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title: 2027 Artist Residency Open Call at The Factory
description: >-
  12-week residency in Manchester, NH for emerging artists, with a studio
  apartment, $1,600 stipend, $350 travel stipend and a closing solo or duo
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type: program
status: open
createdAt: '2026-09-04'
updatedAt: '2026-09-30'
programType: Residency
organization: The Factory
organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/factory'
deadline: '2026-11-30'
location: 'The Factory, Manchester, NH, United States'
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compensationRange: >-
  $1,600 artist stipend covering food and art supplies, $350 travel stipend,
  studio apartment with utilities and internet, no residency fee
disciplines:
  - acting
  - animation
  - augmented reality
  - ceramics
  - choreography
  - costume/fashion design
  - dance
  - digital media
  - drawing
  - electronic arts
  - environmental arts
  - film
  - fine metals/jewelry
  - glass arts
  - illustration
  - installation arts
  - interdisciplinary arts
  - mixed media
  - moving image
  - multimedia arts
  - music
  - painting
  - paper arts
  - photography
  - poetry
  - printmaking
  - screenwriting
  - sculpture
  - sound art
  - symphony
  - textile & fiber arts/weaving
  - theater
  - virtual reality
  - visual arts
  - woodworking
  - ceramics/clay arts/pottery
careerStages:
  - Emerging artist
  - Mid-career
---

# 2027 Artist Residency Open Call at The Factory

**Hosted by:** The Factory

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** The Factory, Manchester, NH, United States | **Deadline:** November 30, 2026

## About This Program

A 12-week program designed to bring creative minds from around the world to Manchester, NH. Experience an environment that allows creative freedom to discover, define, and refine your creative practice.

The program is designed to support emerging artists with a place to live for up to 3 months. During this time selected applicants can focus full-time on further developing their creative practice as they take steps to cross the bridge into becoming career professionals.

Selected applicants are provided a studio apartment with basic household amenities, heat, hot water, electricity & internet provided. Additionally, each artist is granted a $350 travel stipend and a $1600 stipend that covers food and art supplies.

Each residency concludes with an artist opening celebration. The Opening acts as a solo or duo exhibition to feature each artist’s developing works.  Our onsite event space is set up to feature your installations and presentations to the local community. AIR’s may also organize/host additional public events/programs (artist talks, community dinners, workshops, studio visits, etc.)

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Mid-career
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** acting, animation, augmented reality, ceramics, choreography, costume/fashion design, dance, digital media, drawing, electronic arts, environmental arts, film, fine metals/jewelry, glass arts, illustration, installation arts, interdisciplinary arts, mixed media, moving image, multimedia arts, music, painting, paper arts, photography, poetry, printmaking, screenwriting, sculpture, sound art, symphony, textile & fiber arts/weaving, theater, virtual reality, visual arts, woodworking, ceramics/clay arts/pottery
- **Note:** Open to artists based anywhere in the world. Stage of career: emerging, mid-career. Collaborative residency: must apply and be accepted individually. Languages: English. Pets (non-service animals) permitted as companions. Family friendly: N/A.

## Compensation & Benefits

$1,600 artist stipend covering food and art supplies, $350 travel stipend, studio apartment with utilities and internet, no residency fee

**Includes:** Stipend, Travel grant

Each artist is granted a $350 travel stipend and a $1,600 stipend that covers food and art supplies. Residency fees are $0.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Selected applicants are provided a studio apartment with basic household amenities, heat, hot water, electricity & internet provided. Private housing on campus (individual apartment/cabin/house). Residents have access to private kitchen. Accessible housing is ADA compliant.
- **Travel Support:** Available - $350 travel stipend per artist.
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Shared studios. Studios/facilities accessibility: ADA compliant.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** September 4, 2026
- **Deadline:** November 30, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eILZFfJc_0O1YwdNE4xgtGZbsI-OL8h_nUp2GjgXaYg/edit?usp=forms_home&ouid=110693867428842594372&ths=true