FORT UNION NATIONAL MONUMENT
Artist in Residence Program
Sentinel of the Santa Fe Trail
Beautiful northern New Mexico in the spring and fall! Nestled against the far tip of the Sangre de Cristo Range and facing the great plains, Fort Union National Monument is one of New Mexico’s legendary and historic frontier army posts, located in Mora County near Watrous, NM, was the hub of commerce, national defense, and migration at the final stretch of the Santa Fe Trail. Open to all artists, writers musicians or performance artists.
Sentinel of the Santa Fe Trail.
Fort Union National Monument, located in Mora County near Watrous, NM, was the hub of commerce, national defense, and migration at the final stretch of the Santa Fe Trail. The richly evocative ruins of a post-civil war era adobe fort became a National Monument in 1954 under the Eisenhower administration. The fort is close to the high plains and grasslands of eastern New Mexico, Capulin Volcano, the amazing Historic Victorian Town of Las Vegas, and the Santa Fe Trail outpost of Wagon Mound.
More information about the Fort Union National Park can be found on the park website (For Park Information Only, please do not contact the park about Artist in Residency questions. For questions about the AIR, please contact NPAF).
FORT UNION NATIONAL MONUMENT
Artist in Residency Program
2025 Residency Coming Soon
Current Application Deadline: TBD
Notification: TBD
Residency Dates: TBD
Residency Type: All artistic media
Artists Stipend: $1000
Single Artist / Couples: Yes
Housing: Housing in Park Service housing suitable for solo artists and couples. Comfortably isolated on the high plains of New Mexico, 30-40 minutes from nearby towns, with spotty cell phone service and no or limited wifi available
Artist Event(s) / Workshop(s) Required/ Venue on location: Venue for Artist Presentation at the Park and in nearby Las Vegas, NM. when public events resume.
National Museum/Archives Art Donation: Yes, for consideration.
