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Art residency in Japan

Deadline: 27 March 2020

CCA Kitakyushu operates Fellowship Program for young artists and researchers those who are engaged in art, curatorial work, design and architecture.

In the end of the program, the fellows are required to present the results of their project either in the report, exhibition, etc. with advice from the directors.

For curators, architects, designers and artists up to age of 40.


No entry fee






















Residency offers:
The travel expense
CCA covers a return air fare (economy) from your home country to Kitakyushu according to CCA terms.

Scholarship
JPY 200’000 is offered by CCA Scholarship Committee.

Living expense in Kitakyushu
Approximately JPY60’000 – JPY 100’000 par month including the apartment, utility and daily expense. CCA office helps you to find your apartment here after you are accepted as fellow.

Details:
http://cca-kitakyushu.org/fellowship/

Media art festival

Deadline: 1 February 2020

Vector Festival is an annual media arts event dedicated to showcasing experimental art works that engage critically with digital technologies.

The festival is proudly participatory and community-oriented. Hosted by InterAccess and co-curated by Katie Micak and Martin Zeilinger, Vector Festival takes place at arts venues and in public spaces across the City of Toronto.

Since its inception, Vector Festival has been innovative in its inclusion of game-based digital art alongside other new media disciplines. Continuing this focus for the 2020 edition, the festival’s curators pose a deceptively simple question: what comes after gamification?

Now that game culture and game technologies have become so pervasive in popular culture, how do experimental media artists respond critically to the rampant gamifying of everyday life? From online social interaction to digital finance, from education to military conflict, from politics and environmental issues to the ways in which humans (and machines) express themselves creatively, what comes after gamification?

The Festival will take place between July 16-19, 2020, with the flagship exhibition extended until August 22, 2020.

Categories:

FLAGSHIP EXHIBITION
Digital and post-digital art works including interactive installations, experimental game mods, sculptural work, screen-based work, sound art, etc.

ONLINE P ROJECTS
Web-based projects and digital artworks that can be presented online, including experimental interactive and time-based digital projects.

FESTIVAL SCREENING
Experimental film/video/machinima works.

PERFORMANCE
Performance-based proposals including chiptune, sound art, live coding, A/V performances, and telematic performances for virtual and public spaces.

SITE-SPECIFIC OUTDOOR SCREENING
To be presented on two large-scale (4.88 x 8.64 m) outdoor LED screens for a public audience of all ages.

GIFs
Animated GIFs intended for presentation on public screens across Toronto.

CURATORIAL SUBMISSIONS
This year, we also invite curators/curatorial collectives to submit proposals for machinima screenings (on a theme of your choosing). If you are considering a curatorial submission, we encourage you to contact the Vector Festival team for additional practical details.

No entry fee

All artists and curators selected for participation will receive fees in accordance with the up-to-date CARFAC Fee schedule, as well as support to apply for external funding.

Details:
http://vectorfestival.org

Residency for curators in Spain

Deadline: 10 January 2020

SAC International Curatorial Residency Program 2020 is the residency program at Barcelona’s Sant Andreu Contemporani, in collaboration with Fabra i Coats - Fàbrica de Creació and Institut Ramon Llull, available to international curators. As part of the program, we are announcing an open call for proposals to choose an international curator who will be part of the Miquel Casablancas Prize for the Visual Arts’ jury in 2020, and will later develop a curatorial project with a selection of catalan artists chosen from applicants to the prize. The project must be presented at the country of residence of the curator or in another international venue that she/he decides.

The purpose of the open call is to offer the curator personal knowledge of the art context through involvement in the jury of the Miquel Casablancas Prize, and to foster, in the context of young art talent, future collaborations between local and foreign cultural actors.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
- covering of expenses of jurying the prize and for the curatorial proposal (1,700 € subject to applicable taxes), for the production of the exhibition (2,000 € subject to applicable taxes),
- accommodation
- travel


Details:
https://santandreucontemporani.org/ca/activitats/open-call-sac-international-curatorial-residency-program-2020

Artists residency in Dubai

Deadline: 1 January 2020

Alserkal Residency is a platform for artistic and discursive exchange, seeking to support cultural practitioners as they realise projects pertinent to their respective practices. The programme is designed to be immersive and engage the local interdisciplinary community through a series of public events and conversations. Founded by Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal and the Alserkal family, the Residency focuses on research-based and socially-engaged practices. Alserkal Residency is part of Alserkal Arts Foundation.


