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title: Creative Residency
description: >-
  3-week creative residency at Bloedel Reserve in Washington inspired by nature.
  $1,000 stipend, access to 150 acres of gardens and forest.
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location: 'Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island'
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  - computing
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# Creative Residency

**Hosted by:** Bloedel Reserve

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island | **Deadline:** September 1, 2026

## About This Program

> "connection between humans and the environment, nature-inspired creativity"

The mission of the Creative Residency program at Bloedel Reserve is to foster creative thinking that is inspired by nature and that explores the connection between humans and the environment.

Selected artists and innovative thinkers are provided a three-week stay on the Bloedel grounds, with unlimited access to the Reserve's 150 acres of sculpted gardens, forests, meadows, and wildlife habitats.

Established in 2015, the program has welcomed Creative Residents from a wide variety of disciplines, giving them the time to nurture their passions and deepen the connection between creativity, nature, and humanity.

Applications are accepted between July 15 and September 1 for the following year of Residencies.

Applicant submissions must demonstrate a strong connection to nature through inspiration, material use, or research focus.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Established, Mid-career
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** acting, animation, architecture, art conservation, art education, art history, augmented reality, biology, blacksmithing, book arts, ceramics, choreography, computing, costume design, criticism, dance, digital fabrication, digital media, documentary, drawing, ecology, electronic arts, environmental arts, fiction, film, jewelry, glass arts, graphic design, history, illustration, industrial design, installation, interdisciplinary arts, journalism, landscape architecture, literary nonfiction, literature, mathematics, mixed media, moving image, multimedia arts, music, new genres, nonfiction, opera, painting, paper arts, performance art, philosophy, photography, playwriting, poetry, printmaking, public art, science, screenwriting, sculpture, social practice, sound art, storytelling, symphony, textile arts, theater, translation, tv and radio, urban planning, virtual reality, visual arts, woodworking, writing
- **Note:** Applicant submissions must demonstrate a strong connection to nature through inspiration, material use, or research focus.

### Additional Requirements

Applicant submissions must demonstrate a strong connection to nature through inspiration, material use, or research focus.

## Compensation & Benefits

$1,000 artist stipend

**Includes:** Stipend

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided
- **Studio Access:** Provided

## Timeline

- **Opens:** July 15, 2026
- **Deadline:** September 1, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://bloedelreserve.org/creative-residency/