“My experience with an AgArts residencywas everything I could have hoped it would be — I was given the time and space to focus on my creative work, all while staying in a beautiful, sustainable place I would have never witnessed without this program. The organic food systems there created an incredible community I got to know and learn from, and I finished more writing in a shorter amount of time than I ever have before. The AgArts residency changed my goals for my own sustainability practices, and has been an immediate boon to my art. Thanks again for all the support – I am currently on page 167 of my novel, and will have a completed first draft by Christmas! I wouldn’t be where I am without this wonderful organization, AgArts.”— Patrick T. Howard
AgArts is a nonprofit organization that seeks to imagine and promote healthy food systems through the arts. AgArts places artists – writers, visual, theatre and performing artists, dancers, and musicians – on farms for residencies of one to four weeks.
We encourage the artists to get to know the farmers, explore and educate themselves about their issues, then create a piece that addresses those issues. Artists would be expected to exhibit or perform this work in a location near their home residence.
AgArts works with a number of farms that host artists, and our nonprofit grants residencies based upon available funding. Please explore our website and the past residencies to familiarize yourself with our mission. We look forward to hearing about your work and your ideas.
