The Hermitage is a multi-disciplinary artist retreat dedicated to championing bold and impactful new work, supporting the creative process, elevating the artist experience, and enriching the lives of audiences and arts appreciators around the world. An incubator for diverse and original works across all artistic mediums, the Hermitage aims to inspire creative minds to achieve their greatest potential. Beyond the unique and invaluable experience we provide to artists, we take pride in our commitment to historic preservation, ecological restoration, and dynamic community engagement. The Hermitage is the only major arts organization in Florida's Gulf Coast exclusively committed to the development and creation of new works across all artistic disciplines.

Our mission is to inspire and foster the most influential and culturally consequential art and artists of our time.

Hermitage Fellows have included fifteen Pulitzer Prize winners, multiple Tony, Oscar, Emmy, Grammy nominees and winners, Poets Laureate, MacArthur 'Genius' and Guggenheim Fellows, and hundreds of extraordinary artists from around the world. The award-winning, impactful, and diverse original works created at the Hermitage are presented in renowned concert halls, theaters, museums, and galleries throughout our region and across the globe. Works created at the Hermitage have been shown at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, The Museum of Modern Art, The Vienna Opera, Roundabout Theatre Company, Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall, Mass MoCA, The Kennedy Center, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to name a few.

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Hermitage Artist Retreat

Andy Sandberg

Alan Brody

Stacia Lee

James R. Monaghan

Itzhak Perlman

Elizabeth Power

Amy Wallace

The Coordination and Assistance team at Hermitage Artist Retreat is responsible for managing artist alumni relations, organizing events and hospitality, coordinating grants, and supporting developmental initiatives. This team ensures seamless residency experiences, facilitates funding opportunities, and maintains strong connections with past and present Hermitage fellows, ultimately contributing to the organization's mission of inspiring and fostering culturally impactful art.

Coordination and Assistance

Coordination and Assistance

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