Omi is a residency program for international visual artists, writers, musicians and dancers as well as the site for The Fields Sculpture Park, a year round public exhibition space for contemporary sculpture.

Located in Omi, New York, a Hudson River Valley hamlet two and a half hours from New York City, Omi is situated on 300 acres of rolling farmland with spectacular views of the Catskills and the river valley.

There are four distinct residency programs:

• Art Omi International Artists Residency, which invites thirty artists from around the world for three weeks every July;
• Ledig House International Writers Residency, which sponsors forty to fifty writers and translators for up to two months each year;
• Music Omi International Musicians Residency, which brings together twelve to fifteen musician-composers to collaborate actively and perform in August,
• Dance Omi International Dance Collective which brings together ten individual dancers from around the world for three weeks of collaborative dance

Since its beginning, Omi has been guided by the vision that creative work is a vehicle for knowledge and understanding that transcends political and cultural boundaries. To this end, Omi has hosted over 400 residents from 50 different countries to date. Omi provides residents with room, board, and a place to work. Our Boards, comprised of peer group professionals, review all applications.

As an integral part of our programs, Omi broadens the scope of traditional retreats by hosting visiting New York critics, gallerists, publishers, collectors, curators and agents who help residents cultivate valuable career opportunities.