Creative Fellow

Creative Fellow – Ranscombe Nature Reserve

Artist Fee: £3,575Length of fellowship: 6 Weeks From June 2026 (total 11 Days)
Material budget: up to £750

Application Deadline: 1 May 2026

We are looking for an innovative disabled artist ready to share their connection to wild plants and fungi and to join Plantlife’s celebration of 20 years working with this unique landscape

Background

We are seeking a creative, nature focused individual to undertake a paid fellowship at Plantlife’s flagship reserve, Ranscombe Farm – Kent.

We want to explore how creativity elicits emotional connection to nature, and how storytelling can be used to imagine new relationships with the landscape or our flagship nature reserve Ranscombe Farm.

We are looking for an innovative artist ready to share their connection to wild plants and fungi and to join Plantlife’s celebration of 20 years working with this unique landscape.

This fellowship is in partnership with Screen South’s Accentuate Programme and made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

We are looking :

• To better understand the value of working with artists to explore access and inclusion within natural heritage
• For the Creative Fellow develop an understanding of the unique habitat of Ranscombe Farm Nature Reserve
• And, for Ranscombe Farm Nature Reserve is celebrated, valued and protected by the local and online communities through the lens of the creative fellow

Application Criteria

We welcome disabled practitioners from any creative discipline.

You may work in photography, audio recordings, short video pieces, digital artwork, spoken word, soundscapes or another form of practice.

We are open to new / emerging artists and those with experience.

You need to have :

• An interest in nature, especially wild plants and their habitats
• Passion for improving access and inclusion to natural heritage
• New and creative ways of expressing ideas and sharing research
• A curious, question led approach to your work
• An openness to collaboration, and an interest in developing ideas with others
• Clear commitment to sustainable, low impact practice that does not harm wild plants or their habitats

How to Apply

Send us:

• around 500 words or
• a 2–3-minute video

outlining how you meet the criteria, together with three examples of your previous relevant work.

Applications will be accepted in any format – written, audio or video.

If your document, audio or video is larger than 1MB please upload your documents to a cloud storage service (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive).

Include the shared download link in an email to jobs@plantlife.org.uk, ensuring that link permissions are set to ‘Anyone with the link can view’ so our team can access your files.

Deadline for applications: 1 May 2026

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 6 May 2026.
Interviews will be held on either 12 or 13 May 2026

To discuss this opportunity further please contact either –

Cass Crocker, Senior Arts and Culture Officer at Plantlife
Cassie.crocker@plantlife.org.uk

Or

Esther Fox, Accentuate Programme Lead
esther.fox@accentuateuk.org