Environmental Artist Residency

Noted; Nantucket (MA); Hybrid; USD 3,200 - 3,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Stipend $3,000

Travel $500

Exhibition in Champion Gallery

Job summary

The Artists Association of Nantucket invites applications for a funded Environmental Artist Residency (EAIR) on Nantucket. Selected artists will live and work on the island for three weeks, creating new work informed by the environment and engaging with the community to foster dialogue on climate and stewardship.

Residents receive three weeks of housing, a $3,000 stipend, $500 travel, and an exhibition in AAN’s Champion Gallery, with opportunities to connect to local ecological themes and

Qualifications

• Statement describing artistic practice with environmental focus (300–500 words).
• 8–12 images or links to video/audio work with metadata for each sample (Title, Year, Medium, 1–2 sentence description).
• Resume or CV (PDF) uploaded.
• Residency Proposal addressing what you would explore on Nantucket and how it engages environmental issues, ecology, climate change, or the natural world.
• Community Engagement Concept describing a public workshop or collaborative activity (500–750 words).
• Exhibition Overview describing proposed work for Champion Gallery (150–300 words).
• Youth or School Engagement describing engagement with Nantucket youth (100–200 words).
• Collaboration With Local Environmental Organizations describing potential collaboration (100–200 words).
• Additional Information anything else the committee should know.

Responsibilities

• Live and work on Nantucket for three weeks and create new work informed by the island’s environment.
• Engage with the community and contribute to public dialogue around climate and environmental stewardship.
• Participate in exhibition activities at AAN’s Champion Gallery and respond to residency themes.

Skills

Environmental themes

Place-based practice

Community engagement

Artistic practice

Job description

The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) invites applications for a Funded Environmental Artist Residency, a month long immersive program designed for artists whose practice engages with the subject of the environment, climate issues, and the natural world. This residency supports creative inquiry into the unique ecological landscape of Nantucket—a coastal island facing rapid environmental change including erosion, rising seas, and shifting habitats.

Selected artists will live and work on Nantucket for three weeks, create new work informed by the island’s environment, engage with the community, and contribute to public dialogue around climate and environmental stewardship.

EAIR Residency takes place April 11- May 8, 2027.

The selected artist will receive:

Three weeks of housing in the spacious Kaaren and Charles Hale Apartment for Artists in Residence at AAN’s Visual Arts Center on Amelia Drive.

Artist stipend of $3000

Travel expenses of $500

Exhibition in AAN’s Champion Gallery at the VAC

What's required

• Artist Statement
• Application Forms
• Cv
• Project Description

• Artist Statement

Please provide a statement describing your artistic practice, including your interest in environmental themes and/or place-based work. (300–500 words)

• Work Samples

Please submit 8–12 images or links to video/audio work. For each work sample, include: Title, Year, Medium, Brief description (1–2 sentences)

• Resume or CV

Upload a current resume or CV (PDF).

• Residency Proposal

Please address the following: What would you like to explore during this residency on Nantucket? How does your work engage with environmental issues, ecology, climate change, or the natural world

What makes Nantucket’s environment a meaningful context for your project or research?

What potential community engagement activity or collaborative project might you envision? (500–750 words)

• Community Engagement Concept

Please describe one or more ideas for a public workshop, collaborative artwork, installation, youth engagement, or other interactive experience you might offer the community. (200–400 words)

• Exhibition Overview

Briefly describe the work you would propose to exhibit at AAN’s Champion Gallery. This may include:

Work created during the residency, Existing work, A proposed project or installation (150–300 words)

• Youth or School Engagement

Please describe how you might work with Nantucket youth, such as through a school visit, hands‑on activity, or conversation about climate, art, or process. ( 100–200 words)

• Collaboration With Local Environmental Organizations

Please describe how you might create a collaboration with one of Nantucket’s environmental groups (e.g., guided walk, field sketching, data-inspired work, environmental observation). (100–200 words)

• Additional Information

Is there anything else you would like the selection committee to know?

Who can apply

Open to emerging and established artists.

Artists in all mediums are welcome (visual art, installation, mixed-media, performance, interdisciplinary, environmental art, etc.).

Applicants must be 18 or older.

Artists must be available for EAIR dates: 4/11-5/8, 2026

Artistic fields

Applied Arts Architecture Dance Design Digital Drawing Education Fashion Film Installation Interdisciplinary Painting Performance Photography Printmaking Public Art Research Sculpture Social Practice Sound Art Textiles Video Visual Arts Writing