EDAR x AIRIE.Foundation
Photo Credits: Coco Villa and Sheherazade Thénard AIRIE.Foundation 2026 Fellows.
AIRIE.Foundation is pleased to announce the inaugural ENVIRONMENTS EVERYWHERE residency partnership with Emerson Dorsch Artist Residency (EDAR) located in Western North Carolina. AIRIE.Foundation and the team behind EDAR bring decades of experience supporting artists and cultural initiatives. The Environment Everywhere residency collaboration emerges from a mutual belief that artists play a critical role in helping communities think through environmental change. Together, AIRIE.Foundation and EDAR supports a spirit of inquiry and exchange while opening new opportunities for artists to engage distinct ecological regions and communities.
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Photo Credits: Coco Villa and Sheherazade Thénard AIRIE.Foundation 2026 Fellows.
Inspired by place-based learning and interdisciplinary experimentation associated with Black Mountain College and artist and pedagogical communities throughout Southern Appalachia, EDAR has become a site where artists engage ecology, cultural memory, and contemporary creative practice. In just a few years since relocating from South Florida to Western North Carolina, EDAR has partnered with universities, museums, archives, and cultural organizations throughout the region.
