Hermitage Artist Retreat

The Hermitage Artist Retreat

WHO WE ARE

The Hermitage is a multi-disciplinary artist retreat uniquely serving artists, the creative process, and the community. Located on a nine-acre campus in Manasota Key at the southern tip of Sarasota County, we provide celebrated artists with multi-week residences to create new works of art, literature, music, theater, and more. Hermitage Fellows have included over a dozen Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellows, Poets Laureate, and multiple Oscar, Tony, Grammy, and Emmy winners and nominees. These artists have described their experiences as “life-changing” and “transformative,” regularly noting that they accomplish more in two weeks at the Hermitage than they otherwise might do in two years.

The award-winning original works created at the Hermitage are presented in renowned concert halls, theaters, museums, and galleries throughout our region and across the globe. In addition to the unique and invaluable experience we provide to artists, we take pride in our complementary missions of historic preservation, ecological restoration, and community engagement.