Yaddo's Residency Grant

Yaddo's Residency Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Yaddo
Last Updated: January 12, 2026

Summary

Yaddo's Residency provides a tranquil retreat for artists in Saratoga Springs, New York, fostering creativity through undisturbed work in a supportive environment. Open to professional and emerging artists across various disciplines, residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and a studio. Applications are evaluated solely on the quality of the work, encouraging diverse talents to apply without publication or performance requirements.

Overview

Our Mission Yaddo is a nonprofit retreat for artists in Saratoga Springs, New York. Our mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment. Yaddo's Residency We offer residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following disciplines: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists apply individually. Peer review is the keystone of our selection process, with different panelists each season. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board and a studio. All artists whose work falls within the five disciplines we serve are encouraged to apply. Generally, those who qualify for Yaddo residencies are either working at the professional level in their fields or are emerging artists whose work shows great professional promise. An abiding principle at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged solely on the quality of the work. Yaddo places no publication, exhibition or performance requirements on artists in residence.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Yaddo supports individual artists engaged in the genesis of new, original work.Artists may apply once every other calendar year. For example, if you applied to a 2022 deadline, you will be eligible to apply again to a 2024 deadline.

Ineligibility

Artists who are enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs, or who are engaged in completing work toward an academic degree at the time of application, are not eligible. Auxiliary artists such as sound and lighting technicians, musicians, dancers and designers are ineligible to apply.Yaddo is no longer accepting applications under Collaborative Teams. Our Admissions department is exploring workshop formats that invite collaborators to Yaddo. Details are forthcoming.