Description

The application for The Umbrella Arts Center’s 2025-2026 Artist-in-Residence program is now open! Join an active and vibrant multidisciplinary art center with 50 artist studios, an independent ceramics studio and classroom, a fully equipped woodshop, and gallery and performance spaces in the historic center of Concord, MA.

Our Artist in Residence (AiR) program primarily offers a studio space with exhibition and teaching opportunities available. Applicants must be within the first five years of completing an MFA or equivalent program, and may work in any medium including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, textiles, digital media, film, mixed media, and interdisciplinary or public art.

The Umbrella is particularly interested in artists who will:
Use their residency as an opportunity to explore, experiment with, and elevate contemporary art practices and conversations

Foster internal and external interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships

Engage our local and broader community in The Umbrella’s mission to promote creativity, learning, personal growth, and cultural exchange through accessible arts programming

Provide opportunities and points of departure for panel discussions or experiential exchanges with colleagues doing related work