Discover top international artist-in-residence programs,  for time and space to reflect, research, or produce new work.

Residency Programs

Spudnik Press

The Spudnik Press Cooperative Residency Program supports a broad range of artists including artists working in communities outside of the Chicago area. Resident Artists will bring new resources, perspectives, and professional connections to the various audiences that Spudnik Press serves, including first-time printmaking students, emerging artists, professional artists, art collectors and supporters.

Through integrating the production of innovative and well-executed print-based work with public programming and educational opportunities, the Residency Program strives to increase public awareness and appreciation of printmaking and its role in contemporary art practices.

Artists can apply for residencies of 2 to 6 weeks in duration, local artists are encouraged to apply for the maximum time.

Spudnik Press Cooperative encourages applications from artists from all backgrounds, including underrepresented groups that include (but are not limited to) artists of color, LGBTQ artists, women artists, and artists with disabilities. Our Accessibility page includes additional information about getting to the studio and using the equipment. Any requests for accommodations can occur upon finalist notification or acceptance.

Alexandra Antoine

Mara Baker

Aaron Hughes

Andrew Bearnot

Benjamin Merritt

Spudnik Press Cooperative | Residency Program

ZK/U

"Designed specifically for curators based in the African continent, this fully funded 3-month residency program hosted by ZK/U in Berlin is an opportunity not to be overlooked. The program aims to immerse residents within a thriving artistic community and enable transcontinental partnerships."
- ArtConnect's Take

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CURATORIAL RESEARCH RESIDENCIES IN BERLIN FOR EMERGING CURATORS AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS BASED IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

As part of the programme TURN2 - Artistic Co-Creation between Germany and African Countries, the Federal Cultural Foundation launched the TURN2 Residencies - Curatorial Research Residencies in Berlin, Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg in April 2021. 

In September 2021, the open call for emerging curators based in the African continent coming to ZK/U Berlin goes into the second round. For curators based in Germany, there will be no second open call.

This call invites emerging curators in the contemporary visual arts or with a cross-disciplinary approach and cultural practitioners with a curatorial interest based in the African continent, to undertake a funded 3-month residency at ZK/U Berlin. The residencies will take place between April 2022 and December 2022 (exact dates to be finalised in consultation between the host and each selected candidate). 

In the first round of the open call in April 2021, an expert jury selected six emerging curators from the African continent to conduct research at ZK/U Berlin between September 2021 and March 2022. Simultaneously, nine emerging curators from Germany were selected to conduct curatorial research in Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg.

The TURN2 Residencies promote the initiation of curatorial partnerships and transcontinental networks between emerging curators and established art and cultural institutions as well as the exchange between the respective art scenes. The TURN2 Residencies are a joint project of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), the ZK/U Berlin and the Triangle Network, and are carried out in collaboration with the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI), the G.A.S. Foundation in Lagos and the Bag Factory in Johannesburg.

TURN2 Residencies 

ARTErra

ARTErra is a art residency programme in rural Portugal.

Its an independent space to connect, to create, to reflect, to heal and to be.This creative resource aims to provide artists from all backgrounds a place to focus and produce, to mingle with Nature and escape your routines.

If you are looking a quiet and inspiring environment to develop your art project, maybe a retreat to create is what you need.Own your time and master your creative process in our environment.

For more details, check our website or drop us a line

2 persons in a double room is approx 275€(+23%VAT) Extra Day- 40€ 1 person

1 week - 1 person in a single room (+23%Vat)

Your home and art studios in Portugal

Hotel Regina Mürren

The Hotel Regina in Mürren operates a guest studio on the premises of the hotel. Two studio stays are awarded every year.

Hotel Regina Hotel Regina in Mürren | Artists-in-Residence Project

Ellen Fischer

Call for applications for scholarships to promote young talent
 

The University of Art Braunschweig is an internationally oriented, artistic-scientific university with the right to award doctoral and post-doctoral degrees. With around 1000 students in the fields of liberal arts, art education, performing arts, design, visual communication, art history and media studies, the HBK Braunschweig is one of the largest art colleges in Germany.

