Artist Retreat

The Creative Capital Artist Retreat provides an important platform for artists to present their projects, to network with artists, cultural producers and arts patrons, and to meet with expert consultants. From social events and networking opportunities to multi-day discussions and workshops, we believe in the power of uniting around groundbreaking and wild ideas.

2021 Artist Retreat

For the first time ever, the Creative Capital Artist Retreat will be virtual from June 23 and 24, 2021! This year we will honor the retreat’s legacy of a unique, multidisciplinary convening centered around thoughtful exchange, curiosity, and generosity. Through our virtual event, we will celebrate and foreground the forward-thinking ideas of Creative Capital Awardees, featuring more than 70 presentations by artists on their works in progress, including Legacy Russell, Jesse Krimes, Sandy Rodriguez, and Will Rawls. In addition, we will have cocktails on both evenings hosted by distinguished arts patrons and artists, including Lorraine O’Grady, Cassils, Fred Wilson, Edgar Arceneaux, Larissa FastHorse, and more.

View the program.

Questions? [email protected].

Schedule at a glance

  • Guests may join for part or all of the retreat
  • Presentations will be recorded and made available later
  • Board, NAC, and Host Committee guests are pre-registered (look for email in Hopin in your inbox or spam folders)
  • Breaks are scheduled between each group of presentations

Wednesday, June 23, New York Time

Awardee presentations on Hopin. If you are a guest you should have received an email from Hopin. If not, email [email protected].

  • 12:00-1:30—Introductions & Performing Arts and Multidisciplinary Presentations
  • 2:30-4:00—Literary Arts & Multidisciplinary Presentation
  • 5:00-6:30—Visual Arts & Multidisciplinary Block Presentations
  • 6:30—Closing Remarks
  • 6:30-8:00—Happy Hour via Zoom

Thursday, June 24, New York Time

Awardee presentations on Hopin. If you are a guest you should have received an email from Hopin. If not, email [email protected].

  • 12:00-1:30—Welcome Back Intro & Socially Engaged Art & Multidisciplinary Presentations
  • 2:30-4:00—Moving Image & Multidisciplinary Presentations
  • 5:00-6:30—Performing Arts & Multidisciplinary Presentations
  • 6:30-8:00—Happy Hour via Zoom

Retreat

Fisher Center at Bard College Campus

Larissa FastHorse gives a presentation at the 2019 Creative Capital Artist Retreat

Attendees at the 2019 Creative Capital Artist Retreat

Guillermo Brown presents on his Creative Capital project at the 2016 Retreat

Titus Kaphar speaks to a consultant during one-on-one consultations

Paul Rucker performs at the 2019 Creative Capital Artist Retreat

Jen Bervin at the 2015 Retreat

“The Retreat left us feeling like we are walking on the clouds with a new sense of community and direction… We will go home with renewed energy and inspiration from seeing and meeting all of these brilliant artists, thinkers and makers and doers. We feel that we are no longer alone.”

Haruko Nishimura

“The Retreat was the mother lode—wow. I was exposed to so many exciting projects, creators, and other influential people in the art and film worlds.”

Narcissister

“The Retreat was an incredible experience… the people we met, the stories we heard, the projects we were introduced to, and the ways we were asked to think about our own work, and how this project might expand. I really professionally never have been through an experience quite like that.”

Ligia Bouton

“All the people I met at the Retreat were a huge part of the development of my work.”

Yance Ford

“The Retreat was an incredible experience… the people we met, the stories we heard, the projects we were introduced to, and the ways we were asked to think about our own work, and how this project might expand. I really professionally never have been through an experience quite like that.”

 

Past Retreats

Watch presentations from the 2019 Creative Capital Artist Retreat.

Watch presentations from the 2016 Creative Capital Artist Retreat.

Watch presentations from the 2015 Creative Capital Artist Retreat.

Watch presentations from the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat.