Eligibility

Open to international artists across disciplines and career stages.

Number of Participants

15-20

Deadline

May 15, 2026 04:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

May 22, 2026 04:00 UTC

Duration

July 20, 2026 - August 03, 2026

Costs

• $10.00 application fee
• $2,800.00 program fee (one-time)

Facilities

Co-Working, Desk Space

Housing

Kitchen, Private Bathroom, Private Room, Shared Bathroom

Meals

Dinner, Lunch

Public Programs

Exhibition, Group Dinners, Professional Development, Self-Directed, Workshops

Disciplines

Acting, Animation, Book Arts, Cartoonist, Ceramics, Choreography, Cinematography, Collective, Comedy, Composers, Conceptual Art, Crafts & Trades, Curatorial, Dance, Dance Groups, Digital Media, Drawing, Dreamers, Fiber Arts, Fiction, Film, Illustration, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Jewelry, Journalism, Land Art, Literature, Makers, Moving Image, Multimedia, Music, Music Composition, Nonfiction, Opera, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Printmaking, Public Art, Puppeteers, Research, Scholar, Screenwriting, Sculpture, Singing, Social Practice, Sound Art, Textile, Theatre, Thinkers, Video Art, Visual Arts

Program Description

The Mudhouse is an artist residency located in the village of Agios Ioannis on the Island of Crete, Greece. The Mudhouse Residency aims to provide artists inspiration derived from an engagement with the stunning natural beauty of its environment, solitude to foster creative growth, an artistic community to enrich professional practices, and an immersive cultural experience within a profoundly rich historical context. Started in 2015 and having just completed its tenth year, the Mudhouse offers its two-week residency sessions each summer for international contemporary artists working across a manifold of artistic disciplines, from paint, to ceramics, to experimental film. We welcome visual artists, writers, musicians and performers. Hosting an incredibly diverse, multicultural, multi-generational cohort of artists in each residency session, the Mudhouse encourages dialogues across traditional boundaries. Artists are invited to present a slideshow, lecture or reading on their work for