2026 Online Programs with the Biophilium

Biophilium residencies are regularly $600USD but if you apply before Jan 1st, 2026, programs are half price.
You can apply this discount to all the 2026 programs you participate in.

In addition to lectures by research scientists, each program includes a thematic talk on live organisms in contemporary art
and a lecture on opportunities and resources for research-artists relevant to your topic.

METAMORPH

Shape Shifters of Ecology:
A course on biological transformation for artists

With lectures by guest research biologists on:
Hybridization & speciation, evolution, metamorphosis, life cycles and instars, island ecology, adaptability,  behavior altering parasites, composite organisms, immortal marine life, ecological succession and sequential hemaphroditism.

10 webinars in April, 2026
Applications due January 4, 2026

BIRD NERDS

A Course on Birds:
Their biology and behavior

With lectures by research ornithologists on:
The history of Pigeons, bird vision and feather color, navigation and migration, Corvid intelligence, birdsong and communication, wild bird identification, Cowbirds & brood parasites and Sparrow mating styles.

10 webinars in May, 2026

Applications due January 18, 2026

SWEET NOTHING

A biology course on sex for artists.

With lectures by research biologists on:
Love songs, mating dances & courtship rituals, pollination & seed spreading, sexual selection, social structures, gender rolls, mating styles and sexual identity in the wild. With focuses on a broad range of organisms including, fungi, birds, slugs, plants and micro organimsms.

10 webinars in June, 2026
Applications due Feb. 1, 2026

LOCOMOTION

A Course on Movement and Navigation in Ecology for artist.

With lectures by research biologists on:
Great animal migrations, tracking, biogeography, flight, hitch hiking beetles, assisted migration, fungal navigation, the spread of disease, invasive species and sensory orientation. With a focus on a broad range of speicies including, Monarchs, fungi, trees, birds and beetles.

10 webinars in July, 2026
Applications due March 15, 2026

REWILD

Rethinking the Wild:
Understanding Conservation and Ecological Restoration for Artists

With lectures by conservation ecologists on:
Rescuing native plants, restoring seabird populations, protecting Vultures, keystone species and trophic cascades, embracing invasives in the symbioscene, bioremediation with plants and fungi, Beaver inspired restoration practices, Wolves in Yellowstone Park, deep rewilding with proxy species.

10 webinars in August, 2026
Applications due April 1, 2026

MYCOPHILIA

Fungal Appreciation:
A Mycology course for artists to learn about mushrooms and fungi

With lectures by research mycologists on:
Wild mushroom identification, working with myco materials in the studio, lichens, Ghost Plants and the wood wide web, fungal farming insects, mushroom medicine & poison, zombie fungi, farming dung loving fungi, Ergotism and entophytes and fungal DNA bar coding.

10 webinars in September, 2026
Applications due May 1, 2026

GERMINATE

For artists to learn about the Plant Kingdom

With lectures by research botanists on:
Plant intelligence, pollination, studio propagation, horticulture, botanical gardens, herbariums, seed libraries and arboretums, wild plant identification, single celled photosynthesizing organisms, foraging for edible and medicinal plants, gorilla planting for DIY wildlife conservation.

10 webinars in October, 2026
Applications due June 1, 2026

MORTEM

For artists to learn about death and mourning ritual

With lectures on:
Green Burial, Historical body disposition, grave goods, bog bodies, relic veneration, the personification of death in art hoisotry, mourning ritual in contemporary art, Victorian cemetery symbology,

10 webinars in November, 2026
Applications due June 1, 2026

We are flexible and forgiving with application formats and deadlines.

BRAIN CLUB

First Thursday of every month

Free meeting about mental health and neurodivergence for artists.

Sing up for info and meeting links.