Residency Program

 
 
 

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Introduction

The goal of the Lucid Art Residency Program is to provide artists with a serene, retreat-like natural environment for creative exploration and inquiry into art and consciousness. The Lucid Art Foundation encourages exploration of art through multimedia, conceptual, ecological, and interdisciplinary approaches.

The residency will provide a house to live in, located in the center of the Foundation campus in Inverness, California, and a 650-square-foot art studio called “the Ark.” The Ark was built in 1960 and was a former studio of painter Gordon Onslow Ford and mixed-media artist Fariba Bogzaran. The large studio has a wood-burning fireplace, sink, high ceilings with upper loft, wood walls, skylights, and a private deck off the sliding glass patio doors. The house has WiFi, a bedroom, living room, bathroom, wood burning stove, and full kitchen stocked with necessary cooking utensils. Parking and laundry facilities are onsite. There is also a print shop with a Sturges press available for use by artists who are experienced printmakers. Only water-based mediums may be used on the press.

During the residency, artists have the opportunity to meet and dialogue with a Lucid Art professional artist associate who will give feedback on the work created during the residency. Artists meet with staff and artists weekly for tea and conversation.

The Lucid Art Foundation will curate an online exhibition of the residency artists. The artists will be asked to submit work either from their residency period or work created after their residency.

Residency Information

Eligible artists must have an MFA or equivalent in independent studio work with an exhibition history. Applicants must be residents of the US or Canada. Artists working in the visual arts, eco-art, video/new media, writing, poetry, music composition, and choreography will be considered.

Applications require submission of ten images of work created within the last two years (writers can submit 10 single page PDFs of their writing and then include links to other work in their application). Applicants may upload two videos (each max. 60MB) and/or two audio files (each max. 9MB) from the last two years for new media/video, music composition, and choreography. A short biography and recent résumé of artistic activities (exhibitions, performances, publications, etc.) from the last five years (max. 1,000 characters) is required with the application as well as an artist's statement providing information about the work in relation to the mission* of the Lucid Art Foundation (max. 1,000 characters). *The mission of the Lucid Art Foundation is to explore the phenomena of the inner worlds and deep levels of consciousness through visual arts, spontaneous painting, writings, and other means to make visible the otherwise invisible, creating an inclusive way of seeing that is in harmony with the natural world of which we are a part.

Due to the limited number of artists who can attend per year, the Foundation would like to give opportunities to new artists. We only allow applications from artists who previously have not participated in our residency program. We always love to host the previous residency artists at our teas so they can have conversations with the current artists-in-residence.

The Foundation encourages the use of nontoxic artistic media. We no longer accept applicants who use oil-based paints, turpentine, spray paint, or any media that are volatile or have strong odors.

Please note that when they arrive to start their residency, artists will be Covid tested (home version) before they can enter any Foundation buildings. Masks are required to be worn indoors when staff are present.

As our location is remote, artists must have a car to use during their entire residency. There is no stipend and meals are not provided during the residency.

Applications for the 2026 Residency will be accepted beginning April 2025. The application process will close near the end of October 2025. If you would like to be notified when the call opens, please sign up for our mailing list here.

If you have additional questions, please email Residency Coordinator Nancy Lund: education [at] lucidart.org

Residency Artist Exhibitions

To view our previous Residency Artist Exhibitions, visit here.

Artists-in-Residence by Date

2025

2024

2023

2022 (deferred from 2020)

2021

2020

Due to Covid-19, the residency was deferred to 2022.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

  • Michael Cran (October 1 - November 27)

  • Jacob Tillman (August 16 - September 15)

  • Cameron Kelly (June 15 - August 15)

  • Nicole Buffett (June 15 - August 15)

2006

2005