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The Ayatana Artists' Research Program is a Canadian, artist run residency that offers unique opportunities for artists to study the natural world.

We are currently transforming our 2020 field expeditions to online classes and plan to resume in person residencies in 2021.

We host week long, action packed, thematic artist residencies on
birds, sound, plants, water, ecology, mushrooms, death,
microscopy, geology, medical imaging & evolution.

Our science representatives share the cutting edge tools they use to study our world.

Art is half observing and half creating. Ayatana empowers artists to observe and intrepret nature with like minded smart creative people.

"It's like an awesome science summer camp for artists."

"I learned so much more than I anticipated and loved the people."

"A geekfest with great food!"

Ayatana’s goal is to support the conceptual development of contemporary art and to bridge gaps between scientists, artists and thinkers of all kinds. Together we meet experts, peek behind the scenes and ask questions about the nature of ecology. We hope to help artist direct the attentions of their viewers to the natural world.

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