GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY
543 Ripley Road
Harrington, ME 04643
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY is located along the coast of Downeast Maine near the village of Harrington, and consists of approximately 50 acres of rocky shore and spruce forest…a truly unique and creatively inspiring environment for both artists and writers.
CURRENT NEWS
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Golden Apple Art Residency is fully scheduled for Summer 2024 and 2025.
Golden Apple Art Residency is currently accepting applications for Summer 2026 (please view Application Requirements). Questions? Contact Director Shelley Stevens at SNStevens@GoldenAppleStudio.com
The cost to attend a two-week residency session at Golden Apple is currently $2950. This cost includes private lodging, private studios, and all meals, including dinners in the main dining room each evening.
Summer 2026 residency sessions have been scheduled as follows:
SESSION ONE: July 6 - 19, 2026
SESSION TWO: July 28 - August 10, 2026
SESSION THREE: August 18 - 31, 2026
Summer 2027 residency sessions will be similarly scheduled.
Please scroll to bottom of page to view a complete list of Past Artists/Writers-in-residence at Golden Apple Art Residency.
The construction of a new three-story multi-purpose Art Building to better serve our artists and writers is now complete! This three-story building houses a woodshop on the walk-out basement level, a large open-floor plan on the main level where workshops, lectures and other events will take place, plus a cottage-style apartment on the upper floor to be used as the need arises for residents, interns, etc. This beautiful new space allows Golden Apple to continue with its mission to provide time and space within a beautiful environment for our artists and writers.
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY hosted three workshops during the Summer 2023 season. A one-day lecture/demo was taught by Michigan artist, instructor and Golden Paints representative Valerie Allen with 15 participants. In addition, two-day workshops were taught to ten participants by Michigan artist Sally Rose who taught a Fiber Arts Sculpture workshop, and Michigan artist Tom Tomasek who taught a Landscape Pastel workshop.
PAST NEWS
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY hosted a three-day painting workshop titled The Road From Reality to Abstraction (Part Two) held on September 7-9, 2021, and taught by Shelley Stevens. Participants included (l-r): Virginia Swayne, Jean Driscoll, Rhonda Keller, Mary Spence, Barrie Latzko, Francie Shepherd and Ora Aselton (missing is Ellen Lehto).
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY was pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of Kendall College of Art & Design's Golden Apple Art Residency Scholarship. Graduate students of Kendall's MFA program Katie Brooks Toepp and Samantha Conrad were awarded full scholarships to attend a two-week residency session at Golden Apple this past summer. These two scholarships are offered and fully funded by Kendall College of Art & Design.
The recipients of these scholarships were chosen from a pool of highly qualified graduate students of Kendall’s Fine Arts programs, MArch program (Architecture) and MACVS program (Visual and Critical Studies) based upon a jury process which involved submission of a letter of intent, images of current work, and an accompanying artist statement.
We offer our congratulations to these award winners and look forward to providing a creative and inspiring environment which will result in a uniquely satisfying and productive experience for these artists-in-residence.
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY hosted a 3-day Painting Workshop titled The Road From Reality to Abstraction from September 5-7, 2019 taught by Shelley Stevens. Participants included (l-r): Mary Spence, Rhonda Keller, Ora Aselton, Virginia Swayne, Jenne Heavrin, Francie DePaolo, Jean Driscoll, Shelley Stevens, Macie Patrick and Diane Myles.
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY hosted a 3-day Pastel Workshop titled Land, Sky and Water from September 10-12, 2018 taught by award-winning Michigan pastel artist Tom Tomasek. Participants included (l-r): Sandi Malagara, Rhonda Keller, Barrie Latzko, Tom Tomasek, Mary Spence, Jean Driscoll, and Ora Aselton. Also pictured is Sally Rose, artist-in-residence.
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY is proud to announce the Exhibition titled Artumentary opening at the Saginaw Art Museum in Saginaw, MI from April 6 - June 10, 2017. This unique exhibition focuses on the benefits and rewards of the Artist-in-Residence experience, specifically at Golden Apple Art Residency, documenting how such an experience impacts not only the artist/writer, but also the creative work of the artist/writer, often for years into the future. The exhibition will showcase the juried work of fifteen former Golden Apple artists-in-residence. A number of lectures and presentations will be scheduled as part of the Exhibition.
