVICW)
Aquinnah, MA
Intensive workshop/community; Parent Writer Fellowship covers tuition and lodging plus stipend to assist with childcare at home.

MASS MoCA — Studios at MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA
Two-week residency for one Massachusetts artist with stipend and free access to Camp Kidspace for their child; also supports emergency relief residencies (incl. artists with children).

The Mesa Refuge
Point Reyes Station, CA
Shortened residencies to better accommodate parent artists; “Drop Off [and Pick Up] Your Parent” engagement.

Millay Colony for the Arts
Austerlitz, NY
Shortened and “virtual” residencies (bank a month to use flexibly) plus post-residency workshops and pro-development programs.

Mineral School
Mineral, WA
One-week residencies for parent writers and artists; additional Spanish-language residencies in partnership with Seattle Escribe.

Montalvo Arts Center
Saratoga, CA
Longstanding inclusion of parent artists; grant support ensures continued access.

Movement Research
New York, NY
Parent Artist Residency: generous rehearsal time, free classes, stipend, and childcare support for NYC-based parent artists.

Mount Tremper Arts
Mount Tremper, NY
One-week residencies with childcare and travel stipends for parent performance artists/ensembles creating contemporary work.

New Harmony Project
Indianapolis, IN
Residency for writers in film/TV/theatre; on-site childcare, family-friendly housing, meals, childcare stipends.

Penland School of Crafts
Penland, NC
Site improvements and stipends to make the residency feasible for parent artists.

Performance Works NorthWest
Portland, OR
Alembic Parent Residency: movement artists receive childcare support and studio space.

Pilchuck Glass School
Stanwood, WA
Dedicated parent-artist fellowship on an ongoing basis.

Popps Packing — Momm and Popp Family Residency
Hamtramck, MI
Fully funded family residency for visual artists/writers, including childcare stipend and additional support.

The Renaissance House
Oak Bluffs, MA
Family-friendly writing residencies on Martha’s Vineyard; parent writers attend with nearby day-care options.

Rivendell Writers’ Colony
Sewanee, TN
Fully funded residencies for writers with children (year-round program neighboring the Sewanee Writers’ Conference).

Rockland Residency — Rockland Woods: Artists with Children
Bremerton, WA
Three-week residency which includes a kids’ summer camp; founded/run by artist parents.

Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation
Roswell, NM
Larger stipends for artists with children; program has long welcomed families.

Saltonstall — Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts
Ithaca, NY
Week-long parent residencies for NY State writers/visual artists; program expanded to add a second week-long session.

Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI)
Santa Fe, NM
Family Residency Initiative / thematic residencies welcoming parent artists with their families; month-long summer sessions.

Seattle Escribe
Seattle, WA
Four one-week residencies for Spanish-language parent writers, hosted with Mineral School.

SPACE on Ryder Farm
Brewster, NY
Two-week, family-inclusive residencies each summer—thoughtful programming addressing needs of both parents and children.

Spread Art
Detroit, MI
Fully subsidised residencies for artists (visual, literary, performing), including stipends covering childcare and other costs whether family accompanies or stays home.

Stoneleaf Retreat
Kingston, NY
Week-long family residencies for mother-artists.

Subcircle Residency
Biddeford, ME
Residency for a parent artist to attend with or without children.

Tofte Lake Center
Ely, MN
Six-day Family Artists Residency with stipends and childcare funds for four Minnesota parent artists to attend with their children.

Vermont Studio Center
Johnson, VT
Two-week (and four-week in some years) residency fellowships tailored for parent artists/writers.

Watkins College of Art
Nashville, TN
Subsidised summer camp tuition for children of parent residents in the low-residency MFA program.

Women’s Studio Workshop
Rosedale / Kingston, NY
Fully subsidised month-long residencies for women/parent artists working in printmaking, book arts, ceramics, or photography.

Writers & Books
Rochester, NY
Flexible residency options in either the urban writing center or rural retreat for writers with kids.

Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
Eureka Springs, AR
“My Time” Fellowship: subsidised week-long residencies plus stipends for parent writers.

Yaddo
Saratoga Springs, NY
Childcare stipends available as part of financial aid for parent artists.

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