The NaturePLACE (People, Landscapes, Arts, Creativity, Ecologies) Collaborative Arts Program is currently accepting applications for its 2025 artist cohort, for an artist located in Newark, NJ engaged with the theme "Nature Connects Us!" Artists working in all forms of artistic expression (visual, writing, social practice, music, performance, film, woodworking, etc.,) are welcome to apply. 

Call Deadline: February 28, 2025

Visit our website to find information about the program opportunity and how to apply including:

• Call for Artists for each of our participating teams and cities
• Link to the Application Form
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement

About NaturePLACE Collaborative Arts Program

NaturePLACE (People, Landscapes, Arts, Creativity, Ecologies) (formerly the Urban Field Station Collaborative Arts Program) is a hybrid virtual, community-centered residency program hosted by the USDA Forest Service in partnership with The Nature of Cities. A collaborative transdisciplinary program where artists are paired with natural and or social scientists, land managers, or practitioners to work together, drawing on knowledge from their disciplines respectively to explore social-ecological systems. Works of art may result, but the aim of this program is to foster transdisciplinary collaboration, mutual understanding, diverse representation, and enhanced communication, above the production of a final work or project. 

Feel free to email NaturePLACE@thenatureofcities.com with any questions or comments. 

Check out our website to see the work of past cohorts and learn more about the program.