This is a list of ceramic artist residencies longer than 5 months.

  • 323Clay

    1-2 Years

  • Access Arts

    1 Year: Start in summer

  • American Museum of Ceramic Arts

    1 Year: July-June / September-August

  • Appalachian Center for Craft

    1 Year with option to renew for an additional year

  • Arch Contemporary Ceramics

    Long Term “Fall/Winter Residency”: 3-9 months (September-May)

  • Archie Bray Foundation

    1-2 Years

  • Armory Art Center

    9 Months: August 21- May 25

  • Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft

    11 Months: Mid-June- Late May

  • Art Center West

    1 or 2 Years

  • Baltimore Clayworks

    1-3 Years: September- August

  • Belger Crane Yard Studios

    2 Residencies available: Foundation Residency - 1 year with a renewal of 1 additional year upon review (must have recently completed academic degree-undergraduate, post-baccalaureate or graduate) — Visiting Artist Residency - 1-6 months (must have five years of experience as a professional artist)

  • Broadway Clay

    1 year (beginning of August-mid July)

  • Brockway Center for Arts and Technology

    1-2 Years: September 1- August 31

  • Carbondale Clay Center

    1 year with option to stay an additional year

  • Cider Creek Collective

    Varied: 2 weeks - 2 years

  • Clay Art Center

    1 Year: September- August

  • Clay Arts Vegas

    6 Months or 1 Year

  • Clay Space

    12 months (January-December)

  • Clayroom

    6 months (This residency is specifically offered to black emerging ceramic artists)

  • Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project

    Varied: 3 months - 3 years

  • Community Creative Center

    1 Year

  • Core Clay

    Varied: 1-3 months or 1 year -- Spring: (March 1-February 1) - Fall: (September 1-August 1)

  • Craft Alliance

    11 Months: September- July

  • Cub Creek Foundation

    9 Months or 1-2 Years

    Summer: Beginning of June-End of August

    Fall/Winter/Spring: Beginning of September-End of May

  • Flower City Arts Center

    1 Year

  • Guilford Art Center

    1 Year: September- August

  • Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

    3, 6, 9 or 12 months (beginning of September-end of August)

  • Indiana University Southeast

    1-2 years -This residency is an Adjunct Faculty ranked position (requires an MFA degree and an active exhibition record and competence in a wide range of ceramic processes/techniques)

  • Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio

    1 Year (August-August) or (May-May)

  • Kansas State University

    1 year and are encouraged to apply for a second year (mid August-beginning of July) -Applicants must have an MFA

  • KC Clay Guild

    1-2 Years: August-July

  • L.a. Studio

    Minimum of 2 weeks

  • Lawrence Arts Center

    1 Year: August 15- July 31

  • Lilstreet Art Center

    1 Year (September 1- August 31)

  • LUX Center for the Arts

    1 Year (beginning of August-end of July)

  • Mars Hill Center for Ceramics Arts

    Varied: length determined by the resident

  • Mendocino Art Center

    8 months

  • Merritt Ceramics

    1 year

  • Midwestern State University

    1 year with possibility to renew for a second year (MFA is required)

  • Morean Arts Center

    1-2 Years (August-July)

  • Mudfire

    Varied: 1 year or longer

  • Mudflat Pottery School and Studios

    Short Term: “Artist of Color Summer Residency” - 1-3 months - June-August — Long Term: 1 year - September 1-August 31

  • Nantucket Island School of Design & The Arts

    Varied: Any length in weekly increments of Monday-Monday — For longer stays Fall-Winter-Spring residencies there is a reduction in residency fees

  • New Harmony Clay Project

    1-8 Months

  • Noble and Greenough School

    1 year (beginning of September-end of August)

  • Northern Clay Center

    Early Career Artist Residency - Long Term: 1 year (Two artists to receive the Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship and one artist to receive the BIPOC Studio Fellowship)

  • Odyssey Clayworks

    Summer Short Term: 11-13 Weeks (June-August) — Long Term: 1.5 - 3 years

  • Office for the Arts at Harvard, Ceramics Program

    1 Year (beginning of September-end of August)

  • Oregon Coast School of Art

    1-2 years

  • Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art

    1 year

  • Peninsula College

    9-10 months (September-June) -potential to renew annually for up to 3 years (Residents must have an MFA with a strong technical background in glaze mixing and kiln loading/firing)

  • Penland School of Craft

    3 residency programs: 1 year project based residency or 3 year Resident Artist Program for artists at transitional points in their careers — 2 year Core Fellowship for emerging artists who work part-time for the school along with participating in workshops and developing their own work — 2 & 4 week long Winter Residency (January-February)

  • Pleasant Hill Pottery

    1 year (currently this residency is by invitation only)

  • Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft

    Long Term: 9 Months - September-May — Short Term: Winter - 10 days (beginning of January); Spring - 1-2 weeks (April); Summer - 10 days (end of May)

  • Pottery Northwest

    2 residency programs: Long Term: 6 months- 2 years — Short Term BIPOC Summer Artist’s Residency: Approximately 3 months (Mid June - Early September)

  • Queen City Clay

    Short Term: 1-3 months -- Long Term: 1 year

  • Red Lodge Clay Center

    1-2 Years (beginning of September-end of July)

  • Rochester Folk Art Guild

    1-2 Years

  • Roswell Artist in Residence

    1 year

  • Saratoga Clay Arts Center

    Long Term: 1 year (September 1-August 31) -- Short Term: 3 months (June 1-August 31)

  • Sawtooth School for Visual Arts

    Long Term: 1-2 years (September 1-August 31) — Woodfire residency: 1-2 years (September 1-August 31)

  • Sonoma Community Center

    6 Months (Spring or Fall)

  • Springfield Art Association

    Varied: 2 weeks - 1 year

  • Springfield Pottery

    2 years

  • STARworks

    Short Term - 3 months - Spring Session (January 9-May 26), Summer Session (June 1-August 31); Fall (September-December) — Long Term (Internship) - 1 year

  • Taos Ceramics Center

    6 Months - 1 Year (Starts mid May)

  • The Clay Studio

    1-3 Years (September-August)

  • The Clay Studio of Missoula

    1-2 months or 1-2 years — Woodfire Residency position: at least 1 year

  • The Glassell School of Art

    9 months (September-May) -may apply for a second term

  • The Steel Yard

    1-3 months or 1 year (September-August)

  • The Triangle Studio

    1-2 Years

  • The Village Potters Clay Center

    Long Term "Independent Study and Mentorship" Apprenticeship: 1-2 years (November-October) -- can be part time or full time

  • Umbrella Arts Center

    1 Year (September-August)

  • Torpedo Factory

    Post-Grad Residency Program - Long Term: weeks (open to recently-graduated students who earned a bachelor’s or master’s art degree)

    Long Term “Lease” Residency: 3 years (for individuals or group of up to four)

  • Tusla Artist Fellowship

    3 years

  • University of North Dakota

    1 year with the possibility of a one-year extension (August-August)

  • Visual Arts Center of Richmond

    11 months (beginning of September-end of July)

  • Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

    Short Term (Summer): 12 days - June-August — Short Term (Fall): 4 weeks (for fall 2024—3 weeks) - September-October — Long Term (Winter) “Salad Days”: 6 months - September-March

  • Wesleyan Potters

    6 Months (June-December)

  • Wildfire Ceramic Studios

    1 year or longer

  • Worcester Center for Crafts

    10 months - 2 years (September-June)

  • Workhouse Arts Center - Ceramics Program

    1 year with option to stay longer