Artists Communities

A Directory of Residencies in the United States That Offer Time and Space for Creativity

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Introduction by Stanley Kunitz,

by Tricia Snell

Watson-guptill Publs.

Due/Published January 2000, 219 pages, paper

ISBN 158115044x

Updated and expanded, this widely praised directory lists more than eighty retreats available to visual and performing artists, composers, and writers.

Each entry includes complete information on contacting the community, the art disciplines it serves, facilities, housing, meals season and length of residency, number of artists accommodated, admission deadlines and tees, the selection process, stipends and expends, duties, programs, institutional history and mission statement, and a list of well-known artists who have been in residence. Wide-ranging disciplines include painting, design, sculpture, ceramics, dance, drama, writing, and other arts/crafts/humanities programs.