AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 453-3711
fax: (310) 453-4347
18thstreet@18thstreet.org
http://www.18thstreet.org/
Its mission is to support "artists and arts organizations dedicated to issues of community and diversity in contemporary society." (from their website) A residential center, they look for artists with social consciousness and spiritual awareness. They feature dance performances and performance art, a group of contemporary art galleries, a digital editing facility, and hosts the California Lawyers for the Arts, among other organizations for artists.

Commonwealth & Council
3006 W 7th St #220
Los Angeles CA 90005
t 213.703.9077
we@commonwealthandcouncil.com
http://www.commonwealthandcouncil.com

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
2325 Bear Gulch Road
Woodside, CA 94062-4405
(650) 747-1250
(fax): (650) 747-0105
drap@djerassi.org
http://www.djerassi.org

Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
PO Box 6
Temecula, CA 92593
(951) 302-3837
dorland@ez2.net
http://www.dorlandartscolony.org

The Exploratorium
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
ph: (415) 563-7337
fax: (415) 561-0370
pamw@exploratorium.edu
http://www.exploratorium.edu/arts

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Legion of Honor Museum
100 34th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94121
ph: (415) 750-7634
fax: (415) 750-3656
rbaldocchi@famsf.org
http://www.thinker.org

The Hatchery Art Spaces
Badger, California
Sierra Nevada Foothills
(559) 336-9383
thehatcheryartspaces@gmail.com
http://www.thehatcheryartspaces.org/

Headlands Center for the Arts
944 Fort Barry
Sausalito, CA 94965
ph: (415) 331-2787
fax: (415) 331-2787
air@headlands.org
http://www.headlands.org

Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
http://www.theintersection.org

Kala Art Institute
1060 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
ph: (510) 549-2977
fax: (510) 540-6914
kala@kala.org
http://www.kala.org

The LAB
2948 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
http://www.thelab.org

Lux Art Institute
PO Box 9638
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
http://www.luxartinstitute.org

Mesa Refuge, c/o Common Counsel Foundation
1221 Preservation Park Way, Suite 101
Oakland, CA 94612
http://www.commoncounsel.org/pages/mesa.html

Montalvo
15400 Montalvo Road
PO Box 158
Saratoga, CA 95071
ph: (408) 961-5819
fax: (408) 961-5850
kwallerstein@villamontalvo.org
http://www.villamontalvo.org

National Park Service
The National Park Services offers opportunities for 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, composers, and craft artists to live and work in the parks. Programs compiled on NPS website, where you can find contact information and program details for each site.
http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/air.htm

Joshua Tree National Park
Twentynine Palms, CA
Length: 4 weeks

Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park, CA
2D visual artists, photographers, and sculptors only.
Length: up to 1 month

New Pacific Studio
Site locations: Mount Bruce, New Zealand and Vallejo, CA
Mount Bruce R.D.1
Masterton, New Zealand
http://www.newpacificstudio.org

RAID Artist In Residence Program (AIR)
Raid Projects
Artists In Residency Program
602 Moulton Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90031
raidprojects@yahoo.com

San Francisco Recycling and Disposal
501 Tunnel Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94134-2939
http://www.norcalwaste.com

Santa Monica Art Studios
3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405
t (310) 397-7456
http://www.santamonicaartstudios.com

Soaring Gardens Artists' Retreat/Ora Lerman Charitable Trust Artists' Residency
160 Erica Way
Portola Valley, CA 94028
http://www.lermantrust.org

Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts
47694 Dunlap Road
Miramonte, CA 93641
ph: (509) 336-9985
stonehouse@spiralcomm.net
http://www.stonehouseresidency.org

Sundance Institute
(Site location: Sundance, UT)
8857 West Olympic Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
http://institute.sundance.org

Villa Aurora
(Site locations: Berlin, Germany and Los Angeles, CA)
520 Paseo Miramar
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
http://www.villa-aurora.org