Kestrel FielDs Studio: A place to art
Time & Space
This is a space where you ARE the artist you are called to be.
Work here, uninterrupted and inspired, for a few hours, days, or weeks. Get the project started. Progress on something you've already begun.
Or, GET 'ER DONE.
Gallery & Teaching Space
You need a space for your show! A place to gather your fans all together so they can ooh and ahh, or even buy what you've made.
Want to teach? Use our space to invite others in and share your skills with the world.
Let's collaborate.
Support
Working alone as an artist is necessary, but sometimes you need advice, encouragement, accountability, coaching, a critique, or another set of hands.
A friendly face or even a snack can help you go the distance.
We've got you.
Creative Residencies & Retreats
Becoming That Artist with a Capital "a"
WHAT IS A RESIDENCY?
A residency is when you take time away from regular life to devote to your creative practice.
Residencies are an important part of a maker's identity and their body of work.
Residencies help to legitimize artists in the world of "work."
Residencies look different everywhere. There are hundreds of art residencies in the world. Each one has a different vibe. What they all have in common is time & space for being creative.
A residency is a retreat.
You do not have to be an "Artist" (with a capital A) to do an art residency/retreat. In fact, doing a residency makes you that Artist!
A residency provides a place and time for work, thinking, collaborating, resting, focusing, exploring, pushing, settling, starting, or finishing.
Anyone can do a creative residency. If you'd rather call it a creative "retreat," no problem.
Kestrel Fields Studio is an art residency set in the foothills of Colorado's Rocky Mountains.
"ARTIST-With-A-Capital-A" RESIDENCy ScholarsHips
Kestrel Fields Studio is a residency in which artists, creators, and makers pay a fee to come. With immense thanks to several donors over the last three years, we have been able to offer several scholarships to residents to help offset their costs.
At Kestrel Fields Studio's residency, artists get the full use of our creative space, comfortable overnight accommodation if desired, easy access to our neighboring natural area, all the benefits of intentional creative time, art coaching and community if desired, with accountability and emotional support throughout.
If you are ready to listen to your whispers and finally take the time to become your Artist self, we want to hear from you! Funding is intermittent and we aim to pay the artist as often as possible, but in the meantime, our residency is affordable and offers discounts to students, veterans, and anyone who receives government benefits.
Click below to read how your residency as an investment in your creative career and to you personally.
(If you are a business or individual who is interested in partnering with us to support artists financially, please contact us. You can also donate to our Pay-the-Artist fund.)
Donate to support an artist
Artists need to get paid and we would like to pay them. We accept donations and artist sponsorships which ultimately allow us to pay the artists who stay with us in-residence.
By donating to this fund, you become a special member of our tribe! We (and the artists) are eternally grateful for your support.
If you are a business or individual who would like to discuss sponsorship of a residency scholarship, please contact us here.