The Alserkal Residency Summer programme will run from 1 June 2020 - 1 August 2020. Proposals are reviewed competitively by our Selection Committee.

The Alserkal Residency Summer Cycle is open to artists, writers, architects, curators and researchers who are currently citizens and/or permanent residents of the MEASA* region (Middle East, Africa, and South Asia).

*Middle East candidates must be citizens and/or permanent residents of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey.
Africa candidates must be citizens and/or permanent residents of the countries of the continent of Africa.
South Asia candidates must be citizens and/or permanent residents of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and/or Sri Lanka.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
-Return flights from the resident’s home city to Dubai
-Single-room accommodation, in a shared space with up to three other residents
-Monthly living stipend
-Research stipend
-Programming stipend
-24-hour access to an individual studio at Alserkal Residency
-Support from Alserkal Residency team
-Introductions and critiques with international and local art professionals, who are part of Alserkal Avenue’s network of peers

Details:
https://alserkalavenue.ae/en/residence.php

Open call for artists and curators

Deadline: 1 December 2019


The festival is fully supported, designed and created by young artists.

You can be part of KONVOOI 2020...

You are a perfect match for this project when:

You have an artistic idea that can play a central role in an arts festival
You want to co-curate the festival
You are open to collaborate with artists, curators and the organisation
You are between 16 and 30 years old, or your collective mainly exists of people around that age


 Dates:
31.01-01.02: first meeting: starting weekend @ Het Entrepot
01.02 - 01.06: 8-10 curatorial meetings
01.06 - festival: several production meetings


No entry fee

Festival offers:
A fee of 1000 euros
A production budget of 2000 euros
Production and technical support from Het Entrepot and its partners
A possible residence in Het Entrepot 


Details:
https://www.hetentrepot.be/open-call-konvooi-2020

Art residency in Netherlands

Deadline: 15 November 2019


2 fully-funded residencies available for artists, curators and art writers SEA Foundation – AiR Tilburg invites applicants for its 2020/2021 residency program. The residencies are designed for visual artists, curators and writers whose work and life demands both a rigorous engagement as well as an urgency to propel progress in their practice. The SEA Foundation’s individual shaped residency program is limited to 8 participants per year. Duration up to 3 months.

Minimum age: 25 at the start of the residency

entry fee:
35 euro per application

Residency offers:
Two applicants of the Open Call will receive the award of a fully-funded residency. This
award includes free use of the live/work studio and a stipend of € 550 euro per month
when in residence. In addition, SEA foundation covers the costs of a public event,
exhibition or the production of an artist’s book.

Details:
https://www.seafoundation.eu/call-applications-artist-residence-sea-foundation-netherlands/

Residency for curators in Ireland

Deadline: 20 October 2019


Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS), Dublin, Ireland invites international curators to apply for flexible residencies throughout 2020.

Through these residencies, Fire Station aims to build links and foster collaborations between Irish artists, curators, art institutions and their artistic peers internationally. This residency programme provides opportunities for international curators to familiarise themselves with the Irish visual art scene, undertake research, make connections and potentially bring Irish artists international exhibition opportunities.

No entry or residency fee

Residency offers:
A combined live and work studio that is located in Dublin’s historic north inner city centre.
Successful curators receive a stipend of €200 to support their stay here
Access to our facilities including the digital media resource centre, equipment, meeting room, reading area. For a full list of facilities http://www.firestation.ie/facilities
We prefer for visiting curators to create their own time-table of studio visits with our resident artists and other cultural practitioners to suit their own patterns. This can be done in advance, particularly if the visiting curator opts for a shorter stay. We are also available to offer structured support in the form of introductions to artists, art institutions, curators, galleries in Dublin city and nationwide on a case by case basis as needed.


