Oaxaca Independent Residency Details

Independent residencies are being offered seasonally for periods of 1-4 weeks in a self-directed format. Residents are invited to ground into our casita in Oaxaca, Mexico as a space to openly explore and connect to their inner creative fire by immersing in creative projects, research, artistic production, and systems of healing and wellbeing, through a process of slow and intentional cultural exchange engaging with the wider community here in Oaxaca.

This independent residency offering is not curated with formal programming, however, you’ll be hosted in the home of the creator of Comuna–Ioana will help facilitate your experience, offer guidance, and connect you to projects and people in our community network here in Oaxaca to help you realize your proposed intention/project/research, etc.

Space is limited to 1-2 people at a time for this residency, with applications being reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis.
Applicants who would like to apply together as a collaborative residency, please get in touch for pricing.
Applicants who would like to apply as a family, please get in touch for pricing and availability.

Independent Residency Inclusions:

• Housing and private room in residency house

• Welcome orientation to the residency, neighborhood of San Felipe del Agua, and Oaxaca

• Welcome dinner

• Weekday homecooked traditional breakfast and morning check-in with Ioana – on request

• Access to a fully equipped kitchen and common work and lounge spaces

• Access to independent study/studio/meditation space with a window and daybed, that can flexibly be transformed on request based on resident needs

• Access to a big, private rooftop terrace that’s perfect for sunrise/sunset meditation, movement practice, relaxing, and working on projects.

• Access to a collection of digital and analog photography equipment

• Opportunity to share your work with a larger community at the end of the residency period

• Photo documentation of your work, creative projects, and process at different stages of the residency period, a written feature of you and your residency work, focus, and process on our digital journal, as well as with our larger global community

• Opportunities for field trips to different communities and projects in and around Oaxaca City, hiking excursions to the mountains with overnight stays, traditional healing, and wellbeing therapies – on request, with an extra fee

• Support and community connection facilitated by Ioana

• High-speed fibre optic internet

• Post-residency check-in and integration via Zoom with Ioana

Pricing and Accessibility:

• $925 CAD /week
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  * Applicants may apply for residency periods from a minimum of 1 week to a maximum of 4 weeks. Prices will be adjusted accordingly based on the weekly fee listed. Prices increase based on weekly time.

  * A 50% deposit will be due upon confirmation of your residency period. The remainder of your payment is due 60 days before the start of your residency period. If your residency period is confirmed within 60 days of the start date then 100% of the payment is due. If you require a specialized payment plan outside of this one, we’re more than happy to accommodate any requests and encourage you to please get in touch. Deposits for accepted residency periods are non-refundable and non-transferable to future periods.

• We encourage applicants to seek outside funding opportunities for their residencies. Though we don’t assist in grant applications, we are happy to provide a letter of invitation for participating in the residency program.

• Sliding Scale Payment Option
  * We offer a limited number of residency spots per year through a sliding scale option that is based on your economic standing and access to wealth. Offering this payment system for those who feel called to participate in our residencies but may be experiencing financial constraints for various reasons, is made possible by those with more access to wealth covering the costs of those with less access to wealth over the lifespan of these residencies. We don’t believe in financially separating folks based on where in the world you live or are coming from, as we recognize the complexity and diversity of lived experiences and how this leads to varying degrees of access to wealth that currently exists across the world.

  * Please feel confident continuing with your application and choosing the “sliding-scale payment option” in your application. We are committed to working with individual needs and constraints on a case-by-case basis to the very best of our ability. We trust in your discernment and self-reflection of how you fit into the global economic context of privilege and access to wealth.

* Access the application at the bottom of this page