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY hosted a 3-day Portrait Painting Workshop from September 5-7, 2017 for beginning through advanced artists. This workshop focused on representational portrait drawing and painting in oils or acrylics, and took place at the Residency located at 546 Ripley Road, Harrington, ME. The course was taught by Shelley Stevens, Director of Golden Apple Art Residency. Participants included Maine artists Ora Aselton, Jean Driscoll, Helga Frenner, Arlene Seavey, Mary Spence and Rhonda Keller.
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY hosted a 3-Day Encaustic Workshop on September 7-9, 2016 to eight area artists. The workshop, which covered both the basic applications of encaustic painting and more advanced technique of this unique medium, was taught by Shelley Stevens, Director of Golden Apple Art Residency. As a practicing artist, Shelley began to work in encaustic painting several years ago as an alternative to her more typical large-scale representational figurative oil paintings. For examples of some of Shelley’s more recent encaustic painting, please view her website www.GoldenAppleStudio.com, click Images, then click Gallery Three: In or Out: Location as a State of Mind.
Participating artists l to r: Nancy Herr, Marcy MacMahon, Diane Myles, Barrie Latzko, Jean Driscoll, Helen Hall, Ora Aselton, Ann Casey-Graves and Shelley Stevens
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY hosted a 5-day workshop “The Fundamental Approach to Plein Air Painting” on August 24-28, 2015 combining the uniquely beautiful scenery of Downeast Maine and the teaching talents of Larry Blovits, PSA. As professor emeritus of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Larry Blovits has a remarkable and long-standing reputation for his caring and dedicated teaching methods, not only in a university setting, but also in the many workshops he has taught all over the world since 1975.
Participants included: Jeanne Fisher, Andrea Hofmeister, Helga Frenner, Cynthia Huntington, Ora Aselton, Jean Driscoll and Virginia Swayne.
Please contact Shelley N. Stevens (SNStevens@GoldenAppleStudio.com) for information on upcoming workshops to be held at Golden Apple Art Residency.
In Celebration of Golden Apple Artists Exhibition
In celebration of their 100th Anniversary in 2015, Jonesport Public Library in Jonesport, ME hosted an exhibition of art entitled “In Celebration of Golden Apple Artists”. The artists whose work was shown in this juried exhibition were those who had in the past six years experienced two-week residencies at Golden Apple Art Residency on Ripley’s Neck in Harrington, ME. These professional artists work and reside all over the United States. Their work is as individual as the artists themselves, yet they have all been inspired during their residencies by the culture, landscape and raw beauty of Downeast Maine. These paintings, drawings, prints, fiber arts, photographs and sculptural work was publicly exhibited for the first time as a collection from September 3-17 in the Library's gallery during which a well-attended reception was hosted by the Library.
Participating artists include: Lisa Ambrose, Larry Blovits, Patricia Constantine, Hilda Green Demsky, Brenda Sipe-Donahue, Jeanne Fisher, Kari Friestad, Damian Goidich, Taylor Greenfield, Tatsuki Hakoyama, Rebecca Hastings, Salvador Jimenez Flores, Darlene Kaczmarczyk, Sarah Knill, Jenna Koening, Erin Overmeyer, Deborah Rockman, Sally Rose, Kris Sanford, Barbara Southworth, James Steigenga, Carrie Weis, Shelley Stevens, Cathy VanVoorhis, Steven Vinson and Al Wildey.
Past Artists/Writers-in-Residence
2024
Allison Belolan, Mixed Media, New York
Jeffrey Berg, Drawing, Washington D.C.
Julian Bradshow, Painting, Vermont
Nancy White Cassidy, Painting, New Hampshire
Rocky (Rosana) Cervini, Buenos Aires, Argentina
LeeAnn Frame, Printmaking, Michigan
Bruce Francke, Painting, Michigan
Mikee Huber, Painting, Ohio
Eugenia Kim, Writing, Washington D.C.
