Residency Program

Each year the Galveston Artist Residency awards three artist-in-residence fellowships.  

For ten months, from October through July, resident artists receive 24/7 access to a 500 sq/ft studio space, a studio apartment a couple blocks away, and a monthly stipend of $1,100. Residents take part in a group exhibition near the end of their stay and have various studio visits throughout their time. While GAR facilitates this exhibition and studio visits, the ten months of unencumbered studio time is the primary focus of the GAR residency program, a gift of time for artists to sink in and dive deep into their work. 

For more details you can check out our Frequently Asked Questions

Artists can apply during our annual open call for the upcoming year. 


👉 The application for the 2025 - 2026 is currently closed, the open call for 2026-2027 will go live in Spring of 2026.

The open call closed on March 22, 2025 at 11:59pm CST.

(Please don’t wait until the last minute, late applications will not be accepted.)



you can sign up for our email list for updates and announcements on future open calls. 


The GAR Project Grant is awarded on a nomination basis for artists to work on a project specifically for the GAR Gallery.
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