DEADLINE: Mineral Arts and Residencies for Writers

Mineral Arts & Residencies formerly called Mineral School) located in a former elementary school built in 1947 near Mt. Rainier, in Mineral, Washington. During 2025 and the first half of 2026, we’ll host 32 creative people during six sessions ranging from one to two weeks in length, providing them with time, space, nutritious food, community, and access to the outdoors as well as the wild and wonderful energy of the region.

Applications for 2025-2026 open up April 6, 2025, through May 15, 2025. Residency call and FAQ.

We provide accepted applicants space and time to create new work without the interruptions of normal life and with the bonus of healthy meals prepared by a caterer using locally-grown organic produce and eggs where possible. During each session, four residents will live in an 800-square foot former school classroom that offers peekaboo views of Mineral Lake and Mt. Rainier, and that will double as their writing or art studio, with desk and chair, lighting, bookcase, optional tables and task lighting, and lots of chalkboards. The school building has shared bathrooms with showers. Residents are served all meals daily (plus 24/7 access to a snack fridge and coffee/tea station), with food sensitivities accommodates, and will have the opportunity to share work with the public. Additionally, we will host a “bigger” residency cohort during the short session from September 28 to October 5, when six artists will stay at the nearby Mineral Lake Lodge, and also during October when we host two artists at Ashford’s Jimmy Beech House during the two-week session from October 12 to October 26. It's a 25-minute drive to the Ashford/Nisqually entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park.

During 2025-2026, we are able to offer 11 fellowships so writers and artists may attend residency at no cost; fellowshipped writers are provided with travel assistance to Mineral from within the I-5 corridor between Portland and Seattle. Otherwise, one-week residency costs $450 and two-week residency costs $900, which includes all meals, linens, and programming.