Artists-in-Residency Program

Artists have always been traveling to search for new assignments, to learn new skills and techniques from other artists, to be informed about the latest development in the arts. The numerous artists that travelled clearly supports this claim.

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From 2000 onwards the proliferation of residencies worldwide intensified. Easier and cheaper means of travelling, and quick ways to communicate through the internet and social media: all added to the growth of the artists-in-residence phenomenon. At the same time an urge to consolidate emerged, a strong need to sustain existing opportunities, to connect and create networks, and also a need to explore the meaning and value of artists-in-residence for all its users.

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For many artists it became an indispensable part of their career. Residential art centres organised themselves nationally and internationally to support each other and to represent their interests. Quality standards were rising and application procedures for artists-in-residence programs became more and more competitive. Funds, governments, and other parties hook on.

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This development  of consolidation produced a longing for renewal. Low-key, hard-to-grasp artists' residence models emerged: other forms of hospitality were explored, such as nomadic projects, collaborative residencies, and inter-disciplinary workshops. Artist run spaces from different corners in the world connect to each other and organize temporary residency exchanges. And there are artists, who seek the unfamiliar around the corner instead of thousands of miles away. They organize working periods in their own country, in their own town, in their own street.

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These last years the fluidity of the field shows another development. With a growing interest in issues of content, thematic artists' residencies have emerged. Next to a focus on their means of existence, their models and ways of operating, both residencies and artists are rethinking their role in society and the cultural field. Now the interest in "how" seems to shift to an interest in "what". This has become an issue of both the artists' residencies and the artists research-driven residencies are increasing in number. The artists' residency revolves around peer-to-peer exchange, internationally-organized and focused on topics of importance to hosts and guests.

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The idea is growing that artists residencies may offer new spaces and model for the development of knowledge and understanding, not only in the arts, but in society as well. Creative businesses invite in non-arts businesses to throw a different perspective in the work, this might be an airport, stadium or local government buildings.

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We are an institution located in a rural community, and we have openings for art residency.

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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THROUGH OUR EMAIL.