NEW 2026 RESIDENCY

expand our sense of home and connection

Launching July 2026, Marble House will host a residency focused on ecology called: Making Kin.

Ecology consists of the Greek roots oikos meaning home and logos meaning language, which yields a literal translation of the “language of home.” How do we expand that idea of home and who lives there with us? How do we speak to them? How do they speak back? What are the limits of our ability to understand and communicate with these others? These questions around kin can be reflections on what we habitually consider the natural (i.e. non-human) world; but they can equally apply to relations among humans in a social ecology.

We’re seeking bold, thoughtful proposals for ecologically-themed projects that expand and deepen our notion of kin.

Our Goals:

• To support visionary, project-based work that deepens ecological thinking and practice.

• To foster cross-pollination between disciplines, communities, and ways of knowing.

• To create space for both individual focus and communal reflection in a setting that invites slowness, listening, and rootedness.

Selected residents will join a small, interdisciplinary cohort for two weeks of generative solitude, shared meals, and programming led by Marble House director and ecological artist Edward Morris (Sayler/Morris, The Canary Project, Toolshed). Light structure will support connection and sharing of ideas, while honoring participants’ need for time to dive into their own work.

how to apply

To be considered for this residency simply indicate your interest in the July dates on your application. Indicating an interest in this resiodency does not exclude you for considertation for the other residency sessions.

As with all residency applications, please indicate your discipline. For non-artists or others who do not feel they fit in a given category there is “other” category to select.

Applicants will be required to submit a description of a specific ecologically themed project they are working on or plan to work on. Selections will be based on the strength of work samples and the proposed project. Fostering diversity of projects in making final admission decisions will also be considered.

who is it for?

This residency is open to artists and writers but also cultural producers, thinkers and doers of all stripes: journalists, chefs, craftspeople, scientists, activists, healers, architects, planners, NGO leaders, farmers, and other cultural practitioners whose work blurs boundaries and builds bridges—between disciplines, between species, and across social and ecological systems.

Questions?

Email edmorris@marblehouseproject.org with any questions, considerations, or accommodation needs for this residency.