Details:
http://www.firestation.ie/programme/curator-residency/

Residence for curator in Germany

Deadline: 6th October 2019


basis e.v. and the city of frankfurt are pleased to announce the second residency open call for curators within the air_frankfurt program. the open call addresses young international curators (not older than 40 years) predominantly living and working outside germany who are interested to get deeper insight into the local art context of the city of frankfurt am main.


the aim of this curatorial residency program is to introduce new international perspectives to the local art community enhancing curatorial research, exchange and discourse in frankfurt. reflecting the multifaceted art landscape in frankfurt, basis welcomes applications based on a wide spectrum of curatorial practices, research interests and professional experiences. resident curators are provided time and space to develop independent projects, whether by focusing on writing, researching or connecting with different agents of the frankfurt art scene. studio visits and meetings with professionals in frankfurt are an important part of the program. networking opportunities will be offered. a public lecture or workshop can be held while the residence.


residency period:
february 1 – march 31, 2020


No entry fee

Residency offers:
the curatorial resident will be fully funded by the city of frankfurt, covering travel expenses and a per diem of 1000€/month. if necessary, we can also assist in obtaining a visa. he/she will be hosted in a fully equipped studio apartment at basis e.v. in the heart of frankfurt.



Details:
http://www.basis-frankfurt.de/en/airfrankfurt-curator-residence-2020

Art residency in New York

Deadline: 31 July 2019


For the fourth 店面 Residency, we are calling for individual artists or a pair of artistic collaborators to create a window display for the storefront at 26 Mott Street in New York City in celebration of the lunar new year and the year of the rat.

This is a funded 6-month residency runs from September 1, 2019 to February 31, 2020. There are no restrictions on artists’ mediums, age, nationality, ethnicity, gender, or any other criteria. Visual artists, writers, poets, activists, filmmakers, curators, designers, architects, makers & tinkerers and more are all invited to apply. We only require that applicants be based in the New York area with a preference given to those who currently reside in Chinatown. We strongly encourage members of the Asian diaspora and those with a socially engaged practice to apply.


Residency Offers:

$1,000 artist honorarium
$800 for materials and production
Studio space in Wing on Wo & Co’s basement studio, equipped with silkscreen facilities*
Exhibition space (storefront window) to exhibit proposed project, to be shown Jan 23 - Feb 31, 2020.
Project support from the W.O.W. Project
3 visits from curators and arts professionals, selected by the W.O.W Project in accordance with the artist’s practice
Artist Talk
1 Public Program
Opening reception party for the unveiling of the window display

No entry fee
Note that application fees are not required, however we are requesting a suggested donation of USD $25 to support administrative costs for this initiative.


Details:
https://chinaresidencies.com/news/258

https://www.wingonwoand.co/artist-residency

Art residency in Tallin

Deadline: August 1, 2019


Kai Art Center is a new cultural hub for local and international art, located in the historic and culturally- vibrant Noblessner area on Tallinn’s waterfront. Kai is set to open in September 2019 in a former submarine production plant and will present four main exhibitions each year in collaboration with Estonian and international curators, and its 100-seat auditorium will host a programme of events drawn from all fields of culture. In addition to the residency, the exhibition space and the auditorium, Kai Art Center has a shared office space for up to five Estonian art organisations.

Kai Residency
Kai Art Center’s core programme, the Kai Residency invites international visual artists, curators, writers and other contemporary art professionals to apply for its inaugural programme. The residency provides the opportunity for selected participants to live and work in Tallinn for between two and four weeks, while being immersed in the city’s dynamic art scene. Launching in October 2019, the Kai Residency will host up to 14 participants in its first year. Five places in the programme will be specifically allocated for residents from the Nordic and Baltic countries.

Residents will be invited to take full advantage of all activities taking place at Kai Art Center, including exhibition tours, talks, screenings and seminars. Residents will also be expected to present one public program (a talk, screening, gathering or other event), to introduce their work and research to local audiences.

