Top Artist Residencies in Washington State
If you’re in search a place where nature can inspire and support your artistic practice, Washington State, USA is an excellent choice. Known for its diverse and striking landscapes, it offers a range of artist residencies well suited to visual artists, writers, musicians, performers, and more.
Bloedel Reserve | Creative Residency Program
The Creative Residency program provides artists and innovative thinkers with a three-week stay in a well-appointed home on the Bloedel grounds, with unlimited access to the Reserve’s 150 acres of nature. Residents benefit from nurturing their passions and deepening the connection between creativity, nature, and humanity.
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
Rewards: Accommodation, production & more
Image: Bloedel Reserve
Hedgebrook | Writers-in-Residence
Hedgebrook is on Whidbey Island, WA. The retreat hosts writers from all over the world for fully-funded residencies (excluding travel) of two to four weeks. Their residency offers two to four-week stays to women-identified writers. Hedgebrook is on Whidbey Island, about thirty-five miles northwest of Seattle. This residency is open to women-identified writers 18 and older.
Location: Freeland, WA
Rewards: Accommodation provided, production space & more.
Image: Hedgebrook
Willapa Bay AiR | Artist Residency
This Residency has been designed, from the site selection to the architecturally specific building concepts, layouts, and materials, to combine the opportunity for solitude with the opportunity for daily community that fosters creative endeavour. They offer month-long, self-directed residencies to emerging and established artists, filmmakers, writers, playwrights, scholars, singer/songwriters, and musical composers.
Location: Oysterville, WA
Rewards: Accommodation, meals & more
Image: Willapa Bay AiR
Campbient | Sound Art Residency
Campbient is a weekend-long sound art residency that brings together 22 participants for 44 hours to conceptualize, produce, and record two sound art compositions on-site at Penrose State Park in NW Washington State. The residency is completely off the electrical grid, and all audio production and other activities are battery-powered.
Location: Lakebay, WA
Rewards: Food provided
Fee: Free to apply, suggested donation of $50-$300 to cover program costs
Image: Campbient
IslandWood | AIR program
IslandWood is a 255-acre outdoor learning center. The Artist-in-Residence program brings in "teaching artists" to work with the students, teachers, and IslandWood staff during our School Overnight Program. These artists are locally, nationally, and internationally known and represent various disciplines, media, cultures, experiences, and ages.
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
Rewards: Accommodation, meals, local travel, $1,000 honorarium & more
Image: IslandWood
Centrum Foundation | Emerging Artist Residency
This residency is aimed at visual and interdisciplinary artists in the Pacific Northwest who are towards the beginning of their creative paths and can benefit from the time to focus and receive support from a community of peers and specialists in their fields. This residency is always in October.
Location: Port Townsend, WA
Rewards: $1500 stipend, accommodation, & more
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