The 3Arts Residency Fellowships acknowledge the need for uninterrupted time and space in the art-making process.

Performing and visual artists producing high quality, distinctive work receive 2-week, all-expenses-paid residency fellowships to experience time and space away from the constraints of daily life to focus on their creative labor and production.

3Arts has has established Residency Fellowships through a long-term alliance with the Ragdale Foundation to support residencies for underrepresented Chicago artists. Ragdale is situated 30 miles north of Chicago in Lake Forest, Illinois, in a protected prairie setting. Residents are given space in which to create and work in peace until the evening meal, when they come together to share their ideas and present their work. In addition to covering all residency costs, this fellowship provides each artist with a $1,000 stipend to compensate for time away from work and residency-related expenses.

Artists are selected through a nomination and jury process overseen by Ragdale. No unsolicited applications are accepted.