Artist Residency

About the Program

Sentient Meat’s Artist Residency is a program-based, cooperative residency—not a traditional lease. Residents participate under a revocable program participation license, which does not grant lease rights or create a landlord–tenant relationship.

This residency supports Sentient Meat’s 501(c)(3) mission through collaborative artistic practice, mutual aid, and peer-led learning. We welcome artists to live and create in homes managed by artist-members, contributing to a vibrant, cooperative community.

Participants make monthly program contributions—not rent—which support operations, utilities, and shared resources. Each location has a Resident Advisor to facilitate coordination and uphold community standards.

Program Features:

• Up to five-year residency terms—longer than most artist residencies
• Private studio rooms and shared access to kitchens, bathrooms, laundry, workshops, and gathering areas
• A Shared Effort Initiative to earn contribution credits through communal labor
• Transparent operations via a shared spreadsheet tracking contributions and expenses
• Clear financial, maintenance, and reimbursement policies governed by the board

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All residency program activity is operated under the safer spaces policy. Residents are responsible for their own personal property insurance. Residency is granted under a revocable license for program participation, not a lease. Sentient Meat does not provide tenant housing and retains the right to withdraw participation per board-approved terms.