Residency Resources
Centrum’s location at Fort Worden State Park offers residents a portfolio of resources. We offer modest, 2-3 bedroom cabins and apartments, some with small studios, and upright pianos. Print, painting, and rehearsal studios are also available for rental by creative residents, including a non-toxic print studio featuring a 30” American French etching press. Recording studio time can also be arranged at Fort Worden’s Synergy Sound studio.
Some dwellings have small areas that are a suitable work space. For a small additional fee Centrum can provide larger studio space if available. Please let us know at the time of application what you will need, and we will check on availability.
As a Centrum resident you also have the opportunity to work with Corvidae Press, Synergy Sound Studio, and Copper Canyon Press, all located here at Fort Worden State Park. Corvidae Press is a fully equipped non toxic printmaking studio. Synergy Sound Studio records music, poetry, and interviews, using an all digital Macintosh based system. Copper Canyon Press is a nationally acclaimed publisher of poetry, with an impressive list of award winning titles and authors. Residents wishing to work with these Centrum partners need to make arrangements directly with them. Please indicate your interest in your application materials so we may provide you with current contact information and costs.
The Centrum residency is a self directed retreat that provides you with the space and freedom to focus on generating new work. You will be provided with a private living space on the grounds of Fort Worden State Park. These modest yet comfortable cabins and apartments are supplied with linens. There is also a kitchen equipped with stove, refrigerator, microwave, eating and cooking utensils, dishes, pots, and pans. Fort Worden State Park also has a Commons, where you will find food served throughout the week. The Café’ located in the Commons is open early to serve coffee and breakfast items Sandwiches and salads are available during the day and early evening. There is a coin operated laundromat near the Centrum office that you may use in the afternoons.
