Artist in Residency
Artists learned how to collaborate with producers, communicate their creative direction, understand the business behind their work, and build the structure needed to move their careers forward.
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Learn the business by doing the work.
HOME Residency was built as an intensive development experience where creatives learned through coaching, collaboration, real projects, service, and practical application—not simply classroom instruction.
Artists, producers, and Manager/A&R residents developed their individual skills while learning how their roles work together across the creative process.
Residency is not currently accepting participants.
HOME intends to bring the program back when sustainable funding and resources allow us to deliver the hands-on experience responsibly.
The Residency Model
Three roles. One creative ecosystem.
The HOME Residency Program brought artists, producers, and Manager/A&R residents into one connected development experience because creative careers aren't built in isolation.
ArtistProducerManager / A&R
Producer in Residency
Producers learned how to work with different artists, develop ideas beyond their comfort zones, manage creative relationships, and build the business and clientele behind their craft.
Manager / A&R in Residency
Manager/A&R residents learned how to bring those worlds together—identifying opportunities, managing personalities, coordinating projects, challenging creatives to stretch beyond what's familiar, and helping a group move toward a shared goal.
Assignments Crossed Roles
A Manager/A&R resident might, for example, be tasked with curating a song, pairing a producer with an artist or collaborator who pushed them into a different genre or creative approach, and helping guide the project from idea toward execution.
The point wasn't simply to complete an assignment. It was to leave Residency having experienced the relationships, challenges, decisions, and accountability that come with doing the work in the real world.
Practical Application
Practice was the teaching method.
Residency moved residents from foundational learning into practical work, feedback, adjustment, and increasing independence.
- Learn
- Apply
- Work through people
- Adjust
- Demonstrate independence
How Residency Worked
Prepare. Implement. Demonstrate readiness.
This three-phase summary describes the historical Residency model documented for Artist and Producer residents. A future cohort may not use the exact same curriculum.
Prepare
Build the foundation.
- Initial assessment and creative-skill identification
- Mindset, interpersonal, and conflict-resolution coaching
- Intellectual-property education and business planning
- Collaboration and assessment work
Implement
Use the learning in real work.
- Business processes and business-plan implementation
- Collaboration, networking, and professional relationships
- HOME resources and infrastructure
- Real creative work and continuing coaching
Demonstrate Readiness
Show increasing independence.
- Independent business infrastructure
- Expanded professional relationships
- A final project and finalized business plan
- Graduation and completion
Hands-On Development
Real work requires more than an answer on paper.
HOME leadership worked directly with residents, creating assignments that required them to navigate real creative personalities, unfamiliar situations, collaboration challenges, and project goals—not simply demonstrate knowledge on paper.
Residents could be asked to curate a song, pair an artist and producer, introduce a different genre, bring in a local collaborator, manage competing perspectives, and help guide the work toward a shared goal.
Learning Through Service
Put what you learn into practice.
Residency wasn't designed to keep creatives in a classroom. Residents were expected to apply what they were learning through collaboration, projects, professional experiences, and service to others.
As part of that commitment, residents volunteered their skills and time in the community. HOME's work with the ZayArea Foundation included residents supporting the annual ZayDay community event in Atlanta, helping serve meals and support an event created to give back to the community.
The Residency Experience
Hear from the residents.
The participants reflect on the historical Residency experience in this 60-second film.
- JQuarisArtist / Producer
- Dos ZachysProducer
- Jared HartleyManager / A&R
A Program We Intend to Bring Back
Build the conditions for meaningful development.
Residency is paused, not discontinued. HOME intends to revisit the program when funding, staffing, partnerships, opportunities, and other resources allow the experience to return responsibly.
Contributions through this giving option are directed to supporting the Residency Program. They do not guarantee a return date or future cohort.