This award is open to women artists aged 40+ and offers up to one month free residency in 2027 or 2028 for a single person (or same gender couple equally engaged in a united project) at the Trust’s cottage in Clifford Chambers, a Warwickshire village near Clifford Chambers. One previous resident said, “Nearly every woman I know needs this residency, it is a wonderful gift.” And another wrote: ‘I cannot imagine an environment more conducive to creativity than Church Cottage…the quiet, the beauty, the luxurious bed and bath and the overflowing bookshelves. I have spent time at many other residencies in the US and Europe and I have never felt more at home and productive than here in this most magical of cottages.”
The Hosking Houses Trust Residency Award
Thursday 12 February 2026
This award is open to women artists aged 40+ and offers up to one month free residency in 2027 or 2028 for a single person (or same gender couple equally engaged in a united project) at the Trust’s cottage in Clifford Chambers, a Warwickshire village near Clifford Chambers. One previous resident said, “Nearly every woman I know needs this residency, it is a wonderful gift.” And another wrote: ‘I cannot imagine an environment more conducive to creativity than Church Cottage…the quiet, the beauty, the luxurious bed and bath and the overflowing bookshelves. I have spent time at many other residencies in the US and Europe and I have never felt more at home and productive than here in this most magical of cottages.”
Women artists residency – The Hosking Houses Trust
Residencies Description
The Hosking Houses Trust invites applications from women artists who would benefit from a residency (two weeks to two months) in a country cottage near Stratford-upon-Avon.
Since 2002, we have offered residencies to older women writers. Over 160 writers have benefited from a period of peace for personal work without other duties, and this is now being extended to women artists.
In 2019, Arts Council England sponsored the building of a small, light studio extension (fifteen feet by ten) allowing us to expand our scheme to women artists. The Cottage is free and utility bills are paid but there is no other financial support.
We are looking for artists and crafts practitioners who have achieved a substantial body of successful work, albeit on a small scale, whether in the form of exhibitions, publications or other forms of public dissemination. We are especially interested (but not exclusively) in work relating to words, for example cartoons, illustrations, graphic novels, calligraphy or animation.
Candidates should be over the minimum age of forty and be able to manage the short staircase. Church Cottage is warm, comfortable and private. It has been restored and furnished to a high standard and is near the countryside and the River Stour. Same gender couples are welcome if both are engaged in creative activity and pets are welcome.
Its a fantastic idyllic space to create submit to either Hosking Houses Trust via their site for a residency – or via The Women In Art Prize for the prize which HHT has kindly sponsored which opens for submissions on March 8th 2026 .
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"As the Woman in Art Prize exhibition comes to a close, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to both of WIAP. It has been an unforgettable experience to take part, and I truly appreciate all the effort and care you put into organizing this meaningful event. WIAP have provided artists with a professional yet welcoming platform to share their work. During the exhibition, I not only had the chance to connect with visitors but also gained great inspiration from fellow artists. These experiences have given me fresh perspectives and renewed motivation in my practice."
