2 Material Research Fellowships 2025
In the framework of the Future Materials programme, the Jan van Eyck Academie is accepting applications for 1 Fashion & Textile Material Fellowship and 1 Future Materials Fellowship both lasting 11 months.
Deadline: 2 September 2024
Residency period: 15 January – 15 December 2025
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Future Materials at the Jan van Eyck Academie aims to support environmentally conscious art and design practices by conducting research and disseminating knowledge on sustainable non-toxic materials. The long-term programme promotes sustainable alternatives to fossil-based or toxic materials commonly used in arts and design with the aim to foster ecologically mindful approaches in these creative fields.
Working among a cohort of some 35 artists, designers, curators, writers, and other creative minds, will provide the two Research Fellows with insights into the daily complexities of the transition towards sustainable materials, as well as the opportunity to exchange with and learn from a multitude of practices spanning the world.
These two material research positions are supported by the Regio Deal Zuid-Limburg, more specifically the programme strand called Circular Economy and Society / Workspace Circular Textile.
Fashion & Textile Material Fellowship
The Fashion & Textile Material Fellowship supports an existing research project exploring sustainable and circular material approaches to fashion and/or textile materials with the overall objective to encourage the transition to more ecological and sustainable fashion systems. The projects might concern, but should not be limited to, sustainable textile fibers, dyes, or other materials being used in the making of garments; experimental material research that can shift dominant cultural views and perceptions of fashion; material projects that influence the cultural, social, political, economic dimensions of the fashion industry.
The selected candidate will be offered the opportunity to develop their project with the expertise and facilities of the Jan van Eyck Academie, the Research Collective for Decoloniality & Fashion (RCDF) