Socially Engaged Art Residencies in Thailand

Thai Child Development Foundation (TCDF)

Changwat Chumpon, Thailand

The ART ECO Artist-in-Residence program at the Thai Child Development Foundation (TCDF) in Changwat Chumphon, Thailand, invites local and international artists to live, work, and collaborate with the foundation's guests, volunteers, and community, focusing on recycled materials, photography, or paint/drawing to promote environmental conservation and innovative thinking about art. Artists reside in private guesthouse rooms with provided meals (fee-based), use on-site buildings as studios, and may participate in weekend recycling education programs. The program is part of TCDF's broader mission to support underprivileged children through healthcare, education, and sustainable initiatives at their Eco-Logic facility.

The Land Foundation is an artist residency and experimental community space initiated in 1998 near Chiang Mai, Thailand, centered around cultivated rice fields. It promotes artistic and cultural activities, natural farming, and self-knowledge through Vipassana meditation, functioning as an open space for social engagement, community discussions, and artistic experimentation without formal ownership structures.