Upcoming Residencies On Board
To encourage exploration and sharing, each of the schooner’s missions creates a meeting and exchange between sailors, scientists and artists. Via our expeditions, the Tara Ocean Foundation not only helps build scientific knowledge. The boat also supports creative endeavors by welcoming artists-in-residence aboard.
Artistic residencies Aboard the Schooner Tara
Over the past twenty years, expedition after expedition, the Tara Ocean Foundation has expanded the knowledge of the planet’s largest and most vital ecosystem: the Ocean.
Alongside its scientific research, Tara’s expeditions have welcomed over fifty artists on board since 2003. Photographers, illustrators, multimedia artists, and sculptors—all have contributed to shaping a new imaginary of the Ocean.
Art for the Ocean: A Renewed Commitment to Creation
The years 2024 and 2025 have marked a major turning point for the role of Art within the Tara Ocean Foundation.
The first major retrospective of Tara artists’ work, La Grande expédition at Centquatre-Paris, attracted nearly 35,000 visitors over four months and showcased the work of 43 artists who had embarked on Tara’s missions.
Artists’ voices also made their way into leading international events, such as the Osaka World Expo, with Jean Jullien’s monumental installation, and the UNOC 3, featuring numerous artistic interventions, including an exceptional collaboration with the TBA21 Foundation, Schmidt Ocean Institute, and Villa Arson.
More convinced than ever of the essential role of artistic creation in raising public and policymaker awareness of ocean issues, the Foundation has named its cultural program Art for the Ocean. Behind this name lies a desire: to unite artists and organizations around their commitment to the Ocean and to promote their work to the wider public.
The selected Artists of the Tara Coral Mission
Following a call for applications which drew nearly 200 entries, eight winning artists were selected by a jury of professionals to join scientists and sailors on board as part of the Tara Coral mission.
Over the course of 18 months, the artists will take turns on board to develop unique projects highlighting coral environments and exploring our relationship with the ocean.
Discover their projects and inspirations in the video
Want to Embark as an Artist on a Future Expedition?
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