Currently, Volland is able to host three residents at a time in private living spaces: The Loft, Little House and Grimm-Schultz Farmstead. Most of the living spaces and studios are accessed by stairs. Each living space has a fully equipped kitchen and laundry room. Towels and linens are provided. There are no sinks in the studios. If your medium or practice is exceedingly messy, arrangements can be made. Please make a note in your application.
Living and studio spaces are provided free of charge. A $200 stipend is awarded to all who are accepted. Each resident is responsible for their travel and living expenses including food, toiletries and art supplies. Artists are responsible for their own meals. Shared evening meals are a pleasant time for interaction and may be arranged by the residents, at their discretion
The Loft
at The Volland Store
The Loft at The Volland Store has good books, original art, a tidy kitchen, and a brick-walled bathroom with big windows.
On the second level of The Volland Store is a place to read, write, dream, cook a simple meal, and listen to good music. The light-filled space overlooks the surrounding Flint Hills as well as the gallery below. The “Loft” has good internet and is well-suited for writers, poets, and practitioners of disciplines using computer-based and research-based methods. Although there is currently limited studio space, we will work with visual artists to provide a space that adequately fills their needs.
The Little House at Volland
Photo by Mike Sinclair
Photo by Mike Sinclair
A “kit house” from the 1930s has been re-imagined into an open space filled with light by a Design+Make Studio of fifth-year architecture students from Architecture, Planning, and Design at K-State. The class received a Merit Award for Architecture from AIA-KC for their innovative design.
Set in a former railroad town in the heart of the Flint Hills (population one), the “Little House” is a short walk down a country road to the historic Volland Store, A Place for Art and Community. The “Little House” has good internet and works well for writers, poets, Plein air painters, and practitioners of disciplines using computer-based and research-based methods. Although we currently have limited studio space, we will work with artists to provide a space that adequately fills their needs.
Grimm-Schultz Farmstead
Grimm-Schultz Farmstead
The Parlour
Writing Studio with adjoining bedroom
Volland’s next-door neighbor, the Grimm-Schultz Farmstead, was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on October 5, 2020. The Farmstead is comprised of a historic limestone home on a working ranch with stone outbuildings. As neighbors, The Volland Foundation and the Grimm-Schultz Farmstead collaborate in supporting creative work in the arts, sciences and humanities.The main house has been beautifully and sensitively restored by its new owner, and the main house provides a living space and studio to support the Artist-in-Residence Program at Volland, dependent on its ranching schedule.
