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Environmental Artist in Residence

Type: Residencies, Workshops, Exchanges [View all]
Posted by: Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
Deadline: Wed, December 15th, 2021

Bernheim is a private, non-profit educational and recreational nature preserve located 25 miles south of Louisville in Clermont, Kentucky, with a 40+ year established Artist in Residence program that has recently expanded to include an annual call for an Environmental Artist in Residence.

This program encourages visual and performing artists to examine environmental issues and severity of the climate crisis to promote dialogue and positive change for the natural environment and world at large. Artists are invited to address environmental themes including (but not limited to) excess heat, drought, flooding, extreme weather events, food insecurity, displacement, environmental justice and the loss of biodiversity. The goal of the Environmental Artist in Residence is to establish deep connections to the natural world, raise awareness around the problems facing our environment and to get more people talking about climate change, which is critical to inspiring action.

Bernheim deeply believes in the crucial role that the arts can play in shaping environmental change and the future health of our planet. Art can provide hope and inspiration to the challenges of a warming planet by discovering opportunities for overcoming them.

In exchange for comfortable rustic housing, access to studio space, financial and staff support for the development of new work, artists will gift an artwork, temporary installation or project addressing climate change as a donation to the Bernheim Foundation. Recipients are also asked to engage the public with their work and/or process while in residence. Residency periods are between 6 weeks and 2 months and comes with a $2500 stipend.

Learn more at: bernheim.org/air

Posted on Mon, October 18th, 2021
Expires on Wed, December 15th, 2021

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