Royal Botanical Gardens - Artists for Glow Wild

We are seeking submissions from artists working in light, sculpture, lanterns, projection or performance for our Winter lantern trail in 2024 and beyond.

Glow Wild is a family winter lantern trail set at Kew’s wild botanic Garden, Wakehurst, in Sussex. The after-dark trail consists of a number of installations along a 1-mile route through the Gardens, animated with lanterns made from natural materials, fire-based sculptures, light and artworks – either existing or commissioned specifically. It runs for 6 weeks over 30+ non-consecutive days from mid-November through December.

Our Creative Approach Glow Wild has a natural aesthetic, using materials that reflect and are part of the landscape. It’s backbone is 1000+ hand-made lanterns complimented by artist installations in a variety of media.. It is authentic, magical, memorable, measured, sensory and beautiful. The creative content responds directly to the landscape – vistas, plants, animals, fungi and insects. This context shapes our narrative each…