Ruth Hamill Visual artist working across painting, printmaking and collage.
  • View from my Vermont Studio Center studio in January 2009.

    View from my Vermont Studio Center studio in January 2009.

  • The Tin Shop Residency in Breckenridge, Colorado, in June 2009.

    The Tin Shop Residency in Breckenridge, Colorado, in June 2009.

  • The air in Breckenridge...so different from my life at sea level.

    The air in Breckenridge...so different from my life at sea level.

  • I re-applied and the Tin Shop generously took me back for a second residency 18 months later (December 2010). This time, I really fell in love with the mountains.

    I re-applied and the Tin Shop generously took me back for a second residency 18 months later (December 2010). This time, I really fell in love with the mountains.

  • My next artist residency was almost 6 years later in Harrington, Maine, at the Golden Apple Residency. Generous scholarship award from the residency made it possible for me to go.

    My next artist residency was almost 6 years later in Harrington, Maine, at the Golden Apple Residency. Generous scholarship award from the residency made it possible for me to go.

  • Lobster boats went past my studio window from dawn to dusk and I found the industriousness motivating.

    Lobster boats went past my studio window from dawn to dusk and I found the industriousness motivating.

  • In 2017, I was the Copley Society Fellow in residency at the Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) and it was great to be in Provincetown and the studio in that storied creative place.

    In 2017, I was the Copley Society Fellow in residency at the Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) and it was great to be in Provincetown and the studio in that storied creative place.

  • FAWC, Provincetown, Mass., September 2017

    FAWC, Provincetown, Mass., September 2017

  • My first international residency to Sam Rit, Thailand, November 2017.

    My first international residency to Sam Rit, Thailand, November 2017.

  • Where I worked much of the time when on residency in Thailand.

    Where I worked much of the time when on residency in Thailand.

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Residencies

About

Artist residencies have provided Ruth Hamill pivotal support, starting with a VSC Grant for residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2009 and highlighted by the Copley Society of Art Fellowship Award for residency at Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), Provincetown, MA, in 2017. She completed The Artist Residency Project at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, in 2023 and previously had residences at The Tin Shop, Breckenridge, CO (2009 and returning in 2010). Her first international residency was Sam Rit Artist Residency in Thailand (2017) and she travelled to Galway, Ireland, for residency at Watershed Studios in 2023.