Catwalk Art Residency is an invitation only artist residency program established in 2004 by James and Purcell Palmer at the Palmer’s residence known as CATWALK in Catskill, New York. The mission of the Catwalk Art Residency is to establish Catwalk as a special retreat for art making, collaborative projects and scholarly discourse in a visually stimulating part of the country that has historically provided and continues today to provide significant inspiration to artists, cultural historians, writers and scholars. The Palmers envision this as a developing concept and intend for the institutions involved through the Catwalk Art Residency program to have wide latitude in developing the artist colony in a manner that is meaningful for the participants and enhances the recognition of the excellence of  the participating institutions.

photo courtesy of Hague Williams

“See the sun all gold and red
Leaves the blue and open sky
Sinking to his glorious bed
Far beyond the mountains high”

–Thomas Cole
“Evening”