---
title: Bearnstow 2026 Artist Retreat and Family Artist Retreat
description: >-
  Week-long artist residency in wooded lakeside setting with shared meals,
  studios, and communal creative space. Family retreats available.
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/programs/fcda75fd-2a43-47c8-9345-f7bbbc384a0b'
type: program
status: closed
createdAt: '2026-03-20'
updatedAt: '2026-09-30'
programType: Residency
organization: Bearnstow
organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/bearnstow'
deadline: '2026-04-10'
location: 'Bearnstow, Mount Vernon'
isOnline: false
compensationRange: >-
  $450 for first artist + $425 per additional collaborator (up to 3 total).
  Limited full and partial funding available with priority to BIPOC and
  Maine-based artists. Work trade options considered.
disciplines:
  - acting
  - animation
---

# Bearnstow 2026 Artist Retreat and Family Artist Retreat

**Hosted by:** Bearnstow

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Bearnstow, Mount Vernon | **Deadline:** April 10, 2026

## About This Program

Expanding on Bearnstow's long history, we welcome individual artists and small groups of collaborative partners in any discipline to submit proposals to our Artist Retreat program. We provide a place for in-depth creative exploration amid a pristine, wooded lakeside setting, rich with natural beauty and a spirit of camaraderie. 
 
We understand the need for having time and space to do one's work. Diving deeply into artistic collaboration and inquiry, experimenting with motion, media, sound, text or other materials, your time at Bearnstow can help spark new projects or bring vital detail to those already in development. Sharing wholesome communal meals prepared for you and other artists frees up additional time for reflection and letting your imaginations wander. Our hope is that your time away from the stress of your daily routine, spent in our deeply restorative natural setting, will reignite your creative energies.

Family retreats are available during our day camp programming where school aged children (6-13) are welcome to participate in our day camp program. Day Camp cost is included in the retreat fee. Children not participating in day camp are 1/2 price and must be cared for full-time (additional caretakers are also welcome as part of the retreat). We can accomodate a maximum of 5 people for a family retreat.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** acting, animation
- **Note:** Open to artists based anywhere in the world. Any stage of career. Pets (non-service animals) allowed. Collaborative teams up to 3 artists welcome to apply together.

### Additional Requirements

Open application

## Compensation & Benefits

$450 for first artist + $425 per additional collaborator (up to 3 total). Limited full and partial funding available with priority to BIPOC and Maine-based artists. Work trade options considered.

**Includes:** Stipend

$450 for the first person + $425 for additional collaborators (up to 3 total artists). This fee includes 6 nights stay in a private cabin (shared with collaborators if applying as a team), 3 meals a day prepared and cleaned up by our chef and staff (plus snacks and non-alcoholic beverages), linens (bedding and towels) and use of all facilities shared with other residents. Limited full and partial funding is available with funding priority given to BIPOC and Maine based artists. Work trade considered if you have a skill you would like to offer in exchange for credit towards a workshop.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Private housing on campus (individual apartment/cabin/house) or shared bedroom. $450 for the first person + $425 for additional collaborators (up to 3 total artists) includes 6 nights stay in a private cabin (shared with collaborators if applying as a team).
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Shared Studios, Dance Studio Without Sprung Floor, Piano, Printers + Scanner

## Timeline

- **Opens:** March 20, 2026
- **Deadline:** April 10, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.bearnstow.org/artist-retreat