---
title: Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence
description: Annual fellowship for early-career artists exploring plants, gardens, or landscapes. $10,000 grant + 2–5 week residency at Oak Spring in Upperville, VA.
url: https://www.artsume.com/programs/8093a8da-8c58-4f2b-a12f-8beb03429c07
type: program
status: closed
createdAt: "2026-05-25"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Fellowship
organization: Oak Spring Garden Foundation
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/oak-spring-garden-foundation
deadline: "2026-05-31"
location: Upperville, VA, United States
isOnline: false
compensationRange: $10,000 individual grant
disciplines:
  - photography
  - drawing
  - film
  - new_media
  - mixed_media
  - painting
  - sculpture
  - video
careerStages:
  - Emerging artist
---

# Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence

**Hosted by:** Oak Spring Garden Foundation

**Type:** Fellowship | **Location:** Upperville, VA, United States | **Deadline:** May 31, 2026

## About This Program

> "Plants, gardens, and landscapes; humankind's relationship to the natural world"

The Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence is awarded annually to one outstanding, early-career artist who is developing new works that address plants, gardens, or landscapes in the broad sense. This award is open to visual artists, literary artists, dancers, and musicians. The award includes a $10,000 individual grant and requires a 2 - 5 week stay at Oak Spring. While at OSGF, the Fellow will be able to meet with staff, explore their 700-acre landscape and their efforts in sustainable land management, and visit their rare book library that holds over 19,000 objects, including many examples of botanical art.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** photography, drawing, film, new_media, mixed_media, painting, sculpture, video
- **Note:** Early-career artists not enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in 2027. Open to visual artists, literary artists, dancers, and musicians. Must show dedication to artistic practice, clear connection to the natural world, exceptional promise, and good communication skills. Applicants with extensive solo exhibitions or significant published books are considered established/late-career and are not eligible.

### Additional Requirements

1. Resume/CV (not to exceed two pages)
2. 200–300 word statement describing current body of work, creative projects, scholarship, or research
3. 200–300 word statement explaining why Oak Spring Garden Foundation and why now (connection to OSGF mission)
4. 200-word or less statement describing a time when you were part of a community
5. Work samples — Visual artists: 5–10 images with dimensions, year, medium, and title; Writers (creative non-fiction, fiction, essayists): 7–10 pages double-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, genre stated; Time-based artists (filmmakers, musicians, dancers, performers): 7 minutes cumulatively (video uploads or Vimeo links with passwords); Poets and playwrights: 7–10 pages

## Compensation & Benefits

$10,000 individual grant

**Includes:** Prize

The $10,000 grant can be applied toward travel to and from OSGF, materials and supplies purchased for the residency, and other items supporting the Fellow's work before or after their stay.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Private bedroom and private bathroom in shared accommodations with 1–3 other residents/fellows, sharing a living room and kitchen.
- **Travel Support:** Available - Ground transportation arranged from Dulles International Airport to the estate. The $10,000 grant may also be applied to travel costs.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** February 14, 2026
- **Deadline:** May 31, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.artworkarchive.com/call-for-entry/eliza-moore-fellowship-for-artistic-excellence-2026