Artist Colonies

MAAF's Creative Fellowships: Colony Track
Multidisciplinary Sponsored residencies at The Millay Colony and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts

The Artists' Colonies residencies support writers, composers, and visual artists who prefer to begin creating new work privately, in seclusion. At these artists' retreat centers the visiting artist is provided with a private studio, room and board, and the stimulating company of other artists from around the nation, for an intensive period of self-guided creative exploration and development.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's partners in this program are The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation provides funds to sponsor an artist from each of our member states annually. In addition, a small travel subsidy is awarded to the selected artist. Artists must apply directly to the appropriate colony. Application materials are available on the websites listed below. Deadlines for artist colony residencies vary. Contact the colony for current schedules.

• Artists in Delaware, Maryland, the US Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia may apply to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. www.vcca.com
• Artists in the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania may apply to the Millay Colony. www.millaycolony.org