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APPLY NOW! The Open Call for the 2027 editions of the Art Omi: Architecture, Art Omi: Artists, Art Omi: Dance, and Art Omi: Music residencies is open as of Friday, August 14, 2026. The application deadline for each residency is noted below.

Through a competitive jury process, residents are invited to attend Art Omi's residencies at no cost to themselves, except travel expenses. Art Omi offers residents the time and space to hone their own craft while cultivating a vibrant community of artists from around the globe.

Comfortable, beautiful lodgings and dedicated workspaces are nestled among the rolling meadowlands and woodlands of Art Omi’s 300-acre campus, located in New York’s scenic Hudson Valley, two-and-a-half hours north of New York City. Residents are nourished with fresh, prepared meals and immersed in a dynamic creative ecosystem flourishing at the intersection of nature, art, and architecture in our Sculpture & Architecture Park.

Application Fee: $15
Kindly note, the application fee covers the cost of administration to process applications.

Please note: the Open Call for Art Omi: Artists ends one month earlier than for Architecture, Dance, and Music!

📐 Art Omi: Architecture invites early- to mid-career architects from across the world to develop their work on Art Omi's campus.

Art Omi: Architecture nurtures experimentation in environs that offer a singular blend of rural quiet and cultural stimulation. Residents present their work to the public during the Open Studios event at the end of the residency period.

Architecture Residents are selected on the basis of their individual proposed project and portfolio. Applicants must submit and describe a project they wish to work on, on their own, while at Art Omi. Projects may be conceptual or practical, and may be an on-going or existing project that requires completion or a new design scheme to be initiated and completed by the end of the residency. Projects may not be client-based nor directed. In all instances a visual presentation and a final work product is required. 

Applications are open to architects from any part of the world that have been professionally active for at least the past five years since professional licensing or obtaining an M. Arch. degree in the U.S. or internationally. Applications will be accepted from architects in active practice or in academia with an architectural design teaching concentration. 

Application Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Residency Dates: Thursday, May 27–Monday, June 14, 2027

🎨 Art Omi: Artists invites artists from all over the world, representing a wide diversity of artistic styles and practices, to gather, collaborate, and share ideas.

Concentrated time for studio work is balanced with cultural exchange and critical appraisal, fostering deep creative and professional connections in a lively social setting.

The Art Omi: Artists Visitors Program enables residents to have conversations with visiting art critics, curators, gallerists, and prominent artists. Direct engagement with the New York City art world is unmatched by similar residency programs.

The residency culminates in the Open Studios event, offering the public a glimpse of what artists have created during their time at Art Omi.

Art Omi: Artists welcomes artists from all over the world who have been professionally active for at least the past five years. Disciplines include visual arts, sound art, performance, and social practice. Having studied art is not a requirement: applications are accepted from self-taught professional artists.

Below are the statistics of applicants to attendees for the 2026 Art Omi: Artist Residency Program:

In 2026, 24 artists attended the Art Omi: Artist Residency Program. Our application pool included 796 applicants from the U.S. and 599 applicants from outside the U.S. Art Omi's goal is to invite approximately 75% of our residents from outside the U.S. See our past residents here.

Application Deadline: Monday, September 14, 2026
Residency Dates: Thursday, June 17–Monday, July 12, 2027

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR 2027 ART OMI: ARTISTS

👣 Art Omi: Dance brings together accomplished dance artists from around the world. Residents experience each other’s creative process and the freedom to play in this collaborative residency program.

The emphasis of the Art Omi: Dance residency is not a performance product; rather, a gently facilitated process of experimentation and collaboration.

This exploration is enhanced by providing resources that dancers and choreographers often lack: space, time, and other artists with whom to work. The result is a model of creative process and community building that envisions impact for the participants beyond the sphere of art making. Informal showings each summer invite the public to experience the residents' creative process, collaborations, and the development of their ideas.

Art Omi: Dance welcomes professional dancers and choreographers of all styles who have the desire to share ideas and process with dancers from around the world. Applicants should not have specific projects in mind, but should come open to working with others on jointly conceived projects.

Application Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Residency Dates: Thursday, July 22–Monday, August 9, 2027

🎶 Art Omi: Music welcomes musicians, composers, and sound-makers working in all genres and hailing from around the globe for a uniquely collaborative music-making residency.  

Art Omi: Music encourages its participants to share ideas, perform each other’s works, and write music for one another, while exploring their own musical vision and broadening their artistic and cultural horizons. Informal concerts invite the public to experience the shared creative process and artistic journey of the residents.

As Art Omi: Music encourages and fosters participation in new collaborative environments, only applications from individual applicants are accepted.

Application Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Residency Dates: Thursday, August 12–Monday, August 30, 2027