Vashon Artist Residency offers artists space and time to create, ponder, imagine and live in a community of artists on spectacular Vashon Island in the midst of Puget Sound/the Salish Sea in Washington state. We offer self-directed residency sessions to emerging and established artists, writers, scholars, musicians and performing artists, to artists in the disciplines of visual art, music composition, writing, theater, dance and interdisciplinary work from around the world. The Residency provides lodging and workspace on a sliding scale fee structure to three residents at a time for 1 month long sessions all year round. Residencies are self directed.

Any work an artist makes here will be theirs, and we have no preconceived expectations regarding what an artist does or doesn’t do upon their completion of the residency. The Residency provides lodging and workspace on a sliding scale fee structure, to three residents each month. A fourth artist resident lives on-site and serves as the Residency Director. The mission of Vashon Artist Residency is to provide a diverse group of artists the time and space to create, the opportunity to engage with other residents and the experience of living and working amidst the ecology and community of Vashon Island.