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CALLING ALL ARTISTS Our 2026 Residency Application Portal is Now Open CALLING ALL ARTISTS Our 2026 Residency Application Portal is Now Open CALLING ALL ARTISTS Our 2026 Residency Application Portal is Now Open Ragdale is a nonprofit artist residency program and community located on the historical Arts Crafts country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw and poet and playwright Frances Wells Shaw. Over 200residencies numerous fellowships and a variety of themed residencies and creative sabbaticals are offered annually to creative professionals of all types making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artist communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a crosssection of ages cultures experiences and mediums for a diverse and vibrant community. In eleven 18day sessions artistsinresidence enjoy uninterrupted time for work and creativity on the idyllic Ragdale campus a supportive environment dynamic artist exchanges an adjacent 80 acres of wilderness preserve including a remnantIllinois prairie and community dinners.