Looking for a place to tap into your inspiration? Seeking a bit of solitude in a supportive environment where you can delve into your creative work? Longing for a venue to rejuvenate your senses and deepen an existing collaboration? In need of outside eyes and fresh perspective for a developing project?
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.
The retreat rate is $400 per artist for the full week. This is already a subsidized rate and includes all housing, food, and use of facilities. We do have some financial aid available and will do our best to accommodate everyone’s needs. Please be honest about what you can afford considering that the aid is meant for artists who don’t have a financial safety net and paying the full price would cause financial hardship. We do also consider work trade if you have a skill you would like to ask about some bartering.
Details
The Artist Retreat offers one-week residencies throughout the summer season (late June through late August). Each one-week residency includes:
- One cabin, to be shared by up to three people; sleeping cots with bedding, hot showers, flush toilets, screened porch for group gatherings
- Three communal meals a day, breakfast and lunch served buffet style, dinner served family style;
- Studio time in the Lab, suitable for somatic practice, “small studio” dance work, collaborative sessions (music, writing, dialogue, etc.);
- Unlimited access to 65 wooded acres, and pristine lake with natural sand beach;
- Creative consultation from Bearnstow’s artistic staff and/or affiliate professional artists, as requested, and based on availability;
- Informal end-of-week presentation where artists share some of their work or process with the community.
All slots are now full. You may still apply to be added to a wait list if a spot opens up
Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis and will continue to be accepted until all slots are filled.