open call: cycle 4 (2027/2028)

SAM Residencies is a museum-run  programme committed to supporting the development of innovative artistic and curatorial practices that respond to current global discourses. Developed in line with SAM’s vision of engaging local and international artistic communities across a wide range of disciplines, the programme will feature four residency types to support emerging and innovative practices, facilitate collaborations, and widen public understanding of art. The studio-based residencies will be open to artists, curators, art organisations and artist-run spaces, as well as community and education-focused art practitioners.

Designed to engage both the art community and the public at large, SAM Residencies will actively involve local communities and the public through a diverse lineup of activities. For the art community, it serves as an incubator for new approaches to artistic and curatorial practices through supporting dialogue within and beyond the field of contemporary art. It offers a platform for artistic experimentation and encourages the exchange of ideas and opportunities for future collaboration, as well as network building. The Residents will also be encouraged to interact with or involve local communities and the public in different ways, through presentations and programmes such as open studio visits, talks, and workshops.

Slated to run from June 2027 to December 2028, Cycle 4 is organised around three strands: Listening/Attuning, Making/Material Cultures and Beyond Human/Interdependence.

Listening/Attuning platforms practices that respond critically to the urgencies of our time. Making/Material Cultures foregrounds material inquiry and the process of making. Beyond Human/Interdependence addresses relationships between humans, technologies, ecologies, and other forms of life, considering how these worlds remain fundamentally interconnected and interdependent. Applicants are invited to interpret these themes in relation to their practice.