Under the title "Braunschweig Projects", the HBK Braunschweig announces a total of 7 scholarships for the year 2022 on behalf of the State of Lower Saxony:

- 5 scholarships in the field of visual arts
- 2 scholarships in the field of sound art

The scholarships are part of the promotion of young artists by the university and the state. They are aimed at artists who would like to work on a project in the immediate vicinity of the HBK Braunschweig. With their project proposal, the scholarship holders should make a significant contribution towards the further development of forms of artistic practice.

They are integrated into the university by a mentor from the liberal arts professors. All professors of the liberal arts are available for artistic discourse with the scholarship holders. The university actively supports the mediation process.

The scholarship holders have the opportunity to communicate the current status of their artistic project within the university during the scholarship period; in addition, they are obliged to participate in a joint final presentation.


Residential studio in Braunschweig, designed for one person, will be provided rent-free for the duration of the stay in Braunschweig

Braunschweig Projects 2022/2023

Goyki 3 Art Inkubator

The residencies under the AiR Goyki 3 programme will be dedicated to a wide group of artists – creators of visual art, writers, performance artists and individuals involved in the popularisation of science from Poland and abroad – and they will consist in supporting the activities of residents in the space of Art Inkubator.

In 2022 we invite to participate artists from the fields of literature and visual arts.

In AiR Goyki 3, we are interested in creative process and dialogue with artists. We are driven by critical reflection on the modern world and society. We do not specify what end results should be; we do not impose topics. We support well-thought-out activities and research-focused projects referring to the place of their implementation, i.e. the city of Sopot and the space of Art Inkubator, as well as those focused on building relationships between people and their surroundings. By inviting residents from various fields, we hope to promote networking and cooperation which will result in multidisciplinary projects.

Dates of AiR Goyki 3 in 2022:
04.04 – 04.06.2022
05.09 – 05.11.2021

Accommodation for two residents in Sopot during the April – June residency periods

AiR Goyki 3

Atsue Pingleton (Ms.) and  Mayumi Itamura (Ms.)

“KASHIMA BEPPU ARTIST IN RESIDENCE” is a residence program that BEPPU PROJECT has held in Beppu since 2008. In Japanese, “KASHIMA” refers to the name of the place of your stay in order to heal your body and soul in a bath and spa. One of the aims of this residence program is to promote and develop creations, in connection with local community and the artists. 

We are calling for collaboration projects that domestic artists and foreign artists can cooperate using online. While the continuous influence of COVID-19, it is time to challenge for expressions and creations that can be done with this circumstance. Any genres will be welcome.

Numbers of Acceptance: 3 pairs of 2 people 
A pair refers to 1 domestic (Japanese nationality and residence) artist who stays in Beppu during the program and 1 foreign (non-Japanese nationality and residing outside Japan) artist from his/her residing area via online.

A project proposal must be created by these 2 artists to cooperate to have an international-collaboration


Accommodation and work studio will be either a house or apartments within Beppu chosen by BEPPU PROJECT; may need to share toilet(s) and the kitchen with other artists. 

KASHIMA 2021 | BEPPU ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Dr. Dormagen-Guffanti-Stiftung

The Dr. Dormagen-Guffanti-Foundation invites artists from the drawing and graphics sectors to participate in the Dr. Dormagen Guffanti Scholarship 2022. The call is for artists who have their place of work and residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The equal participation of people with and without disabilities in society is the key idea of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was adopted in 2008 Already about 150 years ago, the donor has Dr. Hubert Dormagen donated his fortune for the purpose of disabled-people's care in Cologne. He also draws back the idea of using the art to ′′ accelerate the healing of the sick ".

The Foundation's Board of Trustees has decided to use the foundation's income to award the Dr. Dormagen Guffanti scholarship to be awarded to artists from the field of fine arts after a public call for proposals. The aim is to create opportunities for and / or for people with disabilities to participate under artistic aspects.

Céline Berger

Claudia Mann

Vera Drebusch

Marion Anna Simon

(1500 per month + 1000 one-off for materials)

Dormagen-Guffanti-Scholarship 2022

National Park Arts Foundation

NOW is the time to artistically interpret this magnificent world wonder. NPAF is now offering Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park residencies, and close to some of the best beaches on the island. For an approximately one-month term in Summer of 2022.

*We recommend you apply for this residency as soon as possible. The call for artists for this residency can be canceled at any time without notice*

This residency opportunity is open to Single Artists, Families, Artist Couples, artist collectives, or arts troupes.

Residency artists will stay at a spacious house just outside the park boundaries. Close to the beaches, 28 miles to Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Visitors Center.

We are excited to continue our artist-in-residence program at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The Park boundaries include two legendary and sacred volcanoes, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, as unique flora and fauna, as well rainforests and mysterious and ever-changing active lava flows. Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park is also an International Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Designated Site. This is a unique dramatic environment for all artistic media to flourish and to inspire new breakthroughs in process and result. Possible Art donation through NPAF to NPS Collection at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

Travel, equipment, food and insurance costs to be covered by the artist

Will Oldham

Byron Yasui

Emma Stibbon

Hasan Elahi

Two storey, 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms with views of the Ocean

HAWAI’I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK | Artist in Residency Program

Space A

Space A is Kathmandu (Nepal) based non-governmental autonomous, non-political, no- profitable, and the Artist Initiative with the goal of establishing a stable platform for critical analysis, reflections, open discussions, information exchange, collaboration, and interactive communication. It aims at contributing to interdisciplinary contemporary art practices by setting up researches, discursive events, exhibitions, educational, and residency programs.

Kathmandu international artist-in-residence program (KIAR) is an initiative of Space A, a significant hub in the field of contemporary art both locally and internationally. The goal of the KIAR is to create an intellectual space where the residents will get the chance to penetrate the local cultural and socio-political contexts, as well as to combine their artistic practices (research, production, etc.) with meetings, lectures, and other discursive events with local and international artists, cultural experts, critics, and curators.

Brief Description of Residency

Nepal is the Best Value Destination to travel to. Nepal’s cultural landscape is every bit as diverse as its physical one. The spectacular Himalayas comprise the highest mountains on earth and boast a surreal landscape of snow-covered peaks sure to leave a powerful impression. The Himalayan country of Nepal, situated between India and China, offers some of the best access to these mountain peaks, where landscapes vary from subtropical valleys (complete with banana trees) to alpine forests (home to grazing yaks).

Customs and traditions differ from one part of Nepal to another. A conglomeration lies in the capital city,  Kathmandu, where cultures are blending to form a national identity. Kathmandu Valley has served as the country’s cultural metropolis since the unification of Nepal in the 18th Century. A prominent factor in Nepali’s everyday life is religion. Adding color to the lives of Nepalese are festivals the year round which they celebrate with much pomp and joy. Food plays an important role in the celebration of these festivals.

Capital is surrounded by a valley full of historic sites, ancient temples, shrines, and fascinating villages. Kathmandu is an incredibly diverse historic city with breathtaking Newari architecture, centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist religious sites. Stepping into Kathmandu is like stepping into another world that everybody should experience at least once in their lifetime. Kathmandu is a result of diverse cultures and lifestyles, a long history of faith and beliefs, and of arts and architecture. Therefore, more than just a city, Kathmandu is a living museum.

KIAR is an opportunity to travel back in time and to relive in history as well as experience natural beauty. This year we are going to organize a one-month-long residency (30 days) and two months long residency (60 days). There will be four Residency programs. Each time max. 2 applicants will be selected.

(* If participants are interested, KIAR will arrange 7 days of trekking during the residency program. But participants will be responsible for all expenses for Trekking. This year we have selected Langtang valley to Kyanjin Gompa trek and Annapurna Base Camp – ABC trek.)

Travel Supplies / Material, Daily expenses Food, Volunteer Fee (if needed), Health insurance Expenses for Trekking (if participants are interested in trekking)