Opportunity at at glance:

The Rubys has partnered with Art Omi to offer one fully funded residency fellowship for a Rubys Artist Grant Alumni annually.  This year (2026), the space is in the Visual Arts Residency program, next year it will be in either the Writers or Musicians Residency - applicants in both categories can apply and will be considered by both juries to award the single residency fellowship. 

 RESIDENCY DATES: Thursday, June 18–Monday July 13, 2026

Additional Information:

• Art Omi nurtures deep creative and professional connections in a vibrant, social residency that hosts 23 visual artists from around the world.
• Artists are provided with a private bedroom in shared living quarters, a private studio, and three prepared meals a day at no cost, but are responsible for their travel and material expenses. 
• Rubys has fully funded the residency and has extended an additional $2000 stipend to the awarded artists to defray travel and material expenses
• Each session, two critics/curators are invited to participate as Critics-in-Residence. They both lead discussions, help shape the Visitors program and make individual studio visits throughout the duration of the residency session.
• Critics for the 2026 residency sessions are Sadaf Padder and Susan Snodgrass. You can read about them here: https://artomi.org/art-omi-artists-critics/

OVERVIEW OF ART OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS RESIDENCY

The Art Omi: Artists residency was founded in 1992 with the mission of fostering a diverse creative environment where artists from around the globe could engage in meaningful cultural exchange and professional development. Situated in the rural Hudson Valley, the residency program takes place every June-July and provides two dozen artists and two critics/curators, often from 20 different countries, with studio space and living accommodations. By offering a rare communal living experience far away from daily routines and distractions, the residency provides uninterrupted time to deepen one’s professional practice as well as opportunities to gain new insights about one’s art through dynamic, stimulating exchanges with other artists as well as visiting curators, gallerists, and critics. Over the course of the residency, participants create new work, develop discourse and collaborations with their peers, exhibit their work to the public, and advance their careers in New York City and internationally. Finally, through an Open Studios Day on the last Saturday of the residency, artists have the opportunity to show their work—finished or in progress—to hundreds of individuals invited to visit the center.

THE UNIQUENESS OF ART OMI

Unique Professional Development Opportunities - Art Omi is conveniently located far away enough from New York City to provide a relaxing setting for creative production, but close enough to attract the most interesting art professionals to come participate in and/or visit the residency. A Critic-In-Residence lives at the center for the duration of the program, participating in the community and conducting frequent studio visits and one-on-one meetings with each resident, and mentoring the artists. In addition, a Critic Emeritus, a successful critic from previous years, returns for the first week in residence, providing guidance to the artists and to the current Critic-in-Residence. Each year, two dozen arts professionals — independent curators, museum curators, established artists — visit Art Omi and conduct studio visits with the resident artists. While other residencies offer studio visits from professionals, none matches the quality of the Art Omi Visitors’ Program. Not only are our visitors prestigious and well-connected, but they do not come for brief 2-hour visits as with other programs in the city. At Art Omi, visitors spend at least 24 hours at the center, conducting several studio visits, and engaging artists through follow-up discussions during relaxing gatherings in the evenings. This feature of our program greatly enhances the possibility that a simple studio visit may develop into a career opportunity for our artists-in-residence.

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