Funding

Self Funded · Partial / Stipend · Fully Funded

Cultural Exchange•Greece · Agios Ioannis

Mudhouse Residency

Mudhouse Residency

Application Deadline

Closed · May 15, 2026

Reopens ~May 2027

Official Page

Mudhouse Residency is an artist-founded summer program in Agios Ioannis on the Greek island of Crete. It brings international contemporary visual artists, writers, musicians and performers to the village for two weeks of focused practice, cultural exchange and community activities.

The 2026 season comprised three sessions of 20 artists each. Applications for 2026 are closed, and the official application page asks prospective applicants to check back in fall 2026 for summer 2027.

Benefits & funding

  • Every route includes a private bedroom, shared studio or discipline-appropriate workspace, and two meals each day for two weeks.
  • Residents receive professional introductions, case-by-case project support, community activities, public-program opportunities and transport between the Ierapetra bus station and Agios Ioannis when they do not rent a vehicle.
  • The 2026 general application offered USD 4,400, USD 3,600 and USD 2,800 fee tiers. The lowest tier required a residency job; approximately one third of places were partially funded and another third were partially funded with an additional stipend.
  • Two 2026 Full Fellowship Awards covered accommodation, studio space and two daily meals at no charge to the artist.
  • Artists remained responsible for travel, extra groceries, art supplies and excursions outside the village. The application fee was USD 10.

Eligibility

  • International contemporary visual artists, writers, musicians and performers could apply.
  • The official pages state no nationality, residency, degree, age, gender or professional-experience requirement.
  • Members of a group or collaborative pair had to submit separate applications and identify their collaborators in the proposal.
  • Applicants could apply to both the Full Fellowship Award and the General Application, but the two applications were considered separately.

Can you apply?

Open to all applicants

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Application process

  1. 1
    Monitor the official application page in fall 2026 for the summer 2027 call.
  2. 2
    Follow the application-page link to SlideRoom and pay the USD 10 application fee.
  3. 3
    Choose the relevant residency session and general fee tier, and submit the requested proposal and portfolio materials.
  4. 4
    Submit a separate Full Fellowship Award application if seeking that route; applying for it does not automatically enter an applicant in the General Application.
  5. 5
    Await review; general applications are assessed by Mudhouse directors and board members in two rounds.

Program timeline

  1. Early Acceptance deadline for summer 2026.

    Oct 31, 2025

  2. Rolling general admissions for summer 2026 began.

    Dec 1, 2025

  3. Full Fellowship Award deadline.

    Jan 1, 2026

  4. Full Fellowship applicants expected decisions by the end of January.

    Jan 31, 2026

  5. Final Session Three application deadline, unless places filled earlier.

    May 15, 2026

  6. Session One.

    Jun 8, 2026 to Jun 22, 2026

  7. Session Two.

    Jun 29, 2026 to Jul 13, 2026

  8. Session Three.

    Jul 20, 2026 to Aug 3, 2026

  9. Fall 2026

    Check the official application page for the summer 2027 call; no exact reopening date is published.

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