Residency

Benefit from a change of scenery, release from daily responsibilities, a greater connection to self, inspiring conversation, immersion in nature, and a supportive creative community.

Our Program

Cloud Collective Residency builds meaningful connections between makers, their work, and their communities. Our residents curate an experience that best suits their creative growth. Each of our residents comes away with a renewed sense of creative possibility: in the value of their work and its importance to the world.

Your calling is to create. Our calling is to support you while you do.

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About

Cloud Collective Residency, located in a spacious old home in Asheville, North Carolina, is curated with the creative process in mind. We offer an environment ideal for the artist or writer; a comfortable space in which to find the time and focus necessary to the making of meaningful work. Residents enjoy the comforts of home-away-from-home with:

  • A private bedroom with studio space and en suite facilities

  • A communal kitchen well stocked with organic ingredients for home cooking, as well as frequent shared meals around the dining room table

  • Common areas, indoors and out—work or exchange ideas with fellow residents

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As well as providing material support, we at Cloud Collective Residency offer support for you in other ways. Take advantage of:

  • Weekly one-on-one mentor sessions with Cloud Collective Residency’s founder, teacher, artist, and writer Meg Winnecour—chat about your process, your plans, your progress, or loosen up with some creative exercises

  • Have access to Cloud Collective Residency’s creativity workshops and other events

  • Plan and host public events relevant to your work and that dovetail with Cloud Collective Residency’s mission to support connection through creativity

Qualifications

The Ideal Resident

  • Is self-motivated, and comes with a clear goal for what they hope to accomplish during their residency.

  • Enjoys the idea of living in a community and sharing space with others  

  • Is passionate about building a future that sustains and supports all of us—through art, collaboration, and care.

  • Is a non-smoker, and keeps their space clean

  • Couples are welcome

  • While the residency is primarily adult-focused, small families are accepted

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Cloud House

With lots of space and personality, Cloud House was destined to be a space of gathering. Built in 1920, it’s a perfect locus for creative work with its airy, spacious rooms, each with tall windows that let the light in and the breeze waft through. Cloud House also has several intimate nooks for solo work or cozy conversation sprinkled throughout, and a breezy screened porch that’s amply utilized in fine weather.

Cloud House sits on a sunny corner nestled in a garden of perennial flowers and trees that provide shade and shelter for numerous songbirds. The garden puts on a color show year-round and offers sanctuary and inspiration to creatives alike.

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Each resident is provided with their own room with en suite facilities and dedicated working space. Work can also be done in the common areas, including the screened porch and garden.

Bedroom with a bed featuring patterned pillows and bedding, a wooden nightstand with a lamp, framed artwork on the wall, hardwood floors, and a rug.
Fresh garden greens and herbs including kale, spinach, basil, rosemary, and sage on a yellow cloth and in a metal bowl on a wooden surface.

Food is provided as part of a residency. We know the important role that healthful, nourishing meals play in the process of making, and accordingly, we stock our kitchen with fresh, organic grocery staples.

Breakfast and lunch are typically self-serve, with dinner often being a communal meal eaten around the dining table that has been in Meg’s family for generations. Dinners are a great opportunity to spend time together as a household and share ideas.

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Asheville and Beyond

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Cloud House is located a block away from the cafés, bookstores, sandwich shops, and produce markets of Haywood Road. Get everything you need there, or adventure into other parts of town.

From stately Biltmore, to galleries showing a wide variety of art, several museums, tons of restaurants, a mélange of shops, and lively nightlife and events, Asheville is full of inspiration and goings on—and it’s all just a short distance from here at Cloud House.

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If the solitude and serenity of nature fuels your artistic practice, then the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina are a must-see. There are tons of hiking trails throughout western North Carolina, including the Appalachian Trail and the Art Loeb. There are opportunities for rock climbing, mountain biking, paddling, or just sitting and enjoying the view—landscapes and adventure right out our back door.

Our Current Residents

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    Harley

    Artist in Residence

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    Zach Weinman

    Writer in Residence

  • Opportunities often abound! Logistical help with workshop prep and breakdown, house and garden maintenance, grocery shopping and food prep, and house cleaning are some examples. Work-trades must be arranged with Meg prior to workshop or residency start date.

  • It depends! Is your pet well-behaved and sociable around all kinds of people and animals? Is your pet house-trained? Will your pet get along well with our resident cat, chickens, and dog? Will your pet add to or detract from the joy of other residents and guests? Do we have current residents who are allergic to your pet? Let’s talk. There is a $250 pet deposit required and will be refunded if all goes smoothly. We reserve the right to require you to seek alternate arrangements for your pet if they’re not a good fit for the residency.oes here

  • Yes. We require first and last months’ fees to reserve your space. If you bring a pet, we require a $250 refundable pet deposit. 

  • It depends! We warmly welcome guests who happily agree to abide by house rules. Cloud House is our family’s home and we host all manner of friends and community members, including children and teenagers. We ask that guests behave in accordance with the house rules which ban smoking, illegal drug use, and excessive drinking. We ask that residents do not host overnight guests. Guests are invited to join us for dinner– we always appreciate advanced notice so we can make enough dinner. 

  • We can comfortably accommodate most dietary restrictions, but please discuss with Meg if you have concerns. Please know that we have a pet cat, Mazzy, in case you have pet allergies. 

FAQ

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