RAGDALE FOUNDATION
To embolden creative exploration and achievement. We give courage to and provide a setting for creative exploration and achievement by establishing a culture of excellence, generosity, and inclusivity within Ragdale’s historic campus and native prairie landscape—the essential qualities of our community’s 120-year legacy as a generative home of artistic production. Through residencies, fellowships, and thematic collaborations, Ragdale annually supports more than 200 artists, designers, and scholars from around the world, all of whom are seeking time and space to pursue distinctive works of the imagination. Ragdale’s commitment to cultural equity and community engagement underpins dozens of public projects each year, led by the Ragdale in Schools program.
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Ragdale Residency 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.
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Absolutely thrilled to hear about the 2026 Residency Application opening! 🌟 Can't wait to see the amazing talent and creativity that will bloom at Ragdale. Artists, this is your chance to shine! 🎨✨
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