Marti Lameti, Fiber Artists, Michigan
Matt Lewis, Painting, Michigan
Geryl Lobert, Writing, Michigan
J.D. Logan, Painting, Massachusetts
Jacqueline Sullivan, Painting, Ohio
Mary Sundstrom, Painting, Michigan
2023
Valerie Allen, Painting and Printmaking, Michigan
Jeffrey Berg, Drawing, Washington D.C.
Doug Bosch, Sculpture, Rhode Island
Nancy White Cassidy, Painting, New Hampshire
Margaret Colarelli, Drawing, Illinois
Connie Glore, Painting, Massachusetts
Dani Hughes, Photography, Michigan
Carol Irving, Fiber Arts, Michigan
Richard Kattman, Painting, Massachusetts
Marti Lameti, Fiber Arts, Michigan
Matt Lewis, Painting, Michigan
Sally Rose, Fiber Arts, Michigan
Tom Tomasek, Pastel Painting, Michigan
Richard Whitten, Painting, Rhode Island
2022
Valerie Allen, Painting and Printmaking, Michigan
Rachel Brask, Painting, Rhode Island
Nancy White Cassidy, Painting, New Hampshire
Jan Dale, Painting, Michigan
LeeAnn Frame, Printmaking, Michigan
Felicity Frobom, Painting, Michigan
Barbara Hranilovich, Painting, Michigan
Carolyn Hagy Kent, Painting, Rhode Island
Bella Kubo, Videography and Sound, Virginia
Matt Lewis, Painting, Michigan
Cassandra Lockwood, Painting and Printmaking, New Mexico
Armin Mersmann, Drawing, Michigan
John Rowell, Writer and Playwright, Maryland
James Steigenga, Photography, Michigan
Sally Strom, Mixed Media, Oregon
2021
Doug Bosch, Sculpture, Rhode Island
Lauren Brady, Painting, Michigan
Jodi Ferrier, Painting, Washington, DC
Jessie Howell, Writer and Graphic Artist, New Hampshire
Martine MacDonald, Painter, Michigan
Dayan Moore, Painter and Environmental Artist, Connecticut
Sally Rose, Fiber Artist, Michigan
Adrienne Taylor, Cellist and Composer, Rhode Island
Tom Tomasek, Pastel Artist, Michigan
Don VanAuken, Printmaker, Michigan
Rachael VanDyke, Painter, Michigan
Cara Lee Wade, Photographer, Indiana
Richard Whitten, Painter, Rhode Island
Joe Yankee, Singer Songwriter, Michigan
Residency sessions were cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic.
2019
Kaitlin Beebe, Painting, New York
Samantha Conrad, Painting, Michigan
Deirdre Fagan, Writing, Michigan
Joanne Grabinski, Writing and Fiber Arts, Michigan
Alan Harper, Writing, Michigan
Elizabeth Ivy Hawkins, Painting and Writing, Michigan
Carolyn Kent, Painting, Rhode Island
Matt Lewis, Painting, Michigan
Katherine Minott, Photography, Arizona
Deborah Rockman, Drawing and Installation, Michigan
David Sturtevant, Painting, Washington, D.C.
Katie Brooks Toepp, Painting and Research, Washington, D.C.
