Residencies for Nature-Loving Artists
Looking for a way to combine your love for nature and art? We’ve compiled a list of the best upcoming residencies around the world for artists who love the outdoors. Whether you're drawn to the forest, the South Pole, or even outer space, we've got something for you.
Polar STEAM | Antarctic Artists & Writers Program
This program facilitates deployments to the Antarctic for creative practitioners within the arts.  Collaborations between polar researchers and artists and writers help increase the public’s understanding of human and scientific endeavors in Antarctica through the resulting works. Polar STEAM welcomes applications from working artists, writers, and creative practitioners.
Rewards: Round trip travel, accommodation, per diem, meals, clothing, and more
Photo: James Hobbs via Polar STEAM.
National Park Service | Zion National Park Artist-in-Residence 2027
Since 2010, the Zion National Park Artist-in-Residence Program has welcomed painters, sculptors, fiber artists, paper artists, woodcarvers, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, performers, dancers, fiction writers, and poets as Artists-in-Residence.
Rewards: Accommodation and $500 stipend for travel/supplies
Photo: Kinley Lindsey
CAN SERRAT | Walking Practices Laboratory 2027
These laboratory-format residencies invite artists, writers, and researchers from diverse disciplines to explore walking as an artistic and research methodology through an intensive process of collective work situated within the landscape of Montserrat. The natural surroundings functions as both terrain and collaborator: a living archive that is traversed, interpreted, and collectively reimagined through shared movement.
Costs: €433-€2730 depending on room type and length of stay.
What’s Provided: Accommodation, group dinners, workspace, and more
Photo: CAN SERRAT
Grand Canyon Conservancy | Artist in Residence Program
This award-winning residency program invites artists, scientists, historians, and educators to live on-site, pursue place-based research and engage the public in meaningful programs that deepen our understanding of the rich environmental, spiritual, and cultural impact Grand Canyon has on the world.
Rewards: Accommodation, $750 weekly stipend, $250 travel stipend, supply reimbursement of up to $300, and more
Photo: Grand Canyon Conservancy
Observatoire de l'Espace | Artistic Research Residency 2027
Through this residency, the Space Observatory supports artists wishing to develop a project rooted in the space universe. This residency is open to visual artists, individually or in groups, with a project that strongly resonates with the space environment or its traces on Earth.
Rewards: One-year research period supported through discussions, assistance with documentary research, and access to scientific and technical sites.
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