Residency offers:
Kai Art Center will cover all costs of the incoming residents including travel to and from Tallinn, local transport, accommodation and administrative support. The resident will have a private furnished 20 square metre room in the newly-built Kai Art Center facilities, as well as access to WiFi, a shared kitchen area and bathroom with shower. Workspace will not be offered. With this in mind, Kai is particularly interested in artists and other professionals with a research-based practice, or those intending to undertake research rather than production during their residency.

No entry fee

Details:
https://kai.center/residency.html

Open call for artist residency

Deadline: 15 September 2019

ACROSS’s residency program is opened to all individuals, French or foreigners, who have curating and/or art critic experience.
The candidate must be particularly involved in a research area around the renewal of critical and curatorial practices and develop an interest in action research.
Motivated, enthusiastic, independent.
Team applications are subjected to the same conditions, to be shared.
Language: French or English

1 opportunity for a 7-day residency is available for each resident, between January and April 2020 (choice of the week to be decided between thankyouforcoming and the selected candidates).

thankyouforcoming provides a 40m2 fully equipped apartment in the center of Nice (port area).

Return travel expenses refunded (subject to the provision of receipts) up to EUR 250 for each residency.

A total grant of EUR 250 is offered for 7 days.

The resident is requested to propose a public event during his or her stay. Designed in advance of the
residency, it will be developed with the support (intellectual, logistical and financial) of thankyouforcoming.
The shape of this event is open, examples include: a reading session, lecture, presentation of research in
progress, exhibition, walk, screening session etc. The content and the form of this public event should be
defined with and approved by thankyouforcoming at least 60 days prior to the residency period.
A record of the residency and this event in particular will be posted on our website.
Fee: 100€ VAT, subject to the provision of invoice.


Details:
http://thankyouforcoming.net/en/opencall-across1920/

Art residency grants

Deadline: 19 June 2019

This module aims to reflect on the notion of the ritual, its current meaning and practice. In the last years many disciplines (religion studies, anthropology, philosophy, art, socio-biology) have approached the ritualistic and its role in making ‘visible’ a certain order in a specific context, in showing ‘the proven way of doing something’ which is the etymology of the word. As Catherine Bell says, ritualization is “a way of acting that is designed and orchestrated to distinguish and privilege what is being done in comparison to other, usually more quotidian, activities”.


UNIDEE is the higher educational programme for art and social change of Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto. Weaving together moments of interdisciplinary research, knowledge sharing and practical activities, the objective of the programme is to provide the participants with inspiration, motivation and instruments to activate or develop artistic initiatives based on the engagement of local ecologies. Open to artists and professionals from all over the world through residential dynamics, the programme intends to form “artivators”, i.e. people working at the boundaries between artistic practices, processes of social change and collaborations with communities outside the art world.


Residency period: 14th – 20th July 2019

Residency grants include:
– Participation to the residential module Rituals of the contemporary mentored by Fiamma Montezemolo;
– Full board;
– Accommodation (single room, shared bathroom facilities – for 8 nights);
– Medical Insurance (accidents only);
– Use of a shared studio space and workshop facilities.

No entry fee

Details:
http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/activity.html?id=114

Deadline: 30 April 2019


Disciplines:
• Visual arts: painting, drawing, sculpture, media art, installation, graphic arts
• Performing arts: theater, dance
• Film, photography
• Music and sound art
• Literature and literary translation
• Illustration and design
• Art theory, curatorial and art management

ACCOMMODATION AND STUDIO
Our residence program offers all entering participants a fully furnished private room within a communal apartment located on the aqb premises, as well as a studio space catering to the project’s requirements.
Studios are assigned based on the project requirements. All studios are heated, have natural light, ventilation, wi-fi and are accessible 24/7.

OUTCOME
We offer varied services to integrate our residents into the local art scene and assist in establishing professional connections that best support their work and career. The residency program offers broad possibilities for artists, including cooperation among various disciplines, backgrounds and interests to serve as sources of inspiration.
• Mediation in organizing a solo show or presentations as a closure of the residency period at aqb.
• Meetings and lectures with Hungarian curators and art critics. • Tours of Budapest and places of interest in the surrounding area.

