HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Artist Residency
Sacred Volcanoes, Rainforest, Beaches & Lava
2026 Residencies COMING SOON
This park has drawn artists fascinated by its fire glows and lava flows since its inception in 1912. Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the few National Parks outside of Alaska and Yellowstone that are in active volcanic areas. Open to all artists, writers, musicians, or performance artists.
Sacred Volcanoes, Rainforest, Beaches & Lava.
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, founded in 1916 at the very inception of the Park Service, has hosted numerous painters and writers throughout the years, including Mark Twain, who wrote about his stay at the Volcano House on the rim of Kilauea, as well as modernist legends like Ansel Adams. This otherworldly park has drawn artists from the very beginning of the Park Service’s History. Be inspired by the sacred aura of the Big Island’s revered two volcanoes, as well as the lava flows, lava tubes, and rainforests of Mauna Loa and Kilauea, which have rare endangered species. NPAF’s past artists in residence include Musician and Actor Will Oldham, Composer Byron Yasui, Artist Emma Stibbon, Installation Artist Hasan Elahi, and many others.
More information about the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park can be found on the park website at:
HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Artists Residency
Now with a $4,000 stipend.
2026 Residencies Coming SOon
2026 Deadlines: TBD
2026 Residency Dates: TBD
Notification: TBD
Residency Type: All Artistic Media
Artists Stipend: $4,000
Single Artist / Couples: Yes
Groups / Family / Household: Yes
Artist Event(s) / Workshop(s): Yes
National Museum/Archives Art Donation:
Yes, for consideration.
2025 Residencies IN VOLCANO COUNTRY
ON THE BIG ISLAND in HAWAI’I
NOW is the time to artistically interpret this magnificent world wonder. NPAF is now offering Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park residencies, and close to some of the best beaches on the island. For an approximately one-month term in 2025. The residency includes a $4,000 stipend, FREE HOUSING, a studio, an electronic baby grand piano, sound booth, event(s), and publicity.
*We recommend you apply for this residency as soon as possible. The call for artists for this residency can be canceled at any time without notice*
This residency opportunity is open to Single Artists, Families, Artist Couples, artist collectives, or arts troupes.
Residency artists will stay at a spacious house just outside the park boundaries. Close to the beaches, 28 miles to Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Visitors Center. There is a solo recording booth in the house for music, podcast, all sound recording, and an external mixing area. The artist(s) will have the opportunity to offer a public event, reading, concert, or workshop at the National Park, online, or at one of our partnering locations.
We are excited to continue our artist-in-residence program at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The Park boundaries include two legendary and sacred volcanoes, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, as unique flora and fauna, as well rainforests and mysterious and ever-changing active lava flows. Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park is also an International Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Designated Site. This is a unique dramatic environment for all artistic media to flourish and to inspire new breakthroughs in process and result. Possible Art donation through NPAF to NPS Collection at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
