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title: Hambidge Residency Spring 2027 Session (mid-February through May)
description: Self-directed 2-8 week residency on 600 forested acres in north Georgia, with private housing, private studio and communal dinners. Spring 2027 session, mid-February through May.
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programType: Residency
organization: Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences
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deadline: "2026-09-15"
entryFee: 30 USD
location: The Hambidge Center
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compensationRange: Residency fee of $250/week (subsidized from an actual cost of $2,250/week); no artist stipend. Merit-based Distinguished Fellowships waive fees for a two-week residency and provide a $700 stipend; limited financial aid scholarships also available.
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  - animation
  - architecture
  - art conservation
  - art education
  - art history
  - biology
  - blacksmithing
  - book arts
  - ceramics/clay arts/pottery
  - choreography
  - costume/fashion design
  - criticism
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  - moving image
  - multimedia arts
  - music
  - new genres
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  - opera
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  - paper arts
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  - screenwriting
  - sculpture
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  - sound art
  - storytelling
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# Hambidge Residency Spring 2027 Session (mid-February through May)

**Hosted by:** Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** The Hambidge Center | **Deadline:** September 15, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $30

## About This Program

The oldest residency program in the Southeast, Hambidge provides a self-directed program that honors the creative process and trusts individuals to know what they need to cultivate their talent, whether it’s to work and produce, to think, to experiment or to rejuvenate.

The Hambidge Center is situated on 600 forested acres in the mountains of north Georgia; the campus offers miles of nature trails, meadows, waterfalls, a swimming hole, and an abundance of wildflowers.

Each resident has private accommodations and studio space. Cohorts are kept small and share communal dinners prepared by the Hambidge chef. Residents come from different walks of life and work in different creative disciplines; from musicians, culinary artisans and scientists, to visual artists, writers, dancers, and arts & culture administrators—all ages from over 30 states across the U.S., as well as internationally.

Hambidge is family friendly and financial assistance in the form of fellowships and stipends.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Mid-career, Established
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** acting, animation, architecture, art conservation, art education, art history, biology, blacksmithing, book arts, ceramics/clay arts/pottery, choreography, costume/fashion design, criticism, dance, digital fabrication, documentary, drawing, ecology, environmental arts, environmentalism/conservation, fiction, film, fine metals/jewelry, graphic design, history, illustration, industrial design, installation arts, interdisciplinary arts, journalism, landscape architecture, literary nonfiction, literature, mathematics, mixed media, moving image, multimedia arts, music, new genres, nonfiction, opera, painting, paper arts, performance art, philosophy, photography, playwriting, poetry, printmaking, public art, science, screenwriting, sculpture, social practice, sound art, storytelling, symphony, textile & fiber arts/weaving, theater, translation, visual arts, woodworking, writing
- **Note:** Qualified applicants must be working at a professional level in their field. We seek applications from emerging and mid-career creatives, as well as from those who are established with national and/or international reputations. There are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements contingent on a Hambidge residency. The Hambidge Center encourages creative professionals of all backgrounds to apply for admission.

Open to artists based anywhere in the world. Collaborative residency: must apply and be accepted individually. Returning Fellows must submit a new application with recent work samples in the appropriate category of their discipline; after attending a Hambidge residency, Fellows must wait 2 years before returning. Languages: English.

### Additional Requirements

Work samples in the appropriate category of the applicant's discipline. $30 application fee.

## Compensation & Benefits

Residency fee of $250/week (subsidized from an actual cost of $2,250/week); no artist stipend. Merit-based Distinguished Fellowships waive fees for a two-week residency and provide a $700 stipend; limited financial aid scholarships also available.

Artist Stipend: 0 USD. Travel Stipend/Material Stipends: 0 USD. Residency Fees: $250 per week. Note: the actual cost of a residency is $2250/wk. Every year, the Hambidge Center raises funds to supplement $2000 for every residency week, leaving each resident with only the $250/wk fee.

Hambidge offers several merit-based Distinguished Fellowships which remove the fees for a two-week residency and provide a $700 stipend. Available Distinguished Fellowships vary from session to session and are listed in the Awards & Financial Assistance section of each session's application. Unless otherwise noted, they are reserved for first-time residents.

Hambidge also offers limited financial aid scholarships to accepted residents. Priority will be given to BIPOC residents with the goal of a more diverse and inclusive residency program.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Private housing on campus (individual apartment/cabin/house). Each resident has private accommodations. Partially Accessible (50% or more).
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Private studios. Dance studio without sprung floor; piano; ceramics workspace with electric wheels, kick wheels, slab roller, raku kiln, electric kiln and gas kiln; music/media studio (non-recording); painting workspace (oil) with easels; floor looms. Studios/facilities partially accessible (50% or more).

## Timeline

- **Opens:** September 3, 2026
- **Deadline:** September 15, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.hambidge.org/guidelines-apply