Art in Nature Residency

The Taft Gardens are a one of a kind experience that have inspired visitors for over 30 years. The Art In Nature Residency is a new program which captures the spirit of our long standing mission to:

“Explore the relationship between humans and their environment.”

The Taft Gardens Art in Nature Residency works to illuminate the vision of growth and understanding of ourselves and others through the experience of creating art in a natural setting.

The Art in Nature Residency provides artists the opportunity to develop new works with a broadly experimental, environmental, and ecological focus. Taft Gardens invites the residency artists to explore the relationship between humans to their environment and are encouraged to glean from a wide variety of natural resources on the property.

We offer multiple 1-month residencies in the Protea Studio and one 9-month residency in our Historic Art Studio. During their time here, artists work and draw inspiration from the surrounding grounds and open space. Our 9-month residency concludes each year with an exhibition of work, with 20% of sales proceeds going to the CEF/Taft Gardens.

9-month artist residency

1-month artist residency