Open AIR 2027/28 Place-Based Artist Residencies Across Montana — Free Residencies with Studio, Housing and $35 a Day
Montana, USA (Missoula, Philipsburg, Butte, Flathead Lake and other sites)Free: the link to apply at the organiser and a reminder before the deadline.
Open AIR is a place-based residency that connects artists from across disciplines with unique sites in Montana, where they create in relation to the place and the people who steward it. Jurors select artists on merit, excellence and best fit to the site; finalists have a phone interview. Artists… Read more
Benefits
A multi-week residency at a site in Montana — among them Garden City Harvest, Home ReSource, the Daly Mansion, Flathead Lake BioStation, Philipsburg, spectrUM, the Selway Bitterroot Frank Church wilderness, Missoula Public Library and Butte. Studio space, housing for artists from out of town, a… Read more
Eligibility
Artists of all disciplines living and working in the United States and abroad, aged 18 or over; emerging, mid-career and established. Students may apply for a residency during a break. Some 2027/28 sites are open to Indigenous artists only; Indigenous artists and members of other underrepresented… Read more
Dates & details
- Deadline
- 11:59 pm MST
- Programme dates
- Summer 2027, Fall 2027 and Spring 2028 sessions
- Duration
- Several weeks on site, with weekly check-ins and community engagement
- Results
- By the end of March 2027
- Costs to the artist
- Travel to the site and food during the residency
Free: the link to apply at the organiser and a reminder before the deadline.