Find full details below, at the bottom of the page, on our solo residencies, international residencies and other focused artist opportunities.
Why We Run a Residency Programme
Since its beginnings, The Art House has worked to embed a culture of inclusion and representation, particularly for artists who have been historically marginalised due to race, gender, class, or disability, to support them with time and space to make and create, together with others.
Artist residencies are a core part of our work. We continue to support creatives with one of the UK’s leading programmes for risk-taking work and experimental practices.
Each year, we provide artists with time, space, and bespoke professional development support to enable them to develop their practice in meaningful ways. We work with artists from across the UK and internationally, supporting them to push boundaries, explore new approaches, and access opportunities beyond the residency itself through our networks and partnerships.
Our solo (or collective) and international residencies provide a fee, a materials budget, paid travel, and mentorship, as well as vital support at crucial points in an artist’s professional development. Artists live on site, free of charge, in one of our three accessible flats. Each residency is designed around individual needs, with access provisions agreed in advance.
Either bridging the gap between leaving university and entering the art world, providing opportunities for those who have not been able to access traditional art routes, or had to take career breaks, we encourage artists to develop their practice and push boundaries. We also help facilitate conversations and meaningful engagement between artists, local peers and our communities.
We go beyond the norm to support artists, acting as advocates and cheerleaders as they build sustainable careers. At a difficult financial time when it seems residency provisions have been scaled back, we are more committed than ever to supporting artists to achieve their potential through residencies.
Every Artist Residency at The Art House is artist-centred and includes bespoke professional development support and mentoring. Our residency programme has been instrumental in the careers of many emerging artists, and we are incredibly proud of what they have gone on to achieve!
Our Vision
A residency programme that reflects the world we want to live in, where artists are paid fairly, supported to take creative risks, and celebrated for the diverse perspectives they bring. Our residencies model a more inclusive arts sector: equitable, accessible, and anti-exploitative.
Our Mission
To create residencies that offer time, space, and fair pay for artists to experiment, make, and connect. To provide tools and support needed for artists at all stages to thrive – from emerging to established/career break, local to international. Each residency champions care, inclusion, and professional respect, rejecting unpaid labour and the idea that “exposure” is compensation.
We build relationships that last beyond the residency, supporting sustainable creative careers and nurturing bold, socially engaged practice that challenges and inspires.
Our Values
- Fair Pay and Equity: We value creative labour and commit to paying artists fairly for their time, skills, and ideas. No Art House residency is unpaid or exposure-based.
- Access and Inclusion: Every artist should be able to take part. We design residencies around individual access needs, with adaptable spaces, flexible working arrangements, and support for disabled and sanctuary-seeking artists.
- Care and Collaboration: We foster trust, shared learning, and creative exchange. Our residencies are rooted in care and respect.
- Growth and Sustainability: We support artists’ long-term development, offering space to experiment and fail safely. We invest in residencies that build sustainable careers and contribute to a fairer creative ecosystem.
One Month Artist Residencies
Each year, we host a series of one-month artist residencies that support experimentation and provide artists with time, space, and professional support at key moments in their creative journeys.
Find out moreInternational Residencies
Every year we partner with the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) to host a fully funded and supported, dedicated two-month international residency for two artists to work and travel in the UK for the first time.
Find out morePatricia Sutcliffe Residency
Our annual Patricia Sutcliffe Residency – named in honour of our founder – supports a disabled artist and reflects our ongoing commitment to access, inclusion, and removing barriers within the arts.
Find out moreNew Zealand Disabled Artists
This is a new opportunity for 2026. We’ve partnered with the art gallery Te Tuhi to support a new international pilot residency for three disabled visual artists from Aotearoa, New Zealand, for two-months at TAH.
Find out moreCrafting the Future Residency
A residency supporting a UK-based maker or designer to reinvent and innovate within endangered craft practices, or respond to the evolution of craft, sustainability, and contemporary design.
Find out moreCalling Residency Partners! Want to work with us?
We believe the arts sector can and must do better: by inviting contributors at all levels to be paid and aiming for better representation. If you’re an organisation that shares this vision, let’s partner.
Art is fundamental to understanding ourselves, people, and the world around us. The Art House champions diverse voices – we give a platform to creatives who are underrepresented or marginalised in the arts and support them to break barriers and achieve their potential. Your support combined with our specialism in nurturing artistic excellence will help our future talented creatives. If you would like to partner on our 2026 Artist Residency Programme, we’d love to hear from you!
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