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title: Windgate Arts Residency in Wood
description: Wood-focused residency in Philadelphia with NextFab, offering a materials stipend and workshop access, culminating in a solo exhibition.
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deadline: "2026-10-26"
location: NextFab, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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compensationRange: Stipend for project materials and access to NextFab's workshop space
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# Windgate Arts Residency in Wood

**Hosted by:** Museum for Art in Wood

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** NextFab, Philadelphia, PA, United States | **Deadline:** October 26, 2026

## About This Program

> "Sustainable creative practice and research-based inquiry into working with reclaimed wood"

Museum for Art in Wood and NextFab launched the Winter Residency in 2021, and we're enthusiastic about the seventh session. We invite applications for the 2027 session from artists based in the Greater Philadelphia region who work in the medium of wood and are pursuing research-based inquiries into sustainable creative practice.

The Winter Residency Program is a collaboration between the Museum and membership-based maker space NextFab. Each year, the two organizations assemble a jury of makers and educators to award one fellowship to an artist in the region who works either solely in wood or with other materials in combination with wood and demonstrates technical proficiency with woodworking equipment. The fellow receives a stipend for project materials and access to NextFab's workshop space. Reflecting the Museum and NextFab's support of environmental stewardship, reclaimed wood must comprise at least 50 percent of the fellow's work during the residency.

### About NextFab

NextFab is a network of membership-based makerspaces that provide access to tools, technology, education, events, and services for makers and creatives. They offer a variety of education and startup programs, as well as professional design, production, and placemaking services for whatever your fabrication needs.

### About the Museum for Art in Wood

The Museum for Art in Wood is a museum of contemporary art, craft, and design in the material of wood. The Museum presents the work of emerging and established artists from the United States and abroad and offers thought-provoking exhibitions, a permanent collection of over 1,100 objects and works of art, publications and documentation, events and workshops, and a library with over 26,000 artist files, books, and documents that span the history of craft. The Museum also brings artists and researchers from around the world to Philadelphia every year to attend its unique Windgate Artist Residency Program.

### Important Dates

- Application available: August 24, 2026
- Application deadline: October 26, 2026
- Jury results, notification by email: Week of November 16, 2026
- Artist acceptance: December 4, 2026
- Winter Residency: January 4 – March 4, 2027
- Residency Exhibition: March 11 – June 10, 2027
- Artist Talk: March 12, 2027

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** wood, mixed media
- **Note:** Open to artists based in the Greater Philadelphia region who work in the medium of wood or with other materials in combination with wood, and who demonstrate technical proficiency with woodworking equipment. Reclaimed wood must comprise at least 50 percent of the fellow's work during the residency. Applicants should be pursuing research-based inquiries into sustainable creative practice.

## Compensation & Benefits

Stipend for project materials and access to NextFab's workshop space

**Includes:** Materials budget

The fellow receives a stipend for project materials and access to NextFab's workshop space.

## What's Provided

- **Materials Support:** Available - The fellow receives a stipend for project materials.
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Access to NextFab's workshop space and woodworking equipment.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** August 23, 2026
- **Deadline:** October 26, 2026
- **Program Start:** January 4, 2027
- **Program End:** March 4, 2027

## Contact

**Contact:** Katie Sorenson

**Email:** katie@museumforartinwood.org

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://museumforartinwood.org/the-winter-residency/