Several times per year we seek to coordinate solo and small collective creatives who apply into interdisciplinary groups of four to twelve artists to take over our space (for free) and work on projects they lack an opportunity to pursue in their daily practice. 

Open Calls

Spring 2025: Imagining Better Appalachian Futures.

A key element of oppression is restricting the ability of those facing oppression to imagine that a better, more just world is possible. We can fight against that oppression of the mind by creating community that allows us to not only imagine better worlds, but ultimately build them. So in the first half of 2025, MidMountain will focus on using marginalized storytelling to imagine better Appalachian futures.

We invite you to apply to our Fellowship Opportunity to join us in this endeavor before December 31st. 

We will select at least six emerging creatives to join us for two weeks of free from March 1-13 lodging and group meals as well as receive a $250 award to cover their travel and compensate for contributing to a themed zine thanks to support from Mid Atlantic Arts and the Appalachian Community Fund.  Additionally, Fellows will be offered an opportunity to activate our space during our May 2025 programing.

We encourage creatives working across all mediums (including but not limited to writing, music, visual art, sculpture, photography and more) to apply to make work that reflects on themes of transformation focused on our region -- especially those influenced by science fiction, fantasy, and Solarpunk narratives. 

Our collective is particularly interested in centering members of marginalized communities, and those whose creative practices were recently disrupted by the Helene Climate Disaster as part of this Fellowship cohort.

Additional Expectations towards the artist:

Fellows will be required to submit at least one item to the Imagining Better Appalachian Futures zine, participate in at least one public event, join in one hour per day of community labor while on site, and take part in recorded exit interviews about their experience. Fellows will also be invited to return for festival style events later in the year. General information about our Fellowship process can be found here.

More information about the process and our space is available here.  Please review fully before applying!

You can APPLY HERE. 

The MidMountain Retreat space is also available for private rental on Airbnb and VRBO for private rentals not associated with creative pursuits or at discounted arts residency rates outside of our Fellowship cycles.