Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams of two or three persons. They are selected by panels of other professional artists without regard to financial means. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and studio.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
January 1, for residencies starting May 1 of the same year, through February of the following year. August 1, for residencies starting late October of the same year through May of the following year. The application portal at www.yaddo.slideroom.com is now open for the January 1, 2013 deadline.
Artists are eligible to apply once each calendar year – either January 1 or August 1, but not both. Late applications will not be accepted. Yaddo is no longer accepting paper applications. Artists working in all genres should go to www.yaddo.slideroom.com for specific instructions on completing an application for residency.
NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS
Notification of results will be sent by postal mail March 15 and October 1. No information about results will be released before these dates. Artists living abroad may request results by e-mail after the response mailing date.
ELIGIBILITY
Artists who qualify for Yaddo residencies are working at the professional level in their fields. An abiding principal at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged on the quality of the artist's work and professional promise. Yaddo accepts approximately 200 artists each year.
Yaddo encourages artists of all backgrounds to apply for admission. Yaddo does not discriminate in its programs and activities against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status.
REAPPLICATION
All artists seeking residency at Yaddo must submit a complete application, including recent work samples. The criterion for repeat visit requests is the same as for first visits – the quality of the artist's work. However, preference is normally given to persons who did not visit Yaddo in the previous year.
FEES
There is no fee for residency. Yaddo's nonrefundable application fee is $30, to which is added a fee for media uploads ranging from $5 to $10, depending on the discipline. Application fees must be paid by credit card.
LENGTH OF STAY
Residencies vary in length – the average stay is five weeks. The minimum stay is two weeks; the maximum is eight weeks.
FINANCIAL AID
Funds exist to provide limited financial aid to artists, based on need. Only individuals who have already been invited for visits may apply for financial assistance. Specific instructions and an application form are included with each letter of invitation.
ADMISSIONS PANELS
Applications are considered by five independent admissions committees in the artistic disciplines represented at Yaddo: Literature, Visual Art, Music Composition, Performance, and Film & Video. Membership in these committees rotates frequently and the members are artists whose work is recognized and esteemed by their peers.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES
Five admissions panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines:
- Literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translation, and librettos
- Visual Art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media and installation art
- Music Composition, including instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art.
- Performance, including choreography, performance art, multi-media and/or collaborative works incorporating live performance.
- Film & Video, including narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays
