The **Climate Studio Residency** is suited to artists, educators, and community organizers with a demonstrated interest in climate literacy or climate justice, and scientists working in areas related to the climate who seek to bring their ideas and passion for their work to a wider audience. While the exact forms of your public-facing works will be determined by you, the residents, we anticipate they will include the perspectives of grassroots organizations at the frontline of the climate movement; foster community around current NYC climate justice issues; and interactively employ elements of theatre, fashion, visual art, design, placemaking, architecture, and fabrication rooted in the tenets of community engagement. We, at the Climate Studio Initiative, believe that when we talk about the climate, our statements should be rooted in science and facts. Our aesthetics and ethos of public engagement draws heavily from the historic work of _Beam Center_ and is inspired by _Guerilla Science._ 

  
Preliminary **_Climate Studio 2025_** themes (to be further developed) include: 

  
Health: _Healthy Mind + Bodies; Healthy Planet:_

\* Community health impacts from climate change (Increased risks of pandemics, neighborhood pollution linked to carbon-emitting activities, heating of ocean ecosystems)

\* Mental health, wellbeing, and resilience

\* Climate Impact on other forms of non-human life. 

  
Infrastructure: _Green Jobs, Healthy Buildings, Just Energy Transitions:_

\* Transportation (Impacts of public transportation linked to increasingly severe weather, relationship between public transportation and emissions reductions)

\* Schooling (How climate is taught in schools, greening school infrastructure)

\* Equitable Energy Transitions (Electric Buildings, Public Power & Affordable Energy)

  
Culture and Community: _Climate Justice_

\* Familial connections to countries with deeper climate impacts

\* Food + Agricultural systems and cultural practices 

\* Consumer culture (Fashion, technology, etc.) and intersections with production

  
**Who should apply?**

The ideal candidate will have at least two years of demonstrated experience working on issues related to climate science, climate literacy, or climate justice. They will be interested in engaging in interdisciplinary, intergenerational collaboration, and bringing their work to a wider public audience. You will be collaborating with other disciplinary professionals and Climate Studio Youth Fellows from Beam Center, NYC, in one of three cohorts connected to our 2025 themes. 

  
Applicants must be available to attend a Co-Design workshops in New York from July 14-18, 2025 and present their work during installations / activations (either as part of the Beam Center’s summer festival on Governors Island August 15-17 or during activation dates to be confirmed between Aug -Sept). A hybrid work schedule during the production phase is anticipated. Fellows will self-select their fabrication / production roles during the co-design process and will be asked to document their involvement in public facing events to certify successful completion of the fellowship. 

  

Residents will be provided with an honorarium of $4,000\. In addition, we can provide needs-based travel support. Housing will not be provided. Space to collaborate and fabrication tools at the Pratt Institute, along with access to the project’s network of mentors and partners, will be available throughout the residency period.

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