Research Residencies in Upperville

Oak Spring Garden Foundation — Interdisciplinary Residency

Upperville, United States

The Oak Spring Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Residency in Upperville, Virginia, offers 2-week or 5-week sessions for artists, conservation practitioners, researchers, scholars, scientists, and writers to pursue creative projects focused on plants, landscapes, gardens, and the natural world. This flagship program, started in , provides time and space for independent work alongside optional activities like library visits, landscape exploration, and volunteering at the Biocultural Conservation Farm. Selected residents receive stipends of $800 for 2-week stays or $2,000 for 5-week stays, with housing and ground transportation from Dulles Airport or Union Station.

The Perennial Residency invites alumni of Oak Spring Garden Foundation’s residency and fellowship programmes back to Upperville, Virginia, to continue work begun there. Residents get a private bedroom and bathroom, sharing a living space and kitchen with one to three others, and visual artists are given studio space while writers, researchers and ecologists get a dedicated writing space. Meals are shared when Interdisciplinary Residents or Fellows are in residence. Residents who lead a workshop, open studio or presentation receive an $800 honorarium. Oak Spring provides ground transport from Dulles or Union Station; travel to those points is the resident’s own.