APPLICATIONS CLOSED The climate crisis is an urgent global concern. Self as Universe Residencies at A Studio in the Woods invite artists to explore the connections within our collective ecosystems and use the power of imagination to heal the wounds in the relationship between ourselves and our environment. Southeast Louisiana’s… Read More
Since 2022, these residencies have supported artists with a deep connection to the Indigenous cultures of Louisiana and Bulbancha. Artists can choose to be in residence for up to three weeks. For 2026-2027, former residents of the program will nominate applicants who will be selected by an external… Read More
Inspiring Health Justice is a new partnership between Dillard University’s Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center and A Studio in the Woods. The aim of this program is to bring the arts and public health together to address our region’s longstanding health disparities through creative, cross-disciplinary mentorship… Read More
From 2017 – 2022 Gulf South Writer in the Woods, a program of A Studio in the Woods and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, supported the creative work, scholarship, and community engagement of writers examining the Gulf South region. SELECTION PROCESS – Gulf South Writers in… Read More
Since 2020, these residencies have provided restorative visioning retreats to South Louisiana artists and culture bearers who have not received a residency before. Historically one to two week residencies, this year artists can choose to be in residence up to three weeks. For 2026-2027, former residents of the… Read More
These one-week residencies support literary artists living in southeast Louisiana in celebrationn of our newly constructed Writer’s Cabin. Awardees were selected by A Studio in the Woods based on their contributions and dedication to the New Orleans literary community.
These one week residencies supported emerging poets, playwrights, composers, and prose writers (fiction and nonfiction) living in southeast Louisiana—Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and Washington parishes.
Rising: Climate in Crisis Residencies at A Studio in the Woods invite artists to face the severity of the climate crisis and be agents of change to guide our collective understanding, response, and vision as we shape our shared future. Artists play a vital role in facing the climate crisis. We encourage… Read More
Pilot Residencies were our very first residencies and were conducted unofficially before A Studio in the Woods became a nonprofit artists’ community. They served as learning experiences for the founders and staff and helped to shape future residencies. View our 10th Anniversary Catalog… Read More
Open Call Residencies were the first juried residencies at A Studio in the Woods. These residencies typically lasted one month and were awarded based on seriousness of purpose, harmony with the mission of A Studio in the Woods, quality of work, and creative use of the studio’s time, space, and… Read More
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