Studio Space
Located adjacent to our gallery is an artist studio that provides rent-free project space and financial support for two artists-in-residence annually.
About the Residency
The New City Artist-in-Residence program provides a local artist with a 6 month studio space grant and a $1,000 stipend. Each residency concludes with the artist sharing their work with the public through a culminating event or series of events. Applications for the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 Research Residencies are open now and are due August 28. Learn more and submit your proposal here.
The New City Arts Research Residency aims to support artists and creatives of all disciplines with practices based in research (i.e., writers, curators, art historians, designers, filmmakers, etc.). The residency is meant to be a celebration of all the ways research informs artistic practices – the questioning, experimenting, reflecting, archiving, and observing that leads artists to new discoveries and ways of knowing.
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The studio is approximately 9'x16' with a pocket door for privacy, wall space for displaying works in progress, large studio table that adjusts to accommodate seated or standing height, ergonomic studio chair, high-speed fiber internet provided by Ting, a multi-function printer, and a shared kitchen and bathroom. It’s located adjacent to New City Arts’ Welcome Gallery at 114 3rd St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902.
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Resident artists are selected through an open call and artist-led community review panel.
Applications for the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 Research Residencies are open now. Applications are due August 28. Learn more and submit your proposal here.
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The residency is open to artists of all disciplines (visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers, and filmmakers). Resident artists must live in the Charlottesville area during the residency program. Preference is given to applicants with specific project goals for the residency period, which is approximately 6 months.
Please note that the studio space does not have a working window and is in a public space. For this reason, we do not recommend this residency for artists working with materials that produce fumes requiring a well-ventilated space.
Applications for the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 Research Residencies are open now. Applications are due August 28. Learn more and submit your proposal here.
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Given that the core of our mission is to foster engagement with the arts in Charlottesville, VA, we ask that resident artists
spend a minimum of 15 hours a week in the studio;
share their work publicly at the end of their residency.
Candidates must live in the Charlottesville area (including the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson and Orange counties) during the residency program.
Applications for the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 Research Residencies are open now. Applications are due August 28. Learn more and submit your proposal here.
New City Arts and The Haven facilitated a 10-month artist-in-residence program in Charlottesville, VA from 2011 – 2015. During this time, New City Arts’ studio space was located at The Haven at 112 W. Market St., Charlottesville, VA 22902. Learn more about The Haven Residency Program here.
Current Resident Artist
Adrienne Jacobson Oliver is an artist-researcher who explores Black matrilineal expressions that suspend time, entangle memory, and invite intimacy, articulating themselves through a key of resonance and silence.
2026/27 Resident Artists
Past Resident Artists
Lauro is a mixed media artist based in Charlottesville with roots in Texas and the Mexican-Latine diaspora.
Lauren Williams is a weaver, fiber artist, and art teacher.
Chandler Jennings is an analog games maker, writer, and academic.
Meesha Goldberg is an artist and poet living in Charlottesville, Virginia.
MaKshya Tolbert is a poet, potter, and shade walker who recently made their way back to Virginia, where their grandmother raised them.
Sarah Lawson (she/they) is a writer and visual artist living in Nelson County, Virginia, whose work explores the natural alongside the artificial, the profound as well as the mundane.
Nina Thomas makes drawings, prints, and collages.
Mara Sprafkin is a Brooklyn native. She holds a BA from Bowdoin College and an MFA from Columbia University.
Ézé Amos is a documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Sean Rubin is an illustrator who was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Lowland Hum is a art-folk duo made up of husband and wife, Daniel and Lauren Goans.
Mojdeh Tarighat is an emerging writer of literary fiction and a mathematician.
Tobiah Mundt is a self taught fiber artist who was born and raised in Houston, Texas.
Lauren Plank Goans is a visual artist, songwriter, and performer whose creations flow from a desire to move through the world with attention, vulnerability and care.
The moment that Daniel realized that his NBA dreams weren’t happening, he shifted all of his drive and focus to music.
Karina A. Monroy is a Chicana mixed media installation artist who just moved to Charlottesville from Southern California.
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Juliana Daugherty has been enthralled with music and words for as long as she can remember.
Claire Hitchins is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who released her debut album in October 2016.
Alyssa Pheobus Mumtaz is best known for her interdisciplinary drawing practice, which incorporates aspects of collage, hand papermaking, silverpoint, miniature painting technique and textile design.
Rayne MacPhee is an artist, educator and beekeeper living in Charlottesville, VA.
Amanda Wagstaff is a visual artist who builds quilts and textile objects with salvaged fabrics & natural dyes.
Rooted in collaboration and performance, and often incorporating a background in printmaking, Patrick Costello’s work spans the disciplines of drawing, sculpture, ecological horticulture, and theater.
Laura Josephine Snyder is a visual artist living and working in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Phượng-Duyên Hải Nguyễn is an artist working primarily with textiles and sculptures.
Kori Price is a photographer and writer based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Originally from Culpeper, Kori has been proud to call Central Virginia home for most of her life and is passionate about telling the stories of her community.