Ucross Fellowship for Native American Artists, Fall 2027

About this call

The Ucross Fellowship for Native American Artists supports contemporary Native American visual artists, writers and performers with a four-week residency at the Ucross Foundation in Ucross, Wyoming, United States, during the Fall 2027 session (August to early December). Fellows receive uninterrupted time, a private studio, living accommodations, meals prepared by the Ucross chef and a stipend, plus an award of US$2,000 and the opportunity to present work publicly, such as an exhibition in the Ucross Art Gallery, a reading or a performance. The fellowship began with visual artists, with support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and was extended to writers in 2020 and performers in 2024 with National Endowment for the Arts funding. Typically two fellows are chosen per discipline each year, and every applicant may also be considered for a standard Ucross residency.

Who can apply

• Open to applicants of any nationality
• Medium: Painting / Drawing / Mixed Media / Sculpture / Printmaking / Photography / Video / Performance / Installation / Ceramics / Writing
• Free entry
• Applicants must be enrolled members of a state-recognized or federally-recognized Tribe, Pueblo, Nation, Native Community, Political Entity or Alaskan Native Village, and practicing contemporary artists: visual artists working in any visual medium (painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video, animation, performance art, installation, ceramics), writers (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting, playwriting, hybrid forms) or performers. No application fee. Apply on Submittable; current work is requested. Visual artists submit 10 JPEG images (no PDFs) with a data sheet giving title, medium, size and year; film, video, animation and performance up to 3 video files under 8 minutes and 200 MB each, or up to 3 Vimeo or YouTube links. Writers submit 20 pages of fiction or nonfiction, 10 pages of poetry, or one complete play or screenplay marking the 20 pages to read, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) and with their full name. The Submittable page has separate forms for visual artists and for writers. Ucross's application guidelines on Submittable also state that it does not accept applications from students at any level, and that former residents may return three years after their previous residency.