Organizer Information
WheatonArts (officially Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center) is a nonprofit arts education organization located in Millville, New Jersey, founded in 1968 as Wheaton Village by Frank H. Wheaton Jr., then head of the family's Millville-based Wheaton Glass Company, to celebrate the history of American glass. Located on a 45+ acre campus in a region that was once a major hub of American glass manufacture, WheatonArts is home to the Museum of American Glass, a hot glass studio, the largest folklife program in New Jersey, and the Creative Glass Fellowship Program. In 1982, a group of artists, curators, educators, and others collaborated on a mission to promote glass as a contemporary art medium and provide a facility where artists could work with glass at a reasonable cost; the Creative Glass Fellowship Program (originally known as the Creative Glass Center of America) was established the following year, anchored by the support of the Museum of American Glass.
Title & Description
Creative Glass Fellowship Program — 2027 Fellowship Application
The Creative Glass Fellowship Program at WheatonArts has awarded fellowships to artists working in glass for close to forty years; over 365 professional and emerging artists from the U.S. and more than 26 foreign countries have received Creative Glass Fellowships. Fellows are given a concentrated period of time to develop and refine their work, with access to 24-hour studio facilities, technical resources, housing, and a stipend, while experimenting with traditional and innovative glassmaking processes. The program is described as one of the only means of "unrestricted" support available to artists working with glass. For 2027, applicants may apply for a 6-week or 8-week residency; due to the rescheduling of a few 2026 Fellows, fewer fellowships are being awarded for 2027 than usual — one 6-week session is offered in the summer, and three 8-week fellowships are offered in the fall. In 2027, WheatonArts will again offer the Paul Stankard Flamework Fellowship, which honors Paul Stankard's legacy and dedication to the advancement of flameworked glass, open to artists innovating and pushing the boundaries of work made with a torch, scheduled within the same structure as other Creative Glass Fellowship sessions.
Categories
- Sculpture
- Craft
- Residency
- Fellowship
Eligibility
- Applicants must be over 21 years of age when the Fellowship commences
- Applicants must be proficient in the English language
- Applicants must have the ability to secure assistants, if needed, to accomplish their project (WheatonArts does not provide assistants to Fellows)
- Applicants must be capable of assisting other Fellows when mutually beneficial
- Applicants must be able to reside in on-site housing during the term of the Fellowship
- Applicants must be willing to work in view of visitors for a portion of their Fellowship (not including assisting time)
- Applicants must submit one work made during the Fellowship to the acquisitions committee for review; if accepted, the work will be included in the Museum of American Glass collection
- Applicants must commit to one virtual presentation
- Applicants applying for a collaborative project must each follow all application procedures individually, noting with whom they are applying and the nature of the collaboration (this does not apply to applicants bringing an assistant for part of the Fellowship)
- Former Fellows may reapply for residencies three years after the year they last resided as a Creative Glass Fellow (per organizer background research; not stated in this specific document)
- Women, BIPOC individuals, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnically diverse populations, and foreign-born residents are strongly encouraged to apply; applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or medical condition
- The Paul Stankard Flamework Fellowship is open to all artists innovating and pushing the boundaries of artwork made with a torch
Program Benefits & Awards
- 24-hour studio facilities and technical resources
- Housing (on-site, comfortable housing for the duration of the Fellowship)
- A stipend (exact amount not specified in the source)
- Use of private studios
- Institutional support
- Access to Museum resources (for the Paul Stankard Flamework Fellowship specifically, and generally implied for the program)
- Collaboration and exchange of ideas among Fellows in a shared creative community
Application Fee
None
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 18 September 2026
- Selection notification: December 2026
- Summer 2027 session: June 7 – July 19 (6 weeks)
- Fall 2027 session: October 11 – December 6 (8 weeks)
Location
WheatonArts, 1501 Glasstown Rd., Millville, NJ 08332-1566, United States
Additional Details
- The full list of required application items is not specified in the source; the text notes only that "Applicants must submit all of the following items as specified by the deadline of September 18, 2026" without listing the items themselves, and that incomplete applications will not be considered
- If chosen for the Fellowship, an applicant's submitted images will be used for publication unless new images are received
- Applicants are encouraged to design their Fellowship proposal around their own artistic process, availability, family, and professional commitments, and to make clear in the proposal what their needs are
- For the Paul Stankard Flamework Fellowship specifically, applicants are encouraged to carefully consider how the opportunity could benefit their work and to make clear their needs and aspirations in the proposal
- Program contact: Pamela Weichmann, Director of Education and Artist Services — phone 856.825.6800, ext. 106 (or 800.998.4552); email pweichmann@wheatonarts.org; fax 856.825.2410
- Applicants are advised to add the contact's email to their contact list to ensure they receive notifications