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2026 online and in-person programs with the Biophilium

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

MYCOPHILIA

Fungal Appreciation:
A 10-day mycology webinar for artists to learn about mushrooms and fungi

With lectures by research mycologists on:
Wild mushroom identification, how to work with myco materials and bio data in the studio, lichens, Ghost Plants and the wood wide web, mushroom medicine & poison, ritual use of magic mushrooms, bioluminescent fungi, wild yeasts and live mushrooms in contemporary art.

10 webinars from Oct 5-16, 2026

MORTEM

November 16 - 27, 2026

January 18 - 29, 2027

10-day webinars for artists to learn about death and mourning rituals

With lectures on:
Green Burial, death doulas, community death care & home funerals, historical body disposition practices, funeral attire, obituary writing, embalming & standard funeral practices, relic veneration, the personification of death in art history, mourning ritual in contemporary art and Victorian cemetery symbolism.

2027 online and in-person programs with the Biophilium

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 research topic.

MYCOPHILIA FORAY

Mushroom hunting, collection, and observation
A 6-day fungal foray and retreat in Ontario in September

September 14 - 18

Applications due March 15, 2027

SWEET NOTHING

A biology course on sex for artists.

With lectures by guest research biologists on: Love songs, mating daces, courtship rituals, pollination and seed spreading, slug sex, sexual selection, social structures, gender rolls, mating styles and sexual identity in the wild.

10 webinars in June, 2027
Applications due Feb 1, 2027

How to apply:

Send the following material to ArtLovesScience@gmail.com

1. Artist CV

2. Artist statement (about 200 words)

3. Application form PDF or docx

4. Portfolio 5 – 10 examples of your work

We are flexible and forgiving with application formats and deadlines.

Alumni Special
2 artists for the price of one.

We are inviting any artist who has studied with us online or in person to come back in 2026 and bring a friend. No need to make a new application, if you’ve previously been accepted you’re in. This year alumni can invite a collaborator to join you in any of our 2026 10-day webinars. We trust you to choose an artist who will benefit from the program. (There's no need to make an application for them.)

Give it as a gift or split the fee. Just fill out the form for each of you and send to ArtLovesScience@gmail.com

Free Clubs

BRAIN CLUB

First Thursday of every month

Free meeting about mental health and neurodivergence for artists.

Sing up for info and meeting links.