This is a list of ceramic artist residencies that would be good options for MFA graduates.

  • American Museum of Ceramic Arts

    1 Year: July-June / September-August

  • Appalachian Center for Craft

    1 Year with option to renew for an additional year

  • Archie Bray Foundation

    Summer Short-Term: 3 months (June 1-August 31)

    Long-Term: 1-2 years

    Visiting Artist: 4-6 weeks

  • Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft

    11 Months: Mid-June- Late May

  • Art Center West

    1 or 2 Years

  • Baltimore Clayworks

    1-3 Years: September- August

  • Belger Crane Yard Studios

    2 Residencies available: Foundation Residency - 1 year with a renewal of 1 additional year upon review (must have recently completed academic degree-undergraduate, post-baccalaureate or graduate) — Visiting Artist Residency - 1-6 months (must have five years of experience as a professional artist)

  • Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

    2 or 3 months (January-April) or (May-August) or (September-November)

  • Carbondale Clay Center

    1 year with option to stay an additional year

  • Clay Art Center

    1 Year: September- August

  • Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project

    Varied: 3 months - 3 years

  • Community Creative Center

    1 Year

  • Core Clay

    Varied: 1-3 months or 1 year -- Spring: (March 1-February 1) - Fall: (September 1-August 1)

  • Craft Alliance

    11 Months: September- July

  • Flower City Arts Center

    1 Year

  • Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

    3, 6, 9 or 12 months (beginning of September-end of August)

  • Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio

    1 Year (August-August) or (May-May)

  • Kansas State University

    1 year and are encouraged to apply for a second year (mid August-beginning of July) -Applicants must have an MFA

  • KC Clay Guild

    1-2 Years: August-July

  • Lawrence Arts Center

    1 Year: August 15- July 31

  • Lilstreet Art Center

    1 Year (September 1- August 31)

  • Mars Hill Center for Ceramics Arts

    Varied: length determined by the resident

  • McColl Center for Art + Innovation

    4 months (Fall, Winter/Spring (January 9-April 18), Summer)

  • Midwestern State University

    1 year with possibility to renew for a second year (MFA is required)

  • Mudflat Pottery School and Studios

    Short Term: “Artist of Color Summer Residency” - 1-3 months - June-August — Long Term: 1 year - September 1-August 31

  • Museum of Arts and Design

    6 Months (Feb-July) and (Aug-Jan)

  • Noble and Greenough School

    1 year (beginning of September-end of August)

  • Northern Clay Center

    Early Career Artist Residency - Long Term: 1 year (Two artists to receive the Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship and one artist to receive the BIPOC Studio Fellowship)

  • Office for the Arts at Harvard, Ceramics Program

    1 Year (beginning of September-end of August)

  • Peninsula College

    9-10 months (September-June) -potential to renew annually for up to 3 years (Residents must have an MFA with a strong technical background in glaze mixing and kiln loading/firing)

  • Penland School of Craft

    3 residency programs: 1 year project based residency or 3 year Resident Artist Program for artists at transitional points in their careers — 2 year Core Fellowship for emerging artists who work part-time for the school along with participating in workshops and developing their own work — 2 & 4 week long Winter Residency (January-February)

  • Pleasant Hill Pottery

    1 year (currently this residency is by invitation only)

  • Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft

    Long Term: 9 Months - September-May — Short Term: Winter - 10 days (beginning of January); Spring - 1-2 weeks (April); Summer - 10 days (end of May)

  • Queen City Clay

    Short Term: 1-3 months -- Long Term: 1 year

  • Red Lodge Clay Center

    1-2 Years (beginning of September-end of July)

  • Roswell Artist in Residence

    1 year

  • Saratoga Clay Arts Center

    Long Term: 1 year (September 1-August 31) -- Short Term: 3 months (June 1-August 31)

  • Sawtooth School for Visual Arts

    Long Term: 1-2 years (September 1-August 31) — Woodfire residency: 1-2 years (September 1-August 31)

  • Sonoma Community Center

    6 Months (Spring or Fall)

  • Temple University - Tyler School of Art and Architecture

  • The Clay Studio

    1-3 Years (September-August)

  • The Clay Studio of Missoula

    1-2 months or 1-2 years — Woodfire Residency position: at least 1 year

  • The Glassell School of Art

    9 months (September-May) -may apply for a second term

  • Torpedo Factory

    Post-Grad Residency Program - Long Term: weeks (open to recently-graduated students who earned a bachelor’s or master’s art degree)

    Long Term “Lease” Residency: 3 years (for individuals or group of up to four)

  • Tusla Artist Fellowship

    3 years

  • Umbrella Arts Center

    1 Year (September-August)

  • University of Michigan

    Short Term: 12 weeks — (They especially encourage applications from social practice, performing and performance artist with an interest in issues of national identity, commemorative practices and memory and the history and future of the US)

  • University of North Dakota

    1 year with the possibility of a one-year extension (August-August)

  • Visual Arts Center of Richmond

    11 months (beginning of September-end of July)