The Yaddo Residency is an artists’ community in Upstate New York, offering creative artists uninterrupted time to work, good working conditions, and a supportive environment. Artists who qualify for Yaddo residencies are working at the professional level in their fields. Applications for the Yaddo residency are judged on the quality of the artists’ work and professional promise. Yaddo accepts over 200 artists each year.
Panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines:
- Literature: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, librettos, and graphic novels.
- Visual Art: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and installation art.
- Music Composition: instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art.
- Performance: choreography, performance art, and multimedia works incorporating live performance.
- Film & Video: narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays.
