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# September Weekend Retreat Residency

**Hosted by:** Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Hudson Valley, NY, United States | **Deadline:** September 17, 2026

## About This Program

The Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Weekend Retreat Residency Program ​​provides opportunities for artists of all genres to create, live, and collaborate in the idyllic countryside of the Hudson Valley. In addition to studio space, meals, and housing on our Hudson Valley campus, these weekends offer an extraordinary environment for cultural innovation and excellence.

Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreats are tailored to accommodate individual artists and small groups spanning various creative disciplines. This new residency program offers affordable access to spacious studios and specialized workspaces for dancers, writers, visual artists, composers, musicians, and designers. Residencies are generously subsidized and include essential amenities such as individual, hotel-style rooms and healthy, locally sourced meals.

Three studios are available for music, theater and dance artists/ensembles. Additionally, three spaces are designated for individual artists such as writers, makers, painters, and composers.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** acting, animation, architecture, art conservation, art education, art history, augmented reality, biology, book arts, choreography, computing, costume/fashion design, criticism, dance, digital fabrication, digital media, documentary, drawing, ecology, electronic arts, environmental arts, environmentalism/conservation, fiction, film, graphic design, history, illustration, industrial design, interdisciplinary arts, journalism, landscape architecture, literary nonfiction, literature, mathematics, mixed media, moving image, multimedia arts, music, new genres, nonfiction, opera, painting, performance art, philosophy, photography, playwriting, poetry, printmaking, public art, science, screenwriting, sculpture, social practice, sound art, storytelling, symphony, textile & fiber arts/weaving, theater, translation, tv + radio, urban planning/design, virtual reality, visual arts, writing
- **Note:** Pets are not allowed

Open to artists based anywhere in the world

Any stage of career

To apply for the **Weekend Retreat Residency Program**, please complete the Inquiry Form.

Early inquiries are strongly encouraged to secure your preferred dates.

### Additional Requirements

To apply for the Weekend Retreat Residency Program, please complete the Inquiry Form. Early inquiries are strongly encouraged to secure your preferred dates.

## Compensation & Benefits

No artist stipend; residency is subsidized but artists pay a fee beginning at $500. Includes studio space, housing and all meals.

Artist Stipend: 0 USD. Travel Stipend/Material Stipends: 0 USD. Grant/Scholarship/other Funding Support: 0 USD. Residency Fees: 500 USD. The cost of a Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreat begins at $500 for an individual artist.

Group costs begin at $500 for the first artist adding $300 for each additional artist. Premium lodging in one of the 2-bedroom Gatehouse Apartments is also available for a rate of $1000. The apartments include private kitchens, a bathroom, and lounge areas.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Individual, hotel-style rooms on the Hudson Valley campus. Premium lodging in one of the 2-bedroom Gatehouse Apartments is available for $1000; the apartments include private kitchens, a bathroom, and lounge areas. Accessible housing: partially accessible (50% or more).
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Three studios are available for music, theater and dance artists/ensembles. Additionally, three spaces are designated for individual artists such as writers, makers, painters, and composers. Private studios; spacious studios and specialized workspaces. Studios/Facilities Accessibility: Partially Accessible (50% or more).

## Timeline

- **Opens:** September 3, 2026
- **Deadline:** September 17, 2026
- **Program Start:** May 25, 2026
- **Program End:** May 27, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://kaatsbaan.org/weekend-retreat