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About the organization
The Edward F. Albee Foundation, established in 1967 by the playwright Edward Albee, provides residencies at the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center in Montauk, New York. Founded on Albee's conviction that artists need uninterrupted time and space to develop their work, the foundation offers one-month residencies to writers, visual artists, and composers. The program is intentionally stripped of formal obligations: there are no workshops, no critiques, and no required output. Instead, residents are given a private room, a studio, and the solitude of the Montauk landscape. This ethos reflects Albee's own working life—he wrote 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' in a similar retreat—and his belief that the most valuable gift to an artist is time free from distraction.
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Taking part
Applications are accepted via the foundation's website, typically with a deadline in early fall for the following year. There is no application fee. Artists should submit a concise project description, a work sample, and a brief statement of what they hope to accomplish during the residency. The selection committee looks for clarity of purpose and a genuine need for uninterrupted time, not for polished proposals or careerist ambitions. Given the limited number of residencies, applicants are advised to apply only when they have a specific project or body of work that would benefit from the retreat. The foundation does not provide travel funds or stipends, so applicants should plan accordingly. Decisions are usually announced in late winter.
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