Skowhegan Summer Residency Program
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Skowhegan, United States
Nine-week summer residency in rural Maine for about 60 emerging artists who work alongside resident faculty; most participants receive full scholarships.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your artist statement for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: Need-based scholarships; over 95% of recent participants got full scholarships.
Also: studio; faculty critiques; 9-week immersive program.
Who can apply: Artists of any medium and nationality aged 21+ by program start; some years of practice recommended; working knowledge of English needed.
Cost: $25 application fee ($50 in final two days); tuition $6,000 before aid.
Annual: applications open each September and close mid-October for the following summer.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there); a payment is part of applying.
What to prepare: portfolio, video, references.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Our application is entirely online.”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Artists of any medium and nationality aged 21+ by program start; some years of practice recommended; working knowledge of English needed.
What you will need
- PortfolioUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done. There is a fee to pay to the organiser; payment always stays with you.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your artist statement for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.