Applications are now open for the Greenhorns Residency!

Do you want to spend time this year at the Greenhorns campus in Downeast Maine? We invite you to apply to the Greenhorns Residency.

We are now accepting applications for the Greenhorns Residency for the Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 seasons. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all spots are filled. Apply by October 3 for priority consideration.

Read more about our residency in general on this page, and about this year's application process at the link just below.

→ Read the details here.

→ Apply here.

We look forward to welcoming you.

About the Greenhorns Residency

A Creative Residency in Downeast Maine

The Residency:
Join us in Downeast Maine for a creative residency program at the Greenhorns campus. The Greenhorns Residency intends to create a hospitable, resilient culture alongside those pursuing agriculture and land-based livelihoods; we want it to be fun, intersectional, and of benefit to the land we call home.

This is a place for practicing out loud the land use changes that we wish to see in the world. We are interested in action research, and social cultures that orient our work in healing land. Projects and possibilities are emergent: perhaps you are excited to experiment with micro-hydro power, to plant elm trees on campus, to envision a pop-up farm shop that creates more local wealth through the value-added processing of abundant natural resources, or perhaps you are looking to engage in creative restoration of the degraded former gravel mines.

Sites and Spaces:

1. Pennamaquan site | Two 1800’s historic houses looking out onto the river, one with kitchen and shower and the other only with bedrooms; heated wood shop with many many woodworking tools; Mushroom Lab; Large Barn; 1 mile of river frontage; trails network; massive spring run of Alewives
2. Reversing Hall | 1896 Odd Fellows hall, contains Research Library, performance and studio space, art materials, projector and upstairs theater, large indoor working spaces, looms, spindles, quilt loom, sewing machines, collection of regalia from fraternal society; sound and other digital media tools, radio transmitter, silk screen, letterpress, bikes.
3. Smithereen Farm home site | Organic farm and gardens with U-Pick strawberries, blueberries, and cane fruit; boulders and elfin forests on the U Pick blueberry land (perfect for building fantasy art cabins); coastal meadows and seashore access;150 acres forest and trails; back cove; timber frame outdoor kitchen; herb and seaweed drying facilities; smokehouse; composting toilet; hot shower; tipis; campsites; airstream; oxbarn; toolshed; parking.
4. Pembroke Crossroads | Location of the Grey Lodge (Smithereen Farmstore, Smithereen and Greenhorns office, staff kitchen, parlor with wifi and printer, Thrifty Shoppe, Publication Room), The Minke (certified shared-use commercial kitchen, drying room, grinding room), Kelp Drying Houses, Greenhouses, The Old Motel (recycling center, studio space), Puffin Art Lab, Exhibition Spaces, FarmHack Studio
5. Large woodlands and trails networks | Places to collect materials for art + studio practices
6. Two Aquaculture lease sites |  Places to research plastic alternatives, new bio-materials design, and other aquatic experiments; Kayaks and small boats are available
7. Community Infrastructure In Pembroke for possible partnership | Three large community halls; the oldest continuously operated county fairgrounds in the state of Maine; Gravel Mine Pits for possible restoration work. We have incredible infrastructure here for social gatherings, exhibits and large format happenings. Let's enliven these spaces! Discover Bold Coast and Tides Institute and Museum of Art are great places for beginning to learn more about the offerings of this region.