Navigating Artist Residencies • AWD Members’ Workshops by Rainey Straus

Navigating Artist Residencies • AWD Members’ Workshops
September 18, 6pm via Zoom

Marin-based artist Rainey Straus will share her experiences from recent residencies at the BigCi Environmental Residency in Australia, the Morris Graves Foundation, and the Lucid Art Foundation. Rooted in the landscapes of Marin and Point Reyes, Straus’s practice explores how art can foster kinship with the more-than-human world. In this talk, she will discuss how residencies can deepen creative inquiry and offer practical insight into identifying opportunities, crafting strong applications, and preparing to engage fully with new environments as collaborators in the creative process.

Biography:
Rainey Straus is a Marin-based interdisciplinary artist whose work cultivates kinship with the more-than-human world through painting, photography, sculpture, and installation. Her recent projects include The Old Growth Project at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art and Spinning Time into Form, opening at Gallery Route One in Point Reyes Station in 2026. Straus has been an artist-in-residence at the BigCi Environmental Residency in New South Wales, the Morris Graves Foundation, and the Lucid Art Foundation.

www.raineystraus.net, IG @rainey.straus

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