Ecology of Exchange
Ecology of Exchange
Apply for a 3.5-week self-funded residency in Joshua Tree, California for writers, musicians, choreographers, dancers, performance and visual artists, and interdisciplinary practitioners.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 6 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Location
- California, United States
About
Overview
An Ecology of Exchange is a 3.5-week self-funded residency in Joshua Tree, California for writers, poets, musicians, choreographers, dance artists, and artists working in ephemeral, performance, or video installation forms. The program also welcomes journalists, scientists, and researchers with an active creative practice. Three residents from different disciplines share two houses in the high desert, with private sleeping space, shared living areas, and a dedicated movement studio.
Program Structure
There is no required collaborative project or theme. The residency creates conditions for cross-pollination through an opening welcome gathering, informal mid-residency exchange, and a closing Cross-Pollination Session where residents reflect on how their practices have influenced one another. Where possible, organizers connect residents with the local arts community through a journalist, gallery, school, or radio program.
Who Should Apply
- Emerging, mid-career, and established practitioners with active creative practice
- Writers and poets
- Music composers and sound artists
- Choreographers and dance artists
- Performance artists
- Visual artists
- Video and installation artists
- Interdisciplinary artists
- Artists working with landscape, ecology, embodiment, perception, or place
- Researchers, scientists, and journalists with active artistic practice
- LGBTQ+ artists and applicants of all backgrounds especially welcome
Cost
$1,200 per resident. Three resident spots per session.
Key Information
- Location: Joshua Tree, California
- Submission deadline: August 20, 2026
- Application opens in September for residency that month
About the Program
As a longtime Joshua Tree resident, the founder created this program to close the gap between visiting artists and the community that calls this place home, and to offer the kind of interdisciplinary exchange that shaped her own career as a choreographer and movement-based artist.
- Entry fee
- $1,200 per resident
- Theme
- Choreography, Dance, Drawing, Journalism, Opera, Paper Arts, Photography, Poetry, Science, Sound Art, Textile & Fiber Arts/Weaving, Visual Arts, Writing
- Eligibility
- Mid-career - Who Should Apply We welcome emerging, mid-career, and established practitioners with an active creative practice. We are particularly interested in: Writers and poets Music composers and sound artists Choreographers and dance artists Performance artists Visual artists Video and installation artists Interdisciplinary artists Artists working with landscape, ecology, embodiment, perception, or place Researchers, scientists, and journalists with an active artistic practice You do not need to identify your work as “environmental art” to apply. We are interested in artists who are curious about how the body and the earth can both be understood as landscapes — and who are willing to let their thinking be influenced by other disciplines, other practices, and the desert itself.
- Audience
- Emerging, mid-career, and established practitioners
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