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title: Edward F. Albee Foundation Winter/Spring Residency
description: One-month residency for writers and visual artists at "The Barn" in Montauk, NY, with private studio, en-suite bedroom and a $2,500 stipend.
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status: closed
createdAt: "2026-09-03"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Residency
organization: Edward F. Albee Foundation
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/edward-f-albee
deadline: "2026-09-14"
location: William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center ("The Barn"), Montauk, NY, United States
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compensationRange: $2,500 artist stipend, private studio, private en-suite bedroom, food stipend; no residency fees
disciplines:
  - ceramics
  - criticism
  - documentary
  - drawing
  - fiction
  - film
  - glass arts
  - illustration
  - installation arts
  - journalism
  - literary nonfiction
  - literature
  - mixed media
  - moving image
  - multimedia arts
  - nonfiction
  - painting
  - photography
  - playwriting
  - poetry
  - printmaking
  - screenwriting
  - sculpture
  - theater
  - visual arts
  - writing
careerStages:
  - Emerging artist
  - Mid-career
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# Edward F. Albee Foundation Winter/Spring Residency

**Hosted by:** Edward F. Albee Foundation

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center ("The Barn"), Montauk, NY, United States | **Deadline:** September 14, 2026

## About This Program

The Edward F. Albee Foundation exists to serve writers and visual artists from all walks of life, by providing time and space in which to work without disturbance. Using only talent and need as the criteria for selection, the Foundation invites any and all artists to apply. The Foundation has maintained the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center (better known as "The Barn") in Montauk, on Long Island in New York, as a residence for writers and visual artists.

The Center is open almost year-round and can accommodate four creative persons at a time. Residencies are for calendar-month periods (with rare, pre-approved exceptions). Located approximately two miles from the center of Montauk and the Atlantic Ocean, "The Barn" rests in a secluded knoll which offers privacy and a peaceful atmosphere. The Foundation expects all those accepted for residence to work seriously and to conduct themselves in such a manner as to aid fellow residents in their endeavors.

Writers and visual artists are offered individual en-suite bedrooms and separate working studios. Residents are responsible for their food, travel, and other expenses. The environment is simple and communal.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Mid-career
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** ceramics, criticism, documentary, drawing, fiction, film, glass arts, illustration, installation arts, journalism, literary nonfiction, literature, mixed media, moving image, multimedia arts, nonfiction, painting, photography, playwriting, poetry, printmaking, screenwriting, sculpture, theater, visual arts, writing
- **Note:** Open to artists based anywhere in the world.
Stage of career: emerging, mid-career.
Collaborative residency: must apply and be accepted individually.
Writers who write in a foreign language should apply with English translations of their work.
You must be able to take full credit for the creation of your work sample — no collaborations unless applying as a team.
Languages: English.
Companions: pets (non-service animals).

### Additional Requirements

Applicants must prepare a work sample:

- Visual Arts — 6-12 images and/or 3 media files
- Plays/Screenplays — a full manuscript (one act plays count as a full script)
- Poetry — up to 12 poems
- Fiction — 1 short story or 2 chapters from a novel
- Non-fiction/Memoir/Journalism — 2 essays/articles or 2 chapters from a book.

All applicants must also include

- an up to date resumé
- email addresses of 2 professionals familiar with you and your work (recommenders will be contacted for letters)
- and an artist's statement explaining your current need for a residency, as well as the details of the proposed project while in residence.

## Compensation & Benefits

$2,500 artist stipend, private studio, private en-suite bedroom, food stipend; no residency fees

**Includes:** Stipend

Domestic residents are provided with a $2500 stipend; Foreign residents are reimbursed for qualified expenses up to $2500. Residency fees: 0 USD (No Fees). A food stipend is provided. Residents are responsible for their food, travel, and other expenses.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Private bedroom in a shared housing facility on campus; individual en-suite bedrooms. Accessible housing is ADA compliant.
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Separate private working studios. Printers + scanner, large sinks, washer and dryer, wood vises and wood working table. Studios/facilities are ADA compliant.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** September 3, 2026
- **Deadline:** September 14, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.albeefoundation.org/guidelines--submitting.html