Ucross Native American Fellowships for Visual Artists and Writers: Spring 2027
Ucross Foundation
- Deadline
- 2 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $3,500
- Location
- Ucross, WY
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About
Native American visual artists and writers are invited to apply for a four-week residency fellowship at Ucross Foundation.
Overview
Ucross Native American Fellowships for Visual Artists and Writers provide four-week residencies at Ucross Foundation, a 20,000-acre ranch in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains of northern Wyoming. The program offers uninterrupted time and space for creative work within a supportive artist community.
Eligibility
Open to Native American visual artists and writers from all over the United States and the world.
What's included
- Four-week residency
- $1,500 stipend
- $2,000 award
- Living accommodations, meals, private work space
- Professional chef-prepared lunches (Monday–Friday, delivered to studios) and group dinners (6 p.m.)
- Access to world-class kitchen with provisions for breakfasts and weekends
- Towels, linens, and weekly housekeeping
- Opportunity to present work publicly
Opportunities for presentation
- Visual artists: featured gallery exhibition at Ucross the following year
- Writers: featured reading and talk
Artist responsibilities
Residents are responsible for providing their own working materials.
Submission deadline
- Apply by July 15, 2026
- Award
- Four-week residency, $1,500 stipend, $2,000 award, and featured exhibition (visual artists) or reading/talk (writers)
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- Residency/Artist Colony — Interdisciplinary/Hybrid, All Literary Arts, Playwriting/Screenwriting, Printmaking, All Visual Arts
- Eligibility
- Open to Native American visual artists and writers.
- Audience
- Native American visual artists and writers
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