Residency Dates: Sunday, October 4, 2026 - Saturday, October 24, 2026

Application Deadline: Monday, August 3, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST

Scholarships may be available.

Residency Statement

Bio Will Cotton was born in Melrose, Massachusetts and raised in New Paltz, New York. He has a BFA from Cooper Union in New York City, and also studied at the Beaux Arts in Rouen, France and the New York Academy of Art. Cotton is represented by Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, New York, and Brussels; Baldwin Gallery, Aspen; and Ronchini Gallery, London. His paintings have been shown at San Francisco Museum of Art (2000); Seattle Art Museum (2002); Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany (2004); Hudson River Museum, New York (2007); Triennale di Milano, Italy (2007); Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France (2008); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba (2009); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York (2009); Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (2013); Virginia MOCA (2013); Orlando Museum of Art (2017); Louvre Lens, France (2023), among others. 

In 2010, he served as the artistic director for the California Gurls music video for pop singer Katy Perry. His work is in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum, Princeton University Art Museum, Washington; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; and Orlando Museum of Art, Florida, as well as many prominent private collections. Cotton lives and works in New York. 

Application Requirements

- Artists working in the mediums of painting and drawing

- A brief personal bio, no. more than 300 words

- CV

- 10 Images of your work

- Website or Instagram Link

Residency Dates: Sunday, October 4, 2026 - Saturday, October 24, 2026

Application Deadline: Monday, August 3, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST

Scholarships available. Residency Statement

Bearing Witness - A Creative Workshop for Bold Artists 

Step into a powerful creative lab where history, art, and truth collide. In this workshop, artists will join Hannah Drake to dig deep into the urgent issues facing our nation today. Together, we will explore ways to create poetry and performance that speak truth, spark conversation, and push back against silence and erasure. 

Drawing from historical narratives, poetry, dance, monologues, and personal storytelling, participants will shape new work that challenges injustice, honors our past, and imagines a more equitable future. This is a space for artists who are ready to create with courage, intention, and heart. Whether you are a writer, dancer, spoken-word artist, actor, or storyteller, you will leave with new tools, inspiration, and a deeper understanding of how art can shift culture. 

If you are ready to create work that meets this moment, lifts voices, and refuses to be quiet, this is the workshop for you!  

Application Requirements for Bearing Witness

1. Submit three to five creative work samples Poetry, spoken word, monologues, dance excerpts, short performance clips, or narrative writing that reflect your artistic voice. These can be submitted written or via video.  
2. Provide a brief artist statement Share who you are as an artist, the themes you explore, and why you want to participate in Bearing Witness. 
3. Write a short reflection Describe one current national issue you feel compelled to explore and how you hope to engage it through your art. 
4. History has informed much of my work. How do you utilize history in your artistic practice? Share how historical narratives shape your creative approach, inspire your work, or influence the stories you feel called to tell. 
5. Confirm your commitment to collaboration  Agree to work collaboratively with artists across disciplines including poetry, movement, and performance. 

Residency Dates: Sunday, October 4, 2026 - Saturday, October 24, 2026

Application Deadline: Monday, August 3, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST

Scholarships available. 

Residency Statement:

We are looking for composers, orchestrators, arrangers and/or performers who are engaged in composition to join us on this programme where we will be developing our craft through a series of workshops diving into compositional technique, intense orchestration workshops covering every section of the orchestra and beyond into other genres. We will be looking into the wider industry at areas including: self-publishing, promotion, PR, working with organisations, music in education, and it will be an opportunity to work closely with British composer Dani Howard and invited guests over the course of the three week period. 

Application Requirements:

Please Provide us with: 

• 2 examples of your work (Score in PDF format, AND Audio (required) in mp3 format - MIDI’s are accepted in mp3 format) 
• If you are also a performer, you may include an additional example of your playing (optional)
• 150 word biography
• Links to website and social media (where applicable):

Questions:

• What notation software do you use? (eg. Sibelius / Finale / Dorico etc.)
• Tell us a little bit about you and your artistic practice (max 250 words)
• Discuss a dream project that you would love to be involved in. (max 150 words)
• What would you hope to learn/gain from this residency (max 150 words)