DURATION
1 to 3 months.

APPLICATION
Applicants should send the following material as a pdf to Dorottya Magyar: md@aqb.hu
• Artist or group’s professional CV.
• A portfolio of related works.
◦ Visual artists: images or video links.
◦ Performing artists: a synopsis of previous works, video links and reviews.
◦ Literature: a list of publications and professional acknowledgements.
• A project description which clearly elaborates the residency goals and the work to be created while at aqb.
◦ Performing artists: the description should contain a list of production partners and expected date and place of the first performance.
• A statement explaining how coming to aqb, to Budapest, or to Hungary is relevant to the development of your project. For example, how does the geographic, social, political or cultural dynamics of Budapest, Hungary play a role in your project?
• Completion of the downloadable application form.

LOCATION
aqb is located about 10 kms from Budapest’s city centre, near the Danube River. The public transport system is comfortable and efficient, with several bus lines (inc luding night bus service) and a train line running close to aqb.

PARTICIPATION FEE

The fee for participating in the aqb Artist-in-Residence Program is EUR 850 per month. This fee serves as an important contribution to the maintenance and operation of our institution.


Details:
https://www.facebook.com/art.quarter.budapest/
https://www.aqb.hu/artist-in-residence-program

Deadline: May 01, 2019

At this time the Red Head Gallery is looking for artist/curators who are interested in exhibiting at the Red Head Gallery as part of our 2019 Summer Program.

Founded in 1990 and located at 401 Richmond, an art hub with a vibrant community of creatives and curators, The Red Head Gallery is one of Canada’s most respected collectives, showcasing a broad range of contemporary visual art by emerging and mid-career artists.

RENTAL PACKAGE INCLUDES:

675 square feet of exhibition space
13-foot ceiling, over 80 linear feet of display wall
Illumination by adjustable LED track lighting
Office access and use of the gallery land-line (local calls only)
Zero gallery commissions on works sold!

RENTAL RATES:

JULY 14 - SEPTEMBER 01, 2019
1 week - $775 | 2 weeks - $1500 | 3 weeks - $2200 | 4 weeks - $2800


Details:
https://mailchi.mp/848a808ea69e/red-head-gallery-call-for-new-member-2972749?fbclid=IwAR0yLLu1pDjdR38-NnMm2tnDaFih1l3oU8Kkgh1TbaiCYvO9MARrg4_BrTg

Deadline: Sunday 23 September 2018, until midnight.

TERMS OF THE RESIDENCY
> 1 opportunity for a 7-day residency is available for each resident, between February and April 2019 (choice
of the week to be decided between thankyouforcoming and the selected candidates).
> thankyouforcoming provides a 40m2 fully equipped apartment in the center of Nice (port area).
> Return travel expenses refunded (subject to the provision of receipts) up to EUR 250 for each residency.
> A total grant of EUR 150 is offered for 7 days.
> We are at the disposal of the resident, before and during the residency period, to facilitate contacts and
organise visits and meetings with artists, institutions, curators, collectors, galleries, museums etc. on the
French Riviera (Nice, Monaco, Mouans-Sartoux, Antibes, Cannes, Vence etc).
The resident is committed to respect the agreed schedule with thankyouforcoming.
> The resident is requested to propose a public event during his or her stay. Designed in advance of the
residency, it will be developed with the support (intellectual, logistical and financial) of thankyouforcoming.
The shape of this event is open, examples include: a reading session, lecture, presentation of research in
progress, exhibition, walk, screening session etc. The content and the form of this public event should be
defined with and approved by thankyouforcoming at least 60 days prior to the residency period.
A record of the residency and this event in particular will be posted on our website.
Fee: 150€ VAT, subject to the provision of invoice.
> If he or she wants to, the resident is also given the opportunity to be guest of the program « Coming
together » (« Provoquer la rencontre ») of DEL’ART association, a 2 hour-long meeting and experience
sharing dedicated to art students and young artists. Fee: 100€ VAT, subject to the provision of invoice.

