Dorothy Day Cabin Artist Spring Residency Artist Call is active today!
🎨 Calling Local Artists — Applications Are Now Open!
MU Extension and Platte County Parks & Recreation are accepting applications for the Dorothy Day Cabin Artist Residency, taking place October 26–November 6, 2026.
This two-week residency gives a local artist the opportunity to create and find inspiration in the peaceful, historic setting of the Dorothy Day Cabin.
The residency is open to artists who live in Clay, Jackson or Platte counties in Missouri, or Johnson or Wyandotte counties in Kansas. Eligible applicants include visual artists such as painters, sculptors and mixed-media artists, as well as creative writers, nonfiction writers and poets.
📅 Application deadline: October 2
🎨 Residency: October 26–November 6
📣 Selected artist notified: October 9
The selected artist will also share their work with the community through a workshop and/or artist talk and donate one piece of artwork to the cabin.
Learn more and apply through MU Extension:
https://extension.missouri.edu/counties/urban-west-region/artist-residency