Artist Residency Cost Calculator

Per-artist cost from housing, studio, materials, and stipend.

Artists per cohort

Residency duration (weeks)

Weekly stipend per artist ($)

Housing cost per week ($)

Studio rent per week ($)

Materials budget per artist ($)

Travel allowance per artist ($)

Public programs budget ($)

Admin staff hours / week

Admin hourly rate ($)

Tab to move between fields

Total cohort cost

$36,080.00

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Fully loaded cost per artist$9,020.00

Cost per artist per week$1,503.33

Direct cost per artist$7,650.00

Total admin cost$1,500.00

Annual program cost$288,640.00

Annual artist capacity32

Cohorts per year8

Cost Per Artist Day$214.76

How to Use This Calculator

Enter Artists per cohort, Residency duration (weeks), and Weekly stipend per artist ($).
Set Housing cost per week ($), Studio rent per week ($), and Materials budget per artist ($).
Adjust Travel allowance per artist ($), Public programs budget ($) as needed.
Review the Total cohort cost ($) result.
Use Fully loaded cost per artist ($) and Cost per artist per week ($) to inform your decision.

How the result changes with Artists per cohort

Artists per cohort: Number of artists in each residency cohort.
Residency duration (weeks): Length of each residency period in weeks.
Weekly stipend per artist ($): Weekly living stipend paid to each resident artist.
Housing cost per week ($): Weekly cost of artist housing (rent, furnished apartment, or on-site room).
Studio rent per week ($): Weekly studio space cost per artist.
Materials budget per artist ($): Art supplies and materials allowance for the full residency.
Travel allowance per artist ($): Round-trip travel reimbursement for each artist.
Public programs budget ($): Budget for open studios, lectures, workshops, and exhibition per cohort.
Admin staff hours / week: Weekly staff hours dedicated to residency administration.
Admin hourly rate ($): Hourly cost for residency coordinator/admin staff.

Total cohort cost: Complete cost for one residency cohort.
Fully loaded cost per artist: Total program cost divided by number of artists.
Cost per artist per week: Weekly all-in cost per resident artist.
Direct cost per artist: Stipend, housing, studio, materials, and travel per artist.
Total admin cost: Staff time for residency coordination.
Annual program cost: Projected yearly cost running back-to-back cohorts.
Annual artist capacity: Total artists served per year with back-to-back cohorts.
Cohorts per year: Number of cohorts possible in 48 usable weeks.

Identify Input Parameters
4 parameters
Artists per cohort = 4, Residency duration (weeks) = 6, Weekly stipend per artist ($) = 500, Housing cost per week ($) = 350 = 10 input(s) provided
Calculate Total cohort cost
Total cohort cost = totalArtistCosts + totalAdminCost + totalPublicPrograms + utilitiesInsurance
36080 = $36,080
Calculate Fully loaded cost per artist
Fully loaded cost per artist = totalProgramCost / numArtists
9020 = $9,020
Calculate Cost per artist per week
Cost per artist per week = costPerArtist / residencyWeeks
1503.33 = $1,503.33