Mudhouse Residency Accepting Applications for Summer 2023 Residencies & Fellowships in Crete, Greece

The Mudhouse Residency is an artist residency program designed to provide a cultural immersion; with the local community of a unique Cretan mountain village, with the rich historical context of the ancient Minoan civilization, and with the isolation and inspiration the natural environment and location provides. 

The residency is inclusive to a number of artistic disciplines, with the facilities to accommodate painters, printmakers, photographers, filmmakers, dance and performance artists, musicians, sound artists, writers, choreographers and composers. The Mudhouse Residency includes the accommodations of the artist for the duration of the Residency, as well as lunch and dinner each day within the village. Additionally, we offer all artists-in-residence the option to participate in studio workshops and group day trips.

We will be holding three residency sessions in 2023; the first session will be June 12 - June 26, the second session will be July 2 - July 16 and the third session will be July 21 - August 4.

The cost of the residency program is €2400 for the two week duration. Artists must submit their applications through our website: http://www.mudhouseresidency.com/apply. We are currently accepting applications for the next round of review for our 2023 Residency season. Applications will be reviewed March 1, 2023.

The Mudhouse Residency will also offer three Fellowships this year that will cover the full cost of the residency and are awarded through a competitive, juried process. Fellowships are based on merit and are available to any artist that demonstrates financial need. The Selection Committee for Fellowship Review will be headed by Ermanno Rivetti, Associate Director of Mendes Wood Gallery, Brussels.

To be considered for a Fellowship, you must fill out the 2023 Fellowship Application (below the standard application). Both applications are available on our website: http://www.mudhouseresidency.com/apply.

For studio artists our facilities include 24 hour access to an open format studio space in the heart of the village. The studio is well ventilated, with north, south and east facing windows to provide natural light and is outfitted with electrical lighting, tables, chairs, and easels. Dancers and choreographers are provided use of a separate practice space with athletic flooring. Access to the Music house concert hall and grand piano is available to one composer-in-residence per session.

The residency also provides artists who don’t require the use of a studio with the time and structure to focus on a non-studio based project, be it a novel, screenplay, video, or photographic series. Crete is a visual feast for the eyes, arresting in natural beauty but also a complex system of modern life existing in the footprints of ancient civilizations. 

The Mudhouse is pleased to host a reading, screening or viewing of works in progress as desired. Artists are invited to present a slideshow lecture or reading on their work for fellow residents, and participate in a closing exhibition at the Residency’s conclusion.