The Byrdcliffe Artists-in-Residence program provides over 60 artists working in visual arts, literature, and performing arts with creative time in the historic and rustic environment of Byrdcliffe Arts Colony in Woodstock, New York. The program is organized in four community sessions in summer 2027, each lasting 3.5 weeks, and emphasizes community and interdisciplinary exchange through practice sharing, local excursions, open studios, and exhibitions in the Kleinert/James Gallery in the year following the residency.

Participants stay in private rooms with access to shared kitchens, bathrooms, and common areas in one of three buildings. Selected visual artists receive access to private studios, ceramicists receive private studios with kilns and pottery wheels, while literary and performing artists receive work tables in their private rooms. Artists must bring all materials and equipment they need during the residency themselves.

The residency costs 850 USD, which covers on-campus housing. Food, materials, and laundry services must be arranged and paid for by the artist. However, there are need-based and merit-based scholarships and grants that can be applied for to reduce or cover the fee. The application requires a CV, work samples, and optionally a letter of recommendation, and is submitted via Submittable with a deadline of November 23, 2026 (priority review if submitted by November 16, 2026).

• Who can apply: Artists working in visual arts, literature, and performing arts from all backgrounds and career stages; no explicit requirements for citizenship or residency are specified, so applicants residing in Norway may apply.
• Field of culture: Visual arts, literature, and performing arts (interdisciplinary)
• Covered / paid out: Private on-campus housing included in participation fee; studio space for selected visual artists and ceramicists; opportunity for need-based or merit-based scholarship/fellowship
• You pay yourself: 850 USD participation fee for housing, plus own expenses for food, materials, tools, and laundry services
• Application deadline: 23.11.2026
• Place: Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, New York, USA
• Organizer: Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild