PELLSTON, Mich. — The University of Michigan Biological Station values the power of artists to challenge what we know and imagine new ways of learning and connecting with science, our natural world and the public.

That’s why in 2018 the research and teaching campus nestled along Douglas Lake in northern Michigan started its Artist in Residence program to unite scientists, artists and students and inspire a more vibrant, creative community.

Located in a remote setting that nurtures deep thought and scientific discovery, the U-M Biological Station is issuing a call for artists to apply for a live-in residency during the 2025 field season.

The deadline to submit applications for the spring and summer is Feb. 1, 2025.

“For several years we’ve been able to welcome artists to the Biological Station campus where they can imbed themselves within a community of scientists to explore their work in a different way,” said Karie Slavik, associate director at UMBS. “One of my favorite things about this program is how it gives our student and research community the opportunity to learn to see and know the processes and organisms they study through a different lens. This place makes this deep engagement possible.”

Immersed in the outdoors, selected artists complete a live-in residency in June and/or July at the research field station where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.

Click on the 2025 UMBS Artist in Residence website for more details about the experience and instructions on how to apply.

The U-M Biological Station — the largest of U-M’s campuses —is one of the nation’s largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.

Laboratories, classrooms and cabins are tucked into more than 11,000 acres along Douglas Lake to support long-term science research and education.

Founded in 1909, the Biological Station is located about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge and is about a three-and-a-half-hour drive north from Ann Arbor.

Subscribe to the UMBS monthly e-newsletter and follow the field station on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).