Charlotte Smithson

Charlotte Smithson is a visual artist living and working in Manchester, UK. Through her practice, Charlotte explores ecology and our relationships with nature and landscapes. She follows her ideas through immersive installation, drawing, photography and plant studies. Charlotte Smithson has exhibited across the UK including at The Art House, Garden Museum, RHS Chelsea, National Trust Sissinghurst, End of the Road festival, The Whitworth and has collaborated with Manchester Metropolitan University, the National Trust and the Oak Project in partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the University of Derby’s Nature Connectedness Research Group. 

This residency made possible by the generous support of the The Nutting Foundation. 

About Fallingwater Institute

When Edgar Kaufmann jr. entrusted Fallingwater to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in 1963, he envisioned Fallingwater not only as a place where visitors would come to experience great architecture, but also where a deeper experience of art, design and nature might occur.

Kaufmann imagined that Fallingwater could become a place where artists, scholars, designers and learners might come to find inspiration from the building and its landscape while pursuing individual or group study. Today, the Fallingwater Institute, formally established in 2015, honors that vision by providing a stimulating location for creative collaboration and inspired thinking through immersive classes, workshops and residencies. By serving an international community through its innovative programming, the Fallingwater Institute works to create and disseminate new ideas that promote harmony between people and nature.