New Orleans and the region are frequently invoked as one of the areas most vulnerable to the effects of environmental change. Our highly manipulated landscape can be seen as a microcosm of the global environment, manifesting both the challenges and possibilities inherent in the ways humans interact with urban and natural ecosystems. With nearly half of the world’s population living within 40 miles of a coastline with rising seas, the concerns of Southern Louisiana resonate globally. Adaptations Residencies invite artists to examine how climate driven adaptations – large and small, historic and contemporary, cultural and scientific – shape our future. Adaptations Residencies will provide artists with time, space, scholarship and staff support to foster critical thinking and creation of new works. The call is open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental and culturally related issues and a commitment to seeking and plumbing new depths. We ask artists to describe in detail how the region will affect their work, to propose a public component to their residency and to suggest ways in which they will engage with the local community. Direct questions to Cammie Hill-Prewitt at info@astudiointhewoods.org.

A full description including all important dates and the application for our Adaptations Residencies can be found here. Proposals are due April 22nd, 2019 and residencies will be awarded by June 14th, 2019.

These residencies are sponsored in part thanks to generous support of the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, The Keller Family Foundation, and with support of the Bywater Institute at Tulane University.  Supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered  by the Arts Council New Orleans. This program is supported in part by a Community Arts Grant made possible by the City of New Orleans and administered by the Arts Council New Orleans. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov