Call for International/National Applicants, Professional Creative Artists: Yaddo Residency

January 1st, for residencies starting May 1 of the same year, through February of the following year. August 1st, for residencies starting late October of the same year through May of the following year. The application portal for the August 1st deadline is now open.

Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams of two or three persons. They are selected by panels of other professional artists without regard to financial means. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and studio.
Eligibility:  Artists who qualify for Yaddo residencies are working at the professional level in their fields. An abiding principal at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged on the quality of the artist’s work and professional promise. Yaddo accepts approximately 200 artists each year. There are no publication, exhibition or performance requirements for application.
Yaddo encourages artists of all backgrounds to apply for admission. Yaddo does not discriminate in its programs and activities against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status.
Fees: There is no fee for residency. Yaddo’s nonrefundable application fee is $30, to which is added a fee for media uploads ranging from $5 to $10, depending on the discipline. Application fees must be paid by credit card.
Artistic Disciplines:  Five admissions panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines

1. Literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translation, and librettos
2. Visual Art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media and installation art
3. Music Composition, including instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art.
4. Performance, including choreography, performance art, multi-media and/or collaborative works incorporating live performance.
5. Film & Video, including narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays

Applicants should apply to the Admissions Panel that best represents the project they wish to undertake should they be invited for a residency. Applicants may apply to only one admissions panel, and in one genre, at a time. Applicants with concerns about choice of panel should contact the Program Director before submitting an application.
Application Guidelines: http://yaddo.org/yaddo/ApplicationGuidelines.shtml
Application Instructions: http://yaddo.org/yaddo/ApplicationInstructions.shtml
Website link: http://yaddo.org/