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title: Your Time at Dorland Mountain Arts
description: >-
  Secluded 1–6 week retreat residency near Temecula Valley, California for
  visual artists, writers, musicians and composers. Private cottage and studio;
  fees $450–$675 per week.
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type: program
status: closed
createdAt: '2026-09-04'
updatedAt: '2026-09-30'
programType: Residency
organization: Dorland Mountain Arts
organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/dorland-mountain-arts'
deadline: '2026-09-03'
location: 'California, PA, United States'
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disciplines:
  - visual art
  - writing
  - music composition
  - performance
---

# Your Time at Dorland Mountain Arts

**Hosted by:** Dorland Mountain Arts

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** California, PA, United States | **Deadline:** September 3, 2026

## About This Program

Dorland Mountain Arts Residency is a beautiful retreat where artists, writers, musicians and composers can create in a secluded and protected natural setting. Dorland invites residency requests from visual, literary (or other writing) and composing or performing artists. Individual cottages are complete with WiFi, window AC, kitchen, bathroom, workspace and a covered porch with mountain, canyon and Temecula Valley views; one cottage includes a Steinway baby grand piano and another a Kimball baby grand. The Community Arts Center provides a library, a large writing desk with a typewriter, a meeting room and a studio room for visual artists, and the Jane Culp Studio offers a small printing press perfect for monotypes, collagraph and linocut.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** visual art, writing, music composition, performance
- **Note:** The Residency Program provides a secluded working retreat for national and international artists, writers, musicians and composers.

## Compensation & Benefits

Residency fees are $450-$675 per week with discounts for residencies of four or more weeks. No stipend or payment to the artist is offered; a deposit is requested once a candidate is approved.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Artist cottages are complete with WiFi, window AC, good cell phone reception, kitchen, bathroom, workspace, and a covered porch with magnificent mountain, canyon and Temecula Valley views.
- **Studio Access:** Provided - The Community Arts Center provides a library with Dorland works and a large writing desk with a typewriter, a meeting room, and a studio room for visual artists. There are work tables and a small printing press perfect for monotypes, collagraph and linocut in the Jane Culp Studio. Each cottage also includes a workspace.

## Timeline

- **Deadline:** September 3, 2026
- **Program Start:** September 15, 2026
- **Program End:** December 31, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.dorlandmountainarts.org/application