Program areas at Artist Communities Alliance
Contracted and consulting services: aca partnerships with grantmakers (including pew fellowships in the arts and 3arts) provides residencies and fees to artists and residency hosts in the u.s., canada, and europe. Additionally, we consult directly with our member organizations with business planning and assessments.
Emerging program institute (epi): an annual training program hosted by aca, supports people and organizations in the early stages of creating a residency program. This three-day intensive includes faculty-led sessions, Artist presentations, interactive exercises and group discussions to provide attendees with the strategies, tools and networks to develop and strengthen all elements of their program utilizing acas five pillars of healthy residency framework: identity, design, operations, resources, and stewardship.
Annual conference: aca has historically hosted an annual conference to advance knowledge-sharing and exchange within the Artist residency field. Since 2009, this conference has brought together arts leaders, community organizers, funders, policymakers, educators and cross-sector partners from around the world to gather in various cities across the united states. The annual conference has been on hold since 2020. Aca continues to build its virtual programming to make similar opportunities available throughout the year.
Aca is an international network of Artist Communities and residency programs. Aca includes more than 400 members a diverse field of Artist Communities, residency programs, individuals and institutions that support living artists in the creation of new work in more than 20 countries worldwide and in all 50 u.s. states, with budgets ranging from 8,000 to 4 million. Aca members have access to a range of services and programs including knowledge sharing and advocacy.