Short Description
The Hambidge Center is situated on 600 forested acres in the mountains of north Georgia and offers miles of nature trails, meadows, waterfalls, a swimming hole and an abundance of wildflowers. The oldest residency program in the Southeast, Hambidge provides a self-directed program that honors the creative process and trusts individuals to know what they need to cultivate their talent, whether it’s to work and produce, to think, to experiment or to rejuvenate. Residents’ time is their own; there are no workshops, critiques, nor required activities.
Eligibility
Members of each resident group come from different walks of life and work in different creative disciplines; from musicians, culinary artisans and scientists, to visual artists, writers, dancers and arts & culture administrators. Each year, residents of all ages come to Hambidge from over 30 states across the U.S., as well as internationally.
Submission Requirements
Bio: a 300-word Bio which includes a brief description of education, training, achievements and honors.
Resume/CV: This one-page summary should include educational background, teaching, publications, exhibitions, awards, honors and other pertinent experience.
Preferred Residency Dates
Work Samples: These should be recent and representative of the best work according to the applicant’s medium and discipline.
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
Each resident is given their own private studio which provides work and living space with a bathroom and full kitchen. The studios are designed to protect residents’ time, space and solitude.
Funding
Hambidge offers several merit-based Distinguished Fellowships which remove the fees for a two-week residency and provide a $700 stipend. Available Distinguished Fellowships vary from session to session and are listed in each session’s application. Unless otherwise noted, they are reserved for first-time residents.
Hambidge accepts applications in the following disciplines:
ARTS & CULTURE ADMINISTRATION – including proposals for professional projects and/or personal creative projects by administrators working for arts, culture or environmental organizations, or independently (a freelance curator, for example). It is not a requirement that the organization be a non-profit, however it must be an organization that works with or assists other people or produces public projects.
CERAMICS – including functional and sculptural
CULINARY ARTS – including recipe development, cookbook writing, food writing, food styling, food photography, and food preservation
DANCE – including choreography, performance, and theory
MUSIC – including composition, performance, vocal, and theory, in all genres of music
SCIENCE – this residency offers scientists in any branch of science a place to write and/or organize research
VISUAL ARTS – including book arts, conceptual art, design, drawing, environmental art, fiber arts, film & video, installation arts, metalworking, mixed media, multimedia art, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and woodworking
Note: We do not have darkroom, sculpture/woodworking, or printmaking facilities, but provide exploration space for artists working in those disciplines. Those working in wood or metal must bring their own tools and machinery.
WRITING – including academic scholarship, criticism, fiction, history, poetry, journalism, nonfiction, philosophy, playwriting, screenwriting, storytelling
Multidisciplinary – If your proposal combines PROFESSIONAL expertise in more than one discipline, you will be asked to indicate the other discipline(s) that should be considered in the JUDGING of your proposal. Make sure your proficiency in each discipline is demonstrated in your submitted work samples. Expert jurors from all the indicated disciplines will be asked to judge your submission at an expert level.
Financial Aid
Hambidge offers limited financial aid scholarships to accepted residents. The average award amount is $250, with a maximum award of $500. In an average year, aid is awarded to 35% of those who requst it; resulting in 8% of all residents receiving some financial aid.
Upon acceptance to the program, applicants requesting financial aid will have five days to complete the required forms and may be asked to submit last year’s tax return or other confirmation. International applicants will be asked to complete a questionnaire instead of providing a tax return.
Entry Fee
There is a $30 application fee. If this represents a barrier to submitting an application, please contact our Office Manager at office@hambidge.org to discuss a waiver. The DEADLINE to request a fee waiver is four days before the application deadline.
The residency fee is $250 per week.
Note: the actual cost of a residency is $2250/wk. Every year, the Hambidge Center raises funds to supplement $1950 for every residency week, leaving each resident with only the $250/wk fee.
Location
Georgia, United States
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 15 April 2025
