The ideal participant is an artist who wants to be able to devote time to a project for 3 weeks in a beautiful nurturing environment in Costa Rica. Participants may be a writer, visual artist, photographer, filmmaker, storyteller, poet, composer, librettist, performer or dancer/choreographer. Sharing ideas about what you are doing and being willing to listen to what others are doing is an important component of the residency. A unique labyrinth has been added to the property.

On the last Saturday of the residency, each participant will be asked to share what they have done during the residency (or earlier related work) with members of the local community.

Facility

Each artist is provided with a private room and bath. Two of the rooms are in the shared main house. One has a king bed and the other a queen bed. A separate casita has a bedroom with twin beds and a full kitchen. The kitchen in the casita is shared with the other artists.

There are no separate studios. Each bedroom has a desk and a work table which can be moved to common areas or kept in the bedroom. This residency is not for an artist who needs a separate studio in addition to the private room. There is not a dance studio although the main house has open space. There is a covered porch area facing the garden that provides excellent work space as well as common areas in the main house and casita. There are a lots of beautiful areas on the property to spend time painting, writing or just reflecting!

There is no fee to apply and no fee for the residency. Participating artists share the casita kitchen cooking their own meals. The location of the residency is a short cab ride to town or a two mile walk. The local town of Atenas has restaurants and food is easy to purchase. The residency provides a beginning trip to town for groceries.