lucid art residency program 2026

2026 Residency Program is Focused on Environmental Concerns

The Lucid Art Foundation’s Residency Program for 2026 will focus on art and science in relation to the environment at large in light of our climate crisis. The program emphasis directs artists towards alternative ways of raising awareness and promoting action. Climate crisis areas include: biodiversity, habitat loss, rapid melting of polar ice caps and its consequences, ocean pollution, food security issues, animal migrations, soil pollution in agriculture and food chain issues, forest extinction, and the sixth mass extinction.

The Foundation will create an advisory environmental scientist group that the invited artists can connect with for information and consultation during their residency. Artists working in land-based art, visual arts, video/new media, music composition, writing, poetry, or performance choreography will be considered.

The 2026 residency will also encourage collaborative projects with scientists and ecologists. Applicants must submit a project proposal (3,000 characters maximum) for what they plan to explore and how it will address climate crisis. This proposal will include: what the artist plans to explore during their residency as it relates to environmental concerns, and an action plan about how their work can bring awareness to their particular environmental area of exploration after their residency.

The residency is a 3-week stay, usually between March and November, for artists in serene, retreat-like surroundings. This program encourages artists to delve into a contemplative state with their studio work. Solitary explorations in a remote place enable artists to unplug from their daily routines and find a deeper connection with nature.

As our location is remote, artists must have a car to use during their entire residency. There is no stipend and meals are not provided during the residency.

During the residency, artists have the opportunity to meet and dialogue with a Lucid Art professional artist associate who will visit the artist studio and engage in conversation with them about their work. A weekly tea and conversation will be scheduled with staff, artist associates, and/or scholars.

Artists will be given a tour of Gordon Onslow Ford’s studio, shedding light on the historical and environmental context seeding the residency program and campus.