Wave Farm Research + Production 2027: $1,000 Sound Residencies and $2,000 Radio-Art Fellowships
2027 opportunities built around broadcasting and listening
Wave Farm in upstate New York is inviting artists, researchers and experimenters worldwide to apply for up to six opportunities in its 2027 Research and Production Programme. It supports work using radio transmission, reception, electromagnetic media, remote communication, social broadcasting or spatial sound, not simply conventional music performance. The deadline is December 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. US Eastern Standard Time. Several strands share one online application, allowing a candidate to express interest in appropriate programmes, though each successful applicant is offered only one place.
Choose the correct residency or research fellowship
The ten-day Transmission Art Residency offers space, archive, equipment and technical assistance for a broadcasting-oriented original work. The Spatial Sound Residency supports projects using an eight-channel system, especially those for which transmission or radio is conceptually central. Each of these residencies provides a US$1,000 artist stipend. The two-month Research Fellowship involves radio art archives and curated broadcast programmes; the Community Engagement Fellowship develops workshops around radio technologies and their meanings. The fellowships offer US$2,000 each and include a ten-day on-site period with other work remotely.
Restrictions and genuine expenses
Full-time students are normally ineligible, with possible exceptions for established artists pursuing postgraduate education. Standard DJ sets do not count as original eligible projects. Artists should describe the conceptual importance of transmission and demonstrate feasible technical design, rather than merely promising an immersive aesthetic. Wave Farm provides on-site accommodation but residents and fellows generally fund their own meals and travel; an advance against the stipend may sometimes be arranged. A grant paid to the selected artist is distinct from full production or international travel reimbursement.
The organising institution and the correct year
Wave Farm runs WGXC 90.7-FM, a research library and a sound-production campus in the Catskills and is supported by arts funders including the New York State Council on the Arts. Its pages contain earlier 2026 material marked closed as well as the 2027 call. Applicants should use the updated 2027 application and December deadline, not the old March 2026 date still visible in some cached pages. The project's broadcasting archive and previous residents help demonstrate a real institutional record.
Official organiser rules and application
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Confirm the latest official eligibility, time zone, submission fee, cash award versus in-kind value, exhibition costs and licensing before applying.