The Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence is awarded to one outstanding, early-career artist who is developing new works that address plants, gardens, or landscapes in the broad sense. This award is open to visual artists, literary artists, dancers, and musicians. The award requires a 2–5 week stay at Oak Spring Garden Foundation (OSGF), Virginia USA, in 2026.
While at OSGF, the Fellow will be able to meet with staff, explore the 700-acre landscape and efforts in sustainable land management, and visit the rare book library that holds over 19,000 objects, including many examples of botanical art.
The Fellow will be scheduled to visit when there are other Interdisciplinary Residents or Fellows on-site. This scheduling will allow the Fellow to join in communal meals, and optional activities and field trips with other artists, ecologists, researchers, or scholars working on projects related to OSGF’s mission.
At the culmination of their stay, Fellows can (if they want to) give a 20–30 minute presentation with time for questions, to Oak Spring staff and any other Fellows, Residents, or programme participants.
Eligible applicants must be early-career artists not enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in 2026. OSGF will consider individuals with a proven track-record of professionalism, but who are yet under-recognised, as early-career. Eligible early-career applicants will have some recognition in the form of exhibitions, commissions, performances, grant awards, residencies, Fellowships and/or publications.
The 10,000 USD individual grant associated with this award can be put towards travel to and from OSGF, materials and supplies purchased for their residency, and other items that will support their work, before or after their stay at OSGF. Accommodation at OSGF is provided.
