The site of the Manship Artists Residency was once the summer retreat of Paul Manship, the sculptor of the Prometheus Fountain at Rockefeller Center. Many of the same opportunities and qualities that attracted Manship to Cape Ann are available to those who come here today seeking an escape into a restorative natural setting to spark their inner muse.
The Residency Program
Our Location Offers Ample Opportunities
The Manship Artists Residency is situated in Lanesville, Gloucester at Starfield, a fifteen-acre property featuring historic buildings, two pristine quarries, scenic vistas, rocky summits, and over five acres of forested land.
Have Time And Space To Create
The core mission of the Manship Artists Residency is to support artists, innovators, and thinkers. We provide time and space for residents to conduct research, create new works, incubate new ideas, and restore their creative spirit.
Cape Ann offers resident artists the unique opportunity to choose from an array of cultural, historical, scientific, and industrial resources. Artists can attend professional development classes with local artists, work in independent labs or specialized studios, present a public project to the community or conduct a workshop, make a presentation, participate in public forums, or engage with the community in other ways.
Given the nature and layout of the property, Starfield offers an exceptional opportunity for performing and contemporary visual artists to share their work with the public — whether through performances, exhibitions, or events. “Magical” is the word that most use to describe Starfield, a place where residents and visitors find inspiration and enchantment, and where they long to return again and again.
