RMAR Magazine
For the
working artist
Residency spotlights, alumni interviews, application guides, and dispatches from the field.
Programs
So You Want to Run an Artist Residency: A Field Guide for New Programs
You have a building, a stretch of land, or just a conviction that artists need time and space. Here's how to turn that into a residency artists will travel across the world for — and recommend to their friends.
By Katrina Neumann · May 4, 2026
Latest
Programs
Why List Your Residency on Rate My Artist Residency
It's free, it puts your program in front of artists who are actively searching, and it gives you tools — open calls, application review, committee scoring — that programs usually pay a fortune for. Here's the case.
May 26, 2026
Programs
Designing a Residency Parents Can Actually Attend
Most residencies are structurally impossible for artists with caregiving responsibilities. The programs that fix this aren't just being kind — they're reaching a vast, underserved, and fiercely loyal population of artists.
May 22, 2026
Programs
Building a Selection Committee That's Fair, Fast, and Defensible
The jury room is where your program's values are either upheld or quietly abandoned. A practical guide to designing a review process you can stand behind.
May 19, 2026
Programs
The Application Fee Question: What Programs Owe Their Applicants
Application fees are the most quietly consequential decision a residency makes. Here's how to think about them honestly — and how to charge one without betraying the artists you exist to serve.
May 15, 2026
Programs
The Open Call That Works: How to Attract Artists Who Are Right for Your Program
A vague open call gets you a flood of mismatched applications and a miserable jury. A precise one gets you the artists you actually want. The difference is in the writing.
May 11, 2026
tools
Stop Managing, Start Making: How ArtistTracker Gives You Your Time Back
Artist and founder Yohanna Baez built the tool she wished existed — an AI-powered assistant that handles the admin so you can get back to the studio.
Mar 9, 2026
announcement
The Great Residency Cleanup: Why We're Labeling the "Ghosts"
For years, the residency world has felt like a digital graveyard. At the new RMAR, we're done with zombie listings.
Mar 7, 2026
books
10 Books Every Artist Should Read Before Applying to Residencies
On creative practice, career building, and surviving the emotional gauntlet of putting your work into the world.
Feb 27, 2026
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guide
What to Pack for Your First Artist Residency
A practical, tested packing list from artists who've done it — so you can focus on making work, not hunting for supplies.
Feb 26, 2026
travel
East Africa's Quiet Studios: Residencies in Nairobi, Addis Ababa, and Dar es Salaam
Three cities. Three wildly different art scenes. All worth the journey.
Feb 24, 2026
travel
Dakar, Accra, and the New Geography of African Residencies
West Africa is leading a creative renaissance. These residencies put you at the center of it.
Feb 20, 2026
guide
Five Residencies Where the Ocean Is Your Studio
For artists who do their best thinking near water — from the cliffs of County Mayo to the foggy headlands of Northern California.
Feb 10, 2026
Resources
Practical guides, recommended reading, grant databases, and tools to help you research, apply for, and fund artist residencies.
Interactive
Should You Take This Opportunity?
You got accepted. Now what? A 10-question cosmic gut check for artists weighing residencies, fellowships, grants, and workshops.
Mar 11, 2026
Links
The Artist's Toolkit: Grants, Organizations & Essential Links
A curated directory of trusted databases, organizations, and tools that every working artist should bookmark.
Dec 10, 2025
Interactive Tools
Data-driven tools to help you make informed decisions about residencies.
