We offer residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following disciplines: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. You may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams of up to three artists. Peer review is the keystone of our selection process, with different panelists each season. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board and a studio. There is no fee to come to Yaddo, and we have access grants to help offset the costs of attending a residency.
All artists are encouraged to apply! Generally, those who qualify for Yaddo residencies are either working at the professional level in their fields or are emerging artists whose work shows great professional promise. An abiding principle at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged solely on the quality of the work. There are no publication, exhibition or performance requirements if granted a residency.
Deadlines:
The January 6 deadline is for residencies starting May of the same year, through March of the following year. Applicants receive results by email in mid-March.
The August 1 deadline is for residencies starting November of the same year through June of the following year. Applicants receive results by email in early October.
Panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines:
- Literature: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, librettos, and graphic novels.
- Visual Art: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and installation art.
- Music Composition: instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art.
- Performance: choreography, performance art, and multimedia works incorporating live performance.
- Film & Video: narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays.
Artists who are enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs, or who are engaged in completing work toward an academic degree at the time of application, are not eligible.
Artists may apply once every other calendar year. For example, if you applied in 2022, you will be eligible to apply again in 2024.
Yaddo supports individual artists engaged in the genesis of new, original work. Auxiliary artists such as sound and lighting technicians, musicians, dancers and designers are ineligible to apply.