All applicants are asked to read the Wedding Cake House Residency Info page on our website in its entirety before applying to a residency at the Wedding Cake House.

Please click on that link and read all the info before signing into the portal. The application portal is linked below.

 

Note - we use submittable for our applications which is free for applicants. If you do not already have a submittable account you will have to create one. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to hit us up at weddingcakehouseresidencies@gmail.com

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The Wedding Cake House offers short term, project based residencies with a focus on mid-career artists. This coming season we are only taking applications for our Spring Duo residencies and our Family Teen, Family Youth, & Caregiver Residency. We are not taking applications for our regular group AIR programming at this time. We are limiting applications to artists who live in New England. Artists from Rhode Island are strongly encouraged to apply.

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TIMELINE: 

 

• Sep 20th 2025 Applications open

• Nov 10th 2025- apps due

• Applicants notified the week of Dec 15th 2025

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LINK TO APPLICATION PORTAL
 

We’ve included all of the questions below in case you want to cut & paste them into a doc and write out answers before putting them into the application form. For clarity ALL applications must be submitted through the link to Submittable above - responses sent by email, carrier pigeon, or pony express won’t find their way into the pile! 

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SAMPLE APPLICATION QUESTIONS

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Email

 

Name (or names if a joint application)

---- Note, most of this application addresses the applicant using the pronoun "you", however if you are applying as a pair or group please include information for each person, or for the collaborative project if more appropriate.

 

If you are applying for a duo residency or as a pair or group for one of our other residencies only fill out one application for the group. Individual members of the group should not each fill out individual applications. Please do not fill out a Duo Residency application if you are only one person without a collaborator or artist who you are planning on doing the residency with.

 

Phone number (main applicant)

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I’m applying:

Solo

As two artists that can share a bed

As two artists that would like a room with 2 beds

As a one artist with one youth in a room with 2 beds

As a one artist with two youth in a room with 2 beds and one pullout bed

As two artists sharing a bed with one youth on a pullout bed

As two artists sharing a bed with two youth on pullout beds

 

We are able to accommodate: individuals, partners or small teams who want to come together (and  participate fully as either individual artists or collaborators) sharing a room. We have rooms with queen/king beds that can be shared, as well as rooms that have an additional twin or pull out bed. If you are looking to apply as a pair or small group sharing one room, or with your kid/s please indicate that here.  

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If you selected more than one box because you are applying to multiple types of residencies - For example - Family Residency (with your kid) and the Caregiver Residency (without your kid) please use the box below to clarify

 

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Residency dates for which you are applying (check more than one box if you would like to be considered for multiple residencies).

 

• Family Teen Residency Feb 15 - 21st

• Caregiver Residency  March 3-12 

• March Duo: March 23 - 1st  

• April Duo: 7th - 15th  

• Family Youth - July 26th - Aug 1st 2026

 

Please only choose dates where you will be able to attend the entire residency. 

 

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If you selected more than one box please share any information about your date preferences. List 1st choice, 2nd choice etc

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Facilities/resources/needs: please check all facilities/studios/tools that would be needed for your residency stay - use the "other" choice to write in anything else including specific needs.

 

Access to Print Shop at DP Classic
Access to "Big Room" at DP Classic

Access to Sound Rehearsal studio at DP Classic

ADA accessible residency suite

Sewing machine

Work table in my room

Other

 

If you wrote "other" please elaborate here (50 words?)

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Please describe in 500 words or less what you’d like to work on during a residency at the Wedding Cake House. Please describe realistic projects/or ongoing progress on an existing project that takes into account the specifics of this residency i.e. you’ve likely got about 60-100 hours give or take a little depending on how much you socialize/sleep. It's ok if your description is loose and you change it up at some point. However, if you do anticipate using certain facilities or know what media you’ll be working with, that’s very helpful to describe here.

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ABOUT YOU
 

Please use this space below to provide something that will give reviewers a sense of where you are in your artistic trajectory.

This could be: a short 1-2 paragraph bio, a timeline outlining your creative path, a poetic list of career highlights, or a (very) short story of how you got to where you’re at.  If you want to list institutions that you’ve exhibited or worked with feel free, but note that a bio that is JUST a list of museums, schools, galleries etc. will likely interest our panel less than a bio that mentions ideas that are important to you.  If applying as more than one artist, include info for each artist in the group. Please keep bios to 250 - 500 words. There is a 1500 word limit here to allow for multiple artist bios for artists applying together.

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For applicants to Family residencies only

We have one residency in the winter for artist parents with teens in the 13 - 16 range and one residency for artist parents in the summer with youth in the 8- 12 range.

Use this space to tell us about your kid/s. How old are they? Do they like art? Do they have any hobbies? Anything you want to put on our radar? (400 words)

 

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For applicants to the Caregiver Residency only - Tell us about your relationship to caregiving (400 words max)

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For applicants to the Duo Residency only - Tell us about why you'd like to do a residency together. (400 words max)

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WORK SAMPLES

UPLOADS
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• Still images: 8 -12 max.

• Video or audio: 5 minutes or less

• Writing: 5 pages or less

If your work is interdisciplinary, we're pumped, but be reasonable! If you're going to share work in multiple formats, provide less in each format.  There is the ability to both upload work samples and provide links. However please keep the amount of material that you provide to the limits above. Panelists will likely get frustrated if you provide way more work samples than we have asked for!

 

If you upload files, you do not need to provide links and vice versa.  There are multiple options of how to share work to make it as easy as possible for applicants.

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WEB LINKS
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• Still images: 8 -12 max.

• Video or audio: 5 minutes or less

• Writing: 5 pages or less

If your work is interdisciplinary, we're pumped, but be reasonable! If you're going to share work in multiple formats, provide less in each format.  There is the ability to both upload work samples and provide links. However please keep the amount of material that you provide to the limits above. Panelists will likely get frustrated if you provide way more work samples than we have asked for!

 

If you upload files, you do not need to provide links and vice versa.  There are multiple options of how to share work to make it as easy as possible for applicants.

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WORK SAMPLE DESCRIPTION

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Use this space to provide info about your work samples. Some examples are - Title, medium, size, year, context

This part doesn't need to be lengthy. Please keep it brief and in list form!!!

 

We know that art doesn't exist in the void, that documentation doesn't always give the full picture, and that titles can be important. So this is an opportunity to help us understand what we are looking at or listening to. If you are adding a sentence or two for context, please keep it short!! some examples are: "This video piece is documentation of a public performance in a park", or "This series of poems is in my zine about winter", "In this series I made one stuffed animal a week for a year".

 

If you didn't upload samples or provide links to specific works - but rather provided a link to your general website - Let us know here what you would like us to focus on, given the work sample parameters.

200 words

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I have read all of the information on the WCH Winter Group Residency info page.                                                      I understand that if I am invited to participate in a residency that I will follow Wedding Cake House Covid Policy and fill out an emergency medical contact form.

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CHECKBOX

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Demographics

This information is collected for statistical purposes and to help us better serve our community. Responses are not required.

 

Date of Birth

Race/Ethnicity

Pronouns

City or town of residence

LGBTQ+ identified (Yes or No)

Do you identify as someone with a disability? (Yes or No)

 

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