Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Performing Artist in Residence program allows artists and visitors to experience the Garden through a different lens.
2025 RESIDENCY
The theme for the 2025 residency is Natural Connection.
Explore the relationship between humans and nature and their dynamic and sometimes fraught interdependence. Highlight how human actions reshape the environment, while nature’s responses and constant shifts influence human lives, ideas, emotions, and futures. Challenge the audience to think about their role and responsibility within this cycle, examining the human-nature relationship here in Brooklyn or beyond.
One artist will be selected for a residency in 2025. During the residency, the artist will spend time creating work in and inspired by the Garden and the theme, Natural Connection. They will host two public classes, seminars, or activities, then showcase their final work in September 2025.
Residency Support
- Access to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden library and archives
- Research meetings with gardeners and staff
- Access to the Garden, including outside of public hours by arrangement
- Access to BBG’s events and programs
- A shared desk area and Wi-Fi
- Artist stipend of $8,000 plus additional funds for production & performer support
2025 Timeline
- Application deadline: February 28
- Selection: May 1
- Residency: June 1 to September 30
- Final presentation: September 21 & 22
To learn more and to apply visit > https://www.bbg.org/about/art_in_the_garden_performing_artist_in_residence?mc_cid=0fdfe02acc&mc_eid=f602c2e07c