Residencies

We welcome you to consider retreats and residencies at OMR.

Residents have exclusive use of top level of the house includes the great room, full kitchen, loft bedroom and bathroom; as well as access to the full grounds and decks (one includes a sauna), and the sunroom/studio. Most of these spaces are pictured in the gallery.

Our caretaker and host lives on the bottom level, available to support your stay, and is sensitive not to intrude in residents’ space and work. Residents coordinate their own meals, essentially left to do their work and have their own relationship with the home and surrounding forest. For this reason, a level of self-sufficiency is requested.

OMR hosts occasional day-long workshops in the communal space, which residents are welcome to join should they wish. The spark of community across creative disciplines and transformation work is part of what makes OMR magical.

We’re honored to have supported so many amazing folks doing beautiful work. You can learn about some of them on our gallery page.

Please feel welcome to submit a residency proposal.

Reciprocity

In this iteration of this postcapitalist experiment, we suggest a nominal daily donation to help with hard costs such as property taxes and insurance, well maintenance, gravel road maintenance, etc. In addition, we invite you to receive the space and reciprocate in ways that feel meaningful for you, and that reflect the value of your time at OMR.

Visiting

We invite you to come for a visit to co-create community with us. We are located in North Bend, WA, 40 minutes outside of Seattle in the Cascade foothills. Day and weekend trips are easily done; it’s also within an hour of Seatac airport. Please feel free to get in touch!