Mission Statement
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation provides resources for artists, engages with community and promotes the legacy of the founding artists, Joan Beauregard and John David Ellis.
Vision Statement
The vision of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is to encourage, expand and sustain the courageous and imaginative dialogue that is fundamental to the arts. The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation celebrates the value of art to transcend cultures and engage with diverse communities. Through its programs, the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation supports the exploration of the common ground that art occupies, the way it engages people, and its ability to reveal our shared human experience.
Artist Residency Program
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is completing an award winning artist residency facility, exhibition and performing arts space creating in effect a "campus" on Foundation Place in Rockland, Maine, opening January 1, 2026!
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation recognizes that the arts are essential to an open, enlightened society. The residency program values innovation, experimentation and creative risk-taking in all genres, known and as yet to be discovered. We envision the residency as inclusive and diverse, prompting reflection and dialogue with other residents and the community, offering the gift of concentrated time and space in which to unveil new ideas and imagine new ways of working. Residents are expected to be full time active cohort participants. Please apply with that intent. However, if an important opportunity conflicts with your time in residence, we will try to come to an equitable solution.
Donna McNeil, Executive Director
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The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, located on the coast of Maine in Rockland, will provide four light filled studios, bedroom and bath for residents. Residents will have access to a common area an exhibition and performance space and a small tool workshop. and a stipend of $2000.00 a month per resident. Interested artists may submit applications to the Foundation by visiting our website, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation or directly to Submittable. For questions please contact Donna McNeil, Executive Director at donna@ellis-beauregardfoundation.org or 207-594-5825
Guidelines:
Artists must be at least 18 years old and residents of the United States.
Artists of any discipline may apply
There will be one month and two month and 6 month sessions. When you apply please indicate the dates you would like to attend.
6 month sessions
July 2, 2026 - December 31, 2026
2 month sessions
July 2, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Sept 2, 2026 - October 31, 2026
November 2, 2026 - December 31, 2026
1 month sessions
July 2 - July 31, 2026
August 2 - August 31, 2026
September 2 - September 30, 2026
October 2 - October 31, 2026
November 2- November 30 2026
December 2 - December 31, 2026
Artists are expected to participate in events hosted by the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation and to credit the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation in all social media, exhibit announcements and any other public interface during the time their residency..
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation sets up studio visits from critics, curators, artists and museum directors during the residency sessions.
Location:
11 Foundation Place, Rockland, Maine 04841
The residency is located in the lively creative community of Rockland, Maine, home to the Farnsworth Art Museum, The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, The Apprentice Shop, The Camden International Documentary Film Festival, Rockland Shorts film festival, North Atlantic Blues Festival, Maine Lobster festival and many galleries.
Statistics:
Residency Length: six, one and two month sessions at the discretion of the juror.
Number of artists in residence at a time: 4
Large private studio, bedroom and bath
Meals: No meals/food provided
Companions: No Spouses/partners/children or pets allowed.
Accessibility:
Building is ADA compliant
Keyed entry is 24 -7.
Wi-Fi provided.
How to apply:
Please submit application electronically to Submittable.com no later than 11:59pm August 1, 2025. Late applications will not be reviewed.
Please include:
Resume
10, 300 dpi jpegs of your work which may include details. Images should be current, no more than 2 years old.
Performing artists should submit work samples in currently popular, cross-platform, video formats which include mp4, mov, avi, flv, and wmv. Multiple videos may be submitted per application but their length must not exceed 2 minutes for single-project applications and 5 minutes for multi-component applications. Videos must be embedded in .pdf files with a maximum file size of 25 MB.
Review policy and notification:
Selection into The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Studio Residence program will be based on artistic excellence. Artists working at every level, emerging through established, are equitably welcomed and reviewed. Applications will be evaluated by a panel of experts in the field and applicants will be notified by email of acceptance into residency no later than January 2026