Carrie Weis, Painting, Michigan
2018
Kaitlin Beebe, Fiber Arts, New York
Rachel Brask, Painting, Rhode Island
Hilda Demsky, Painting, New York
Cynthia Farnell, Printmaking, Georgia
Christian Helser, Painting, Michigan
Egan Franks Holzhausen, Painting, Michigan
Kim Kleinhardt, Painting, Michigan
Yvonne Navarro, Painting, Arizona
Dustin Rogers, Painting, Michigan
Stefynie Rosenfeld, Photography, New York
Anna Schierbeek, Painting and Drawing, Michigan
Sally Strom, Mixed Media, Oregon
2017
Rochelle Aultman, Painting, Michigan
Kimberly Buchholz, Architecture, Michigan
Emily Cobb, Multi-media, Michigan
Steve Leary, Painting, Michigan
Gary Peter, Writer, Minnesota
Leah Gose, Photography, Michigan
Susan Estelle Kwas, Illustrator, Wisconsin
Regina Garza Mitchell, Writer, Michigan
Amber Bledsoe, Fiber and Installation Arts, Michigan
Karen Swan Armon, Painter, Colorado
Rick Beerhorst, Painter, Michigan
Dianne Carroll Burdick, Photography, Michigan
2016
Emily Mayo, Drawing, Michigan
Bohan Li, Printmaking, Michigan
Ethan Ross, Photography and Installation, Michigan
Miranda Graham, Painting and Installation, Michigan
Nick Mayo, Photography, Michigan
Ruth Hamill, Painting, Massachusetts
Stevie Rosenfeld, Photography, New York
Michele Bosak, Mixed Media, Michigan
Rebecca Zeiss, Photography and Mixed Media, Michigan
Tom Tomasek, Pastel, Michigan
Mery-et Lescher, Writing, Florida
John Rowell, Playwriting, Maryland
James Steigenga, Photography, Michigan
2015
Bill Bitzinger, Photography, Michigan
Patricia Nuss Bombace, Photography, Florida
Stephen Halko, Painting, MIchigan
Sherri Littlefield, Photography, New York
Seth Marosok, Painting and Drawing, Wyoming
Amy Packard, Painting and Drawing, Michigan
Nichole Riley, Mixed Media, Michigan
Gypsy Schindler, Painting and Drawing, Michigan
Carol Schwartz, Painting and Drawing, Wisconsin
James Steigenga, Photography, Michigan
Lee Timko, Painting and Mixed Media, Michigan
Elizabeth Hubler-Torrey, Encaustic, Michigan
2014
Anne Gochenour (mixed media) - Michigan
Deborah Harper (writer) - Tennessee
Yvonne Navarro (writer) - Arizona
Erin Overmeyer (painting) - Michigan
Cathy VanVoorhis (painting) - Michigan
Ethan Ross (photography) - Michigan
Elizabeth Hubler-Torres (encaustic) - Michigan
Damian Goidich (drawing) - Michigan
James Steigenga (photography) - Michigan
Hilda Green Demsky (painting) - New York
Alan Harper (photography) - Michigan
Barbara Southworth (photography) - Virginia
Hallie LeBlanc (painting) - Michigan
2013
Barbara Southworth (photography) - Virginia
Kari Friestad (painting) - Michigan
Damian Goidich (drawing) - Michigan
Miranda Graham (painting) - Michigan
Jenna Koenning (painting) - Colorado
Rebecca Hastings (fiber arts) - Michigan
Larry Blovits (painting) - Michigan
Brenda Sipe (painting) - Michigan
2012
Lisa Ambrose (painting, illustration) - Michigan
Robyn Bomhof (painting) - Michigan
Heather Duffy (painting) - Mississippi
Abbey Fitzpatrick (encaustic) - Michigan
Tatsuki Hakoyama (painting) - native of Japan
Salvador Jimenez (installation, drawing) - native of Mexico
Susan Mulder (painting/encaustic) - Michigan
Kris Sanford (photography) - Michigan
2011
Jeanne Fisher (painting) - Michigan
Taylor Greenfield (painting/drawing) - Michigan
Susan Griffith (writer) - Michigan
Sarah Knill (drawing/painting/printmaking) - Illinois
Regina Mitchell (writer) - Texas
Sally Rose (fibers arts) - Michigan
John Urbancik (writer/photographer) - Florida
Steven Vinson (painting) - Indiana
2010
Thia Eller (sculpture) - Professor, Olivet College
David Greenwood (sculpture) - Professor, Kendall College of Art & Design
Patricia Hendricks Constantine (painting/drawing) - Professor, Kendall College of Art & Design
Darlene Kaczmarczyk (photography) - Professor, Kendall College of Art & Design
Deborah Rockman (drawing) - Professor, Kendall College of Art & Design
Carrie Weis (painting) - Professor, Ferris State University
Gary Wertheimer (sculpture) - Professor, Olivet College
Al Wildey (photography) - Professor, Central Michigan University
Diane Zeeuw (painting/art theory) - Professor, Kendall College of Art & Design
GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY operates as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization fiscally sponsored by the Alliance of Artist Communities (www.artistcommunities.org), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization supporting artist residency programs.