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2019 Artist in Residence Applications Now Open

Are you or someone you know an artist inspired by and passionate about the environment? Do you believe art has the power to incite change? If you answered yes, this may be the artist residency you are looking for! Bernheim’s Artist in Residence Program promotes multi-disciplinary explorations of our relationship with the natural environment through artistic […]

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Lady Birds: Females Inspired by Avifauna exhibition on display through December 15th

    While researching Bernheim’s Artist in Residence history, I discovered that the landscape is not the only thing that has inspired our artists.  Birds, also known as Aves, have also been a major source of inspiration. And interestingly enough, all bird inspired artwork created in our residency program (to date) has been made by […]

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Expand your art collection through Bernheim’s Artist in Residence program!

“Bernheim provided a different kind of landscape from what I have been working with in the west. One of the things I particularly appreciated about Bernheim’s residency was the flexibility and the amount of time the experience provided to my creative practice, allowing me to explore a new direction in my work.”  Irene Imfeld Next time […]

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Artists Can Live at Bernheim

Source: Louisville Magazine September, 2018 In 1980, Louisville sculptor Paul Fields became the first artist-in-residence at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. Since then, about 50 more have had the title, from photographers and painters to landscape and performance artists. This year, Bernheim received 155 applications from 25 states, 33 countries and six continents. This year’s […]

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2018 Artist in Residence Anthony Heinz May repurposes a dying tree into a work of art!

CONNECT has come and gone, but there’s still a lot of excitement in the air at Bernheim with another Artist in Residence on site, creating work and inspiring people’s connection to nature through the lens of art!  Anthony Heinz May is a sculptor from Brooklyn, NY who alters the state of living things and natural compositions […]