Welcome to my Homepage Digital Artist Residency Program

New to the area and need a temporary home while adjusting to cyberspace? Tired of your online persona and looking for a place to try something different? Messy project that your landlord doesn’t approve of? Or maybe you’re just looking for a vacation…

About the Program

Welcome to my Homepage is an international online residency program hosted by The Museum of Human Achievement in Austin, TX that offers artists a low-stakes opportunity to experiment and expand their practice, explore the web as a site for creative production, and reach new audiences. For visitors, the Homepage is a non-traditional art venue that encourages net.art appreciation and conversation both online and IRL. Welcome to my Homepage was founded in 2014 and has since hosted over 100 artists from across the world wide web.

Residencies occur monthly. Open calls are announced in our community MoHA Discord, Instagram, and newsletter.

No coding necessary! Welcome to my Homepage provides a user-friendly web builder in which to explore digital-studio practice, build a new body of work, host a durational performance, or whatever suits your hopes and dreams. We also provide a $275 honorarium, individual mentors, virtual studio visits, and a platform for your project online at welcometomyhomepage.net and in-person through partnerships with Austin Public Library Innovate and Games Y’all.

What’s net art? Artwork created on and experienced exclusively through the internet. ;)

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Application currently closed

Applicants to the recent open call will be notified by August 1, 2025. Stay tuned for our next open call in Winter 2025!

Past themes

In 2022, we introduced themed open calls. Past themes have been Systems at Risk, Friendship Bracelets and other Shareware, Techno-optimism, and Bandwidth.

About the application

Our application asks for a Statement of Interest or Residency Proposal (300 words or less), brief Artist Statement (200 words or less), brief Bio (200 words or less), and work samples (up to 4 links and/or a PDF of up to 10 images). Don’t sweat it! We prefer brief, honest, and you over something fancy, academic, and perfect.

Who is this for?

We host residents of all sorts, but we especially like folks who haven’t had an opportunity like this before, are on the verge of something new and want time to experiment, or are stuck in a rut and need an excuse to get going again.

You don’t need to be a net artist or digital artist - we’ve also hosted performers, poets, puppeteers, filmmakers, healthcare workers, musicians, you name it.

Our jury panel looks for proposals that sound fun, thoughtful, interesting, exciting, or challenging and also reasonable to achieve in the relatively short 3-week time period.

Who isn’t this for?

We do not host:

Applicants under 18
Undergrad or grad students who will be in art, design, or media program during the residency period
Full time university faculty in art, design, or media programs
Past Welcome to my Homepage residents
Those who have been a CATS+ resident in the past year

This allows us host more folks who may not already be connected with resources and opportunities. We still think you’re cool though! Drop us a line if you’d like to tell us about something you’re working on.

Applicant FAQs

How often do y’all do Open Calls? About every 4 months, or three cycles per year with four artists selected per cycle. Occasionally we do an invitational round.
Are there fees to apply? Nope, it’s free to apply!
What is the selection process like? The selection process is led by a jury consisting of 1 or 2 MoHA staff, a past resident artist, a member of our advisory board, and a community member. They review and rate all applications individually, then we all meet to discuss the top 66% of applicants and any lower scoring applicants that a single juror feels passionate about to determine our selections.

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Are there formal meetings during the residency? How meetings happen is up to the resident. Some artists prefer regular weekly studio visits while others prefer to reach out as needed. We’re happy to support you in the ways that make sense for you.
What website host do you use? We use Wix.com, a user-friendly drag and drop HTML5 web-builder, no need for coding skills or programming experience required! If you do want to utilize those skills, you’re also welcome to self host a project. We also have a heap of easy to learn, open-source, tiny web tools we can recommend for different projects.
Do you host performance artists? Definitely! We’ve had artists in the past who have done live-stream performance during their residency or created performance for video. The performance can also be purely screen-based, such as a live screen recording. All kinds of proposals are welcome.
What kind of proposals aren't as successful? Projects that rely on audience participation to complete the work can be tough. Projects that are beyond the limitations of the residency (3-weeks, online) are also a tougher pitch.
Can I apply from another country? Yes! We’ve worked with many international residents.
Can we apply as a collective? Absolutely, just choose a primary contact and you’ll also have space to list your collaborators.
If we’re not an artist, what should we include for work samples? Anything you’ve made that you’re proud of, or places that you collect things online! Especially if it informs how you think creatively and might relate to your residency. An are.na board, a playlist you made, your blog, a photo album, a software tool you built, an article you wrote, a pic of your garden, a chair you upholstered, etc. Example: If you’re a researcher and you want to creatively interpret your data as a net artwork, you could share some cool graphs from your research and a reference photo of what inspires you (maybe your living room has the same color palette you’d like to use on your website, or you found a poetry book that lays out text in a way you’d like to try).
What does the in-person aspect of the residency look like? There is no requirement from the artist. At the library, the work is shown on a passive kiosk during open hours. At Games Y’all, we will showcase your project on a laptop at a table and chat with visitors about it. We’ll send you any feedback we hear and photos we take afterward. If you’re local or want to travel to Austin, you’re more than welcome to table in-person.