Anne Searle Bent Spiritual Art Fellowship
The Anne Searle Bent Spiritual Art Fellowship supports artists exploring spirituality or faith with an 18-day Ragdale residency and $1,000 stipend.
Funder: Ragdale
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Residency and fellowship application deadline)
Funding Amounts: 18-day fee-waived residency plus $1,000 stipend; one fellowship awarded annually.
Summary: Supports an artist of any discipline working on a project related to spirituality or faith with a fully funded residency and stipend.
Description
The Anne Searle Bent Spiritual Art Fellowship, administered by Ragdale, is awarded annually to an artist of any discipline whose work engages with themes of spirituality or faith. The fellowship provides a fully funded 18-day residency at Ragdale in Lake Forest, Illinois, along with a $1,000 stipend. Recipients benefit from uninterrupted creative time, a private live/work space, communal dinners, and a supportive cohort of fellow residents. The program is designed to nurture creative practitioners—visual artists, writers, performers, composers, choreographers, curators, or theologians—exploring spiritual or faith-based concepts in their work.
