Throwback Friday to 2014 and AIRIE.Foundation Fellow Mathias Kessler is a New York-based Austrian contemporary multimedia artist whose practice critically explores nature, environmental questions, and the representation of landscape.

His residency a

Art helps us pause, observe, and reconsider the world around us.
At AIRIE.Foundation, artists spend time in Everglades National Park responding to one of the most unique ecosystems on Earth. Their work expands how we think about landscape, ecology, a

What does it mean to inherit a landscape?

As AIRIE.Foundation’s April Fellow, Ashia Ajani @ashiainbloom explores this question through poetry, storytelling, and ecological reflection. Thier work moves between personal memory and environmental

Welcoming Ashia Ajani @ashiainbloom as a 2025–2026 AIRIE.Foundation Fellow 🌿

Ashia describes themselves as a sun shower, an overripe nectarine, a carnivorous plant, a glass bead. A writer whose language holds both sweetness and bite, shimmer

In collaboration with Tunnel and QUEUE, AIRIE.Foundation presents Sterling Rook, 2025 AIRIE.Foundation Fellow, in conversation with Catherine Camargo, curator, writer, and founder of QUEUE.

As part of this program, Rook will share insights into &ldq

We are proud to announce that Daveed Baptiste’s residency is generously supported by YoungArts, the national foundation for the advancement of artists.

This partnership demonstrates a shared dedication to helping artists connect with natural e

An evening to listen, to witness, and to reflect. Hosted by The Carter Project and Cornelius Tulloch, 2022 AIRIE.Foundation Fellow and Artistic Director, the evening will unfold into conversation, connection, and a small apéro.”Burning S

Through Symbiotic House, Germane Barnes @germane.barnes brought together artists, curators, and members of the creative community at The Kampong for a gathering grounded in exchange and reflection. Set within the gardens, the conversation considered

For Daveed Baptiste, image-making became a way to expand what is seen and remembered.

While preparing for his AIRIE.Foundation residency, he found few visual references that reflected Black life in the Everglades. Through his work, he is contributin

For Daveed Baptiste @daveedbaptiste , returning to the Everglades through AIRIE.Foundation was not just a revisit, but a reintroduction.

What once felt unfamiliar, even intimidating, has become a space for deeper understanding through collaboration,

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