Get dirty. Eat well. Make art.

The foundational artist residency program expands the idea of “community supported agriculture” to include a creative community and has supported over 200 artists since 2000.

The coming growing season

In 2026, we will once again host a Residency Variation called Stacking Functions. In a departure from the standard open call for applications, we will host artists who have Wormfarm residency experience to develop or expand upon a project, either with us or working in ways that align with mission-related activities—using the term “stacking functions” to describe elements of regenerative systems, and to explore areas of crossover and mutual support.

We are not accepting applications at this time.

The garden became the place where I gathered and organized thoughts to put to work in the studio, later in the day. I experienced a strong creative flow that poured into my project, which took a life of its own.”

- Patricia Tinajero

The Wormfarm agriculture surrounded by rolling hills, trees, and the sky above.
Wormfarm resident artist standing on a grassy hillside with wildflowers.
Wormfarm resident artists sort onions in a greenhouse with a cow and calf just outside the door.
Wormfarm resident artist carrying a large bunch of garlic on her back with a barn and farm fields in the distance.
Wormfarm artist residents taking an agri/cultural break by the barn.
A lattice top cherry pie and vase filled with wildflowers near an open window on the farm.
Wormfarm artist resident picking green beans and filling a basket on the grass.
Artist Residents with a harvest of fresh fruits and vegetables in produce boxes on a long table.
Wormfarm artist residents setting posts in the garden.
Wormfarm's artist residents weeding the vegetable rows.
Wormfarm artist residents in the back of a pickup truck with rows of vegetables behind them.
Fresh picked green onions fill a basket in the field.

Life on a Working Farm

In exchange for 15 hours in the garden per week, artists receive:

  • Rustic, private furnished rooms on a 40-acre farm set in the Driftless Area
  • Studio space in our continually evolving dairy barn: built in 1915, the barn is a beautiful example of the Dutch Gambrel style that we have gradually adapted to the working needs of the artists
  • Farm-fresh produce and many pantry staples
  • Access to tools and equipment
  • Opportunities for gallery exhibitions and community engagement.