Our next call will begin on December 1, 2025, and will close on January 13, 2026 at 11:59pm, for residency opportunities offered between June 2026 – May 2027.
Please see our website for more details on the residency program - goodhartartistresidency.org
Residency Includes:
- A 10-21 day residency stay in a private, 1,150 sq. ft. home (selected residents are provided a window of time within which they have the flexibility to schedule a stay between 10-21 days in length, not all residency time slots allow a 21-day stay)
- Residencies between May – October have use of a detached, private studio space and basic art supplies
- All food provided, including a fully-stocked and well-equipped kitchen, homemade baked goods, and locally sourced ingredients.
- $500.00 stipend
- Solitary time in a scenic environment, to work, reflect, and recharge, as well as the opportunity for community engagement
- For parent artists, we are offering a childcare grant of $1,000 to one selected resident to help with the cost of dependent childcare at their home base while they attend a residency in Good Hart. All parent-artist applicants may apply for these funds including artists, writers, and composers, and for any residency time slot.
Your application must include:
- Resume/CV
- Statement of Intent: "Place” is a pillar of our program, so please tell us how this place will impact your work. How do you plan to use your time at Good Hart Artist Residency? How will a solitary setting in remote but naturally beautiful Northern Michigan affect your work? What about this residency in particular appeals to you? (Recommended 2-3 paragraphs)
- Community Engagement Proposal: Community is a pillar of our program, and as a nonprofit organization we give back to our community through arts programming led by artists-in-residence. Describe your proposed arts event. What would you like to do? (workshop? nature walk? concert? group project? school program? other?) What partnering organization would you like to work with? How will you use your creativity, perspective, experience, and knowledge to spread creative ideas and/or experiences to local community members? What do you hope your audience will gain from your event? The applicant should indicate in their proposal if there is a specific partnering organization they would like to work with; otherwise, based on the description of the proposed community event, the Good Hart Artist Residency will try to find a local non-profit partner that aligns. Note: Some time slots are reserved for specific partnerships. Please review our residency partnerships page on our website for further information. (Recommended 2-3 paragraphs)
- Contact information for two references (no letters required)
- Application fee of $35
- Visual artists shall submit images of 6-9 examples of artwork. Images should include the title, medium, and creation date for each work submitted. It is recommended that recent work be submitted.
- Writers shall submit three to five pages from a current work in progress and an excerpt of no more than five pages of a completed work. Samples of previously published work must include a link to the published work or information for accessing the published work. Projects may be in poetry, short stories, novels, essays, plays, screenplays, and/or creative nonfiction. Writing submissions must be in English, and easily accessible without fee by the jurors.
- Lakeshore Writer Friends - if you are interested in applying to the Lakeshore Writer Friends Residency June 10-24, 2026, this requires a separate application. Information and a link to the application can be found at https://goodhartartistresidency.org/lakeshore-writer-friends/. You may apply to both programs.
- Composers shall submit three digital music samples, which may include links to online content and/or live performance videos. Music submissions must be easily accessible without afee by the jurors.
Note: Collaborating artists must each submit an application. Collaborating artists who are awarded a residency are provided with shared housing and studio space.
Lakeshore Writer Friends Residency
Good Hart Artist Residency is offering a Writer Friends residency June 10-24, 2026. This experience is open to a pair of writers who have a history of sharing work together. We recognize that writing is not always a solitary endeavor, and having a trusted reader is a key piece of the writing process. In this residency, we will offer two cabins–one for each writer–on a property near Cross Village, just a few miles up the road from Good Hart. The cabins are historic, built in the 1940s, and are on the property of generous hosts Jamie MacKenzie and Barrie Bates, where they also have a home. The property is wooded and spacious and has plenty of spots for writer friends to share each other’s company, including on a deck with panoramic views of Lake Michigan and on the beach below. The cabins, full of vintage furnishings and historic charm with the advantage of high speed internet, offer private space for writing in addition to the collaboration.
The friends will share a community event, which should be proposed in the application.
Writers should each submit an application. Both writers will be asked why they want to share a residency with their writer friend, including any relevant details about the history of their friendship. Keep in mind when proposing a community event that it will be shared between the friends and should represent participation from both. Please name your writer friend so we can match applications.
Both applications should display strong writing and will be selected on the merit of both writers’ work.
Unfortunately, the cabins are not accessible to wheelchairs. If you require an accessible space and would like to apply for the Writer Friends residency, please email sue@goodhartartistresidency.org.