The Peter Bullough Foundation provides residencies for emerging artists and scholars with diverse backgrounds and interests. We hope to create a community that elevates voices that are underserved, including those of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. The ideal applicant will be self-directed, able to work independently, and interested in engaging with the local community. Each awarded residency period is roughly four weeks long and is shared with one or two other artists in residence. Artistic collaborators in groups of two to three may apply in one application. While in residence, artists are required to host a community workshop, lecture, or event virtually or in-person.

The PBF accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, literature, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, music, music composition, playwriting, screenwriting, poetry, theatre, and the visual arts.

Artists from across the US may apply for our month-long Spring and Fall Residencies which provide studio and living space for emerging artists while they pursue their craft. Our Local Summer Residencies provide free studio space for Shenandoah Valley artists. Learn more about our studios, resident house, and unique location in downtown Winchester here as well as in our FAQ’s. 

Spring & Fall Artist-in- Residence Program

Our month-long Spring and Fall Residencies provide studio and living space for emerging artists while they pursue their craft. Check out the details below and be sure to visit the Facilities and Location page as well as the residency FAQ’s.

PROGRAM

The Peter Bullough Foundation provides fall and spring residencies to emerging artists and scholars with diverse backgrounds and interests. A residency is a radical, experimental community of trust; we seek to create a space that elevates voices that have been historically underserved, including those of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.

The ideal applicant will be self-directed, motivated, able to work independently, and interested in engaging with the local community. Each awarded residency period is roughly 4 weeks long and is shared with 1-2 other artists in residence, making it a very intimate experience. Artistic collaborators in groups of 2-3 may apply in one application.

Supporting our local community is crucial to our mission. While in residence, artists are required to host a workshop, lecture, or event virtually or in-person.

APPLICATION

Fall residencies begin in August, September, and October, and November and spring residencies start in late January, February, March, and April. Applications open in January for fall residencies and in August for spring residencies. Please sign up for our newsletter (see webpage footer) to be notified when applications open. 

​When open, applications are available through the Call for Entry website by first making an artist account at Call for Entry and then by applying to the residency. 

Applications are currently open.

​Applications include the following requirements: 

• Application Form
• Resume, CV, or Statement of Qualifications
• Work Samples/Portfolio
• Two Personal References

​Please contact the PBF staff with any questions. 

Call for Entry Application

SUPPORT

A $550 stipend is provided to assist in covering supplies, necessities, and food for the month. 

ACCOMMODATIONS 

The Peter Bullough Foundation offers free accommodations for two to three artists at a time in Dr. Bullough’s former home, a renovated 1840’s house with private bedrooms and shared bathrooms and common spaces. Private studios and workspaces are located in an adjacent building that also houses the majority of Dr. Bullough’s book and art collections. Private gardens connect the properties and are also available as open-air workspaces.

Website link: https://www.peterbulloughfoundation.org/residencies