"There are four distinct residency programs: the Art Omi International Artists Residency, which invites thirty artists from around the world for three weeks every July; the Ledig House International Writers Residency, which sponsors forty to fifty writers and translators for up to two months each year; and Music Omi International Musicians Residency, which brings together twelve to fifteen musician-composers to collaborate actively and perform in August, and Dance Omi International Dance Collective which brings together ten individual dancers from around the world for three weeks of collaborative dance. "