Upcoming online and in-person programs with the Biophilium
In addition to lectures by research scientists, each online program includes a thematic talk on live organisms in contemporary art and a lecture on opportunities and resources for research-artists relevant to your research topic. |
MYCOPHILIA
Fungal Appreciation:
A 10-day mycology webinar for artists to learn about mushrooms and fungi
With lectures by research mycologists on:
Wild mushroom identification, how to work with myco materials and bio data in the studio, lichens, Ghost Plants and the wood wide web, mushroom medicine & poison, ritual use of magic mushrooms, bioluminescent fungi, wild yeasts and live mushrooms in contemporary art.
10 webinars from Oct 5-16, 2026
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UNDERTAKE
Practical Death Care
November 9 - 20, 2026
10-day webinars for artists to learn about death and mourning rituals
With lectures on:
Green Burial, death doulas, community death care & home funerals, historical and contemporary body disposition practices, obituary writing, embalming & standard funeral practices and mourning ritual in contemporary art. |
NATURE MORTE
The Natural History of Death
January 18 - 29, 2027
10-day webinars for artists to learn about wild death and decay
With lectures on:
Working with wild bones in the studio and the museum archive, fungal decay, vulture conservation, memorials for the More-Than-Human, green burial and conservation cemeteries, Crow funerals, botanical poisons, radical mortality acceptance, historical body disposition practices, and wild death in contemporary art. |
The Anthropology of Death
February 15 - 26
10-day webinars for artists to learn about death and mourning rituals
With lectures on:
Victorian cemetery symbolism, momento moris, funeral attire, professional mourners, the personification of death in art history, Butoh dancing with death and decay, historical body disposition practices, relic veneration, European dance of death and mourning ritual in contemporary art. |
SWEET NOTHING
A biology course on sex for artists.
With lectures by guest research biologists on: love songs, mating dances, courtship rituals, pollination and seed spreading, slug sex, sexual selection, social structures, gender rolls, mating styles and sexual identity in the wild.
10 webinars in June, 2027
Applications due Feb. 1, 2027
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MORTEM
This general death school for artists is proposed for 2027
10-day webinars for artists to learn about death and mourning rituals
With lectures on:
Green Burial, death doulas, community death care & home funerals, historical body disposition practices, funeral attire, obituary writing, embalming & standard funeral practices, relic veneration, the personification of death in art history, mourning ritual in contemporary art and Victorian cemetery symbolism.
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Upcoming in-person programs with the Biophilium
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MYCOPHILIA FORAY
Mushroom hunting, collection, and observation
A 6-day fungal foray and retreat in Ontario in September
September 14 - 18
Applications due March 15, 2027 |
How to apply:
Send the following material to ArtLovesScience@gmail.com
1. Artist CV
2. Artist statement (about 200 words)
4. Portfolio 5 – 10 examples of your work
We are flexible and forgiving with application formats and deadlines. |
Alumni Special
2 courses for the price of one
We are inviting any artist who has studied with us online or in person to come back in 2026 and bring a friend. No need to make a new application, if you’ve previously been accepted you’re in. This year alumni can invite a collaborator to join you in any of our 2026 10-day webinars. We trust you to choose an artist who will benefit from the program. (There's no need to make an application for them.)
Give it as a gift or split the fee. Just fill out the form for each of you and send to ArtLovesScience@gmail.com
Or be your own friend and come to 2 courses for the price of one.
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Free Clubs
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BRAIN CLUB
First Thursday of every month
Free meeting about mental health and neurodivergence for artists.
Sing up for info and meeting links.
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