Art Start Emerging Artist Residency

Organization: Art Start

Type: Fellowship

Location: United States

Deadline: September 7, 2026

Funding: Fully Funded

Art Start runs free, year round creative programming for teenagers and young adults in New York City and Milwaukee. This seven month residency takes 16 to 24 year olds through hands on workshops, community studio time, arts focused field trips and career exploration, and ends with a group exhibition at the organisation's Annual Spring Retrospective. It runs as two cohorts, one for artists aged 16 to 20 and one for artists aged 20 to 24, and is open to artists of all backgrounds and mediums. **What you get:** - A stipend, which Art Start says Emerging Artists are eligible to earn in recognition of their commitment and full participation. The amount is not published - Studio space at Art Start Studios, community studio time, and weekly drop in open studio hours - Hands on workshops, ongoing mentorship, peer critique and arts focused field trips - A place in a group exhibition at Art Start's Annual Spring Retrospective on April 15 - Portfolio development and structured career exploration in the creative industries - Transportation assistance on request - No cost to take part. Art Start describes Creative Connections, the programme the residency sits inside, as free and year round **What you'll do:** - EAR I, for ages 16 to 20, meets twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, exploring creative practices and career pathways and building a process portfolio - EAR II, for ages 20 to 24, meets Tuesdays from 4:30pm to 7:00pm, refining a cohesive body of work and creating and curating a collaborative gallery exhibition - EAR II artists also mentor EAR I artists and design and facilitate a hands on artmaking workshop for other young creatives - Commit at least four hours a week across the programme, covering cohort sessions and independent work between them - Show original work at Art Start's Spring Retrospective, which all Emerging Artists are required to attend and take part in **Key dates:** - Applications close Monday September 7, 2026 at 11:59pm New York time - EAR I begins Monday October 5, 2026 - EAR II begins Tuesday October 12, 2026 - Annual Spring Retrospective group exhibition on Thursday April 15 **More information:** - Questions about the New York cohort go to Karl Iglesias, Associate Director of Residencies and Internships, at karl@art-start.org or 212-460-0019 - Questions about the Milwaukee cohort go to Cat Pond, Intern Supervisor, at cat@art-start.org or 414-209-1958 - The Milwaukee call sits at https://www.art-start.org/news/2026-2027-emerging-artist-residency-mke and uses its own form at https://form.typeform.com/to/nwpLKiWn - The residency is one strand of Art Start's Creative Connections programme, which also runs summer internships, monthly creative sessions and open studio hours - Funders named on the New York call are the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, New York University and The Ichigo Charitable Fund

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Art Start Emerging Artist Residency

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Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

United States

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

What you get:

A stipend, which Art Start says Emerging Artists are eligible to earn in recognition of their commitment and full participation. The amount is not published
Studio space at Art Start Studios, community studio time, and weekly drop in open studio hours
Hands on workshops, ongoing mentorship, peer critique and arts focused field trips
A place in a group exhibition at Art Start's Annual Spring Retrospective on April 15
Portfolio development and structured career exploration in the creative industries
Transportation assistance on request
No cost to take part. Art Start describes Creative Connections, the programme the residency sits inside, as free and year round

What you'll do:

EAR I, for ages 16 to 20, meets twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, exploring creative practices and career pathways and building a process portfolio
EAR II, for ages 20 to 24, meets Tuesdays from 4:30pm to 7:00pm, refining a cohesive body of work and creating and curating a collaborative gallery exhibition
EAR II artists also mentor EAR I artists and design and facilitate a hands on artmaking workshop for other young creatives
Commit at least four hours a week across the programme, covering cohort sessions and independent work between them
Show original work at Art Start's Spring Retrospective, which all Emerging Artists are required to attend and take part in

Key dates:

Applications close Monday September 7, 2026 at 11:59pm New York time
EAR I begins Monday October 5, 2026
EAR II begins Tuesday October 12, 2026
Annual Spring Retrospective group exhibition on Thursday April 15

More information:

Questions about the New York cohort go to Karl Iglesias, Associate Director of Residencies and Internships, at karl@art-start.org or 212-460-0019
Questions about the Milwaukee cohort go to Cat Pond, Intern Supervisor, at cat@art-start.org or 414-209-1958
The Milwaukee call sits at https://www.art-start.org/news/2026-2027-emerging-artist-residency-mke and uses its own form at https://form.typeform.com/to/nwpLKiWn
The residency is one strand of Art Start's Creative Connections programme, which also runs summer internships, monthly creative sessions and open studio hours
Funders named on the New York call are the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, New York University and The Ichigo Charitable Fund

Who can apply

Aged 16 to 24. The application asks you to confirm this
Based in or around New York, New York for the New York cohort, which the application asks you to confirm. The Milwaukee cohort runs from Art Start's Milwaukee studio and has its own form
Interest or experience in the creative arts, and interest in a future career in the creative industries
Open to artists of all backgrounds and mediums. No formal training is required, and artists with limited formal training or professional experience are especially encouraged to apply to EAR I
Able to commit at least four hours a week for the length of the programme, including in person cohort sessions and independent work
Required to attend and actively take part in the Spring Retrospective group exhibition
Submit the application form, two references, and a creative work sample at interview
I9 proof of work eligibility documents if selected, which Art Start states are required for stipend payments. The form does list None of these as an answer option
No application fee

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Good to know

+A seven month cohort with studio space, supplies, mentoring and a public exhibition at the end
+Art Start's own page calls the parent programme free, and transport assistance is available on request
+Free to apply
+Funded in part by New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts

Worth checking yourself

!Applications close tonight, 7 September, at 11:59pm Eastern
!You must be located in or around New York City. The application makes you confirm it, and the stipend requires US work eligibility documents, so an artist outside the United States cannot realistically take part
!A stipend is offered but the amount is published nowhere, so you would be applying without knowing it
!Art Start's own pages give three different date ranges for the programme. Their form's calendar, October 2026 to May 2027, is the most specific

What we could not confirm

?Stipend amount. Art Start confirms a stipend exists but publishes no figure on the news pages, the Creative Connections page, or the application form. If it matters, ask Karl Iglesias at karl@art start.org or 212 460 0019 rather than inferring a number

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