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Camp Wonder Wander
Artists are invited to apply for a spring residency program in Tennessee from April 2027, working with nature as inspiration in various disciplines and mediums.
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Get matched →Spring Pops - April in Tennessee is a rural residency program at Sarasvati Creative Space for artists whose creative practice connects with nature. Participants work outdoors and in studios while engaging with the land through daily wandering and collaborative activities. Spouses/partners and children allowed for full stay; pets welcome. Collaborative teams may apply.
Architecture, Art Conservation, Art Education, Book Arts, Choreography, Digital Media, Documentary, Drawing, Ecology, Electronic Arts, Environmental Arts, Fiction, Film, Graphic Design, Illustration, Installation Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Literary, Mixed Media, Moving Image, Multimedia Arts, New Genres, Painting, Paper Arts, Performance Art, Philosophy, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Public Art, Science, Screenwriting, Sculpture, Social Practice, Storytelling, Textile & Fiber Arts, Theater, Translation, Visual Arts, Writing.
Open to artists at any career stage, based anywhere in the world. Spouses/partners allowed for full stay (non-collaborators); children allowed; pets welcome. Individuals must be able to disconnect from contemporary society during their stay and participate in daily shared chores as a creative philosophy.
Priority given based on date of submission and applicant connection to nature in written statements. Video interview required for those interested in farm stay scholarship. After email conversation/interview, applicants receive a contract. Non-refundable program fee due within 10 days secures the spot. Cancellations can be rescheduled.
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Private studios and shared studios available. Meals: residents have access to shared kitchen. Accessible housing: partially accessible (50% or more). Housing includes private bedroom in shared facility on campus.
Those staying at least 2 weeks receive a guided Forest Therapy (Forest Bathing) walk with a certified guide (ANFT) for deeper connection to the land. Applicants are encouraged to donate a work of art.
For pictures, blog of previous participants, and complete cost breakdown, visit https://www.sarasvati.space/