Details:
http://thankyouforcoming.net/en/opencall-across1819/

Deadline:
15.03.2017


Call For Vaa Nida Art Colony Residency Applications For 2017-2018 And The 7th Inter-Format Symposium Along Lines

The residency programme at Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) is open for emerging and experienced artists, designers, architects, curators and researchers. NAC is the biggest art, residency and education venue in the Baltic region that provides the opportunity to live and work in the Curonian Spit National Park. Since 2011, when the A-I-R programme was launched, about 300 artists and other culture professionals have stayed at the Colony.

Professional workshops and support, well-equipped spaces, and artists’ community all year round. Artists and scholars who seek a quiet and spacious environment are welcome to experience a distinctive remote location and use the Colony’s new spaces. Production of art or design works is facilitated by new professional equipment. If you wish to organise an exhibition in Nida, Klaipeda, Kaunas and Vilnius, we can put you in touch with local galleries.

The atmosphere and life intensity d epends on the season and programme of the Colony. There are between 7 and 70 people staying at NAC at all times. In summer Nida becomes a busy (albeit not overcrowded) resort. Throughout September and partly May and June you will share the common spaces with art, architecture and design students and their professors. During August you will be accompanied by doctoral researchers and Nida Doctoral School. From October to April you will enjoy solitude, occasionally accented by art professionals or students arriving to the Colony for workshops.
Living and social conditions are provided to ensure a comfortable environment. Each of the five residencies occupies two floors with 65 square meters of floor space and is equipped with all the necessary facilities.

NAC call for Individual residency applications

Residencies between August 2017 and July 2018
Duration – one to four months (preferred from two months).
Grants and costs: No grants are currently a vailable; selected candidates are issued a letter of support for individual grant seeking. Studio and living space rent for selected residents costs 400€ per month, including all taxes, use of equipment, Wi-Fi, communal spaces and bicycles.
Educational opportunity: NAC encourages its residents to give a workshop at local high school or art school in September-December 2017 in exchange of the ~200 EUR fee.

Nida Doctoral School (NDS) residencies
for practice and theory based doctoral students

July-September 2017 (2 studios available for 1-2 months)
NDS is a non-degree doctoral program run together with Aalto University (Helsinki, FI).
NDS summer course. Selected doctoral residents are invited to join the intensive course on research methods and methodologies in the context of visual and performing arts, design and architecture on August 21-26, 2017.
Among tutors are: Dr Joanne Morra (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London ) and Dr Marquard Smith (Journal of Visual Culture and UCL Institute of Education). Full concept & application details.
Costs: The same conditions as for individual residencies apply, however selected doctoral residents are offered the summer course at no tuition fee as well as 5 ECTS credits.

Call for participants for the 7th Inter-format Symposium Along Lines

May 19-22, 2017
Confirmed artists/speakers/performers: Awst & Walther (UK/DE), Zbyněk Baladrán (CZ), Vitalij Červiakov (LT), Nikolaus Gansterer (AT), Morten Norbye Halvorsen (NO), Lina Lapelytė (LT), Karen O’Rourke (FR/USA), Marcus Steinweg (DE), Jessica Warboys (UK) and others.
Curators: Thomas Thiel (DE) & Dr Vytautas Michelkevičius (LT)
The symposium brings together around 40 professionals (artists, musicians, philosophers, scientists, archaeologists, and other researchers) to reflect on the line as a very basic visual element and medium of knowledge. Taking i t as a symbolic as well as analytical instrument the symposium presents different strategies to sketch and connect through methods of mapping, walking, recording etc. Full concept & application details.
Costs: 150 EUR (100 EUR for students) which includes accommodation in a triple room and catering.
________________________________________
Please send all the applications to info@nidacolony.lt, indicating in the subject the activity you are applying for: residency or symposium. Please follow the application guidelines when applying for residencies. Deadline for applications: March 15, 2017

Details:
http://nidacolony.lt/en/850-call-for-residency-applications-for-2017-2018-and-the-7th-inter-format-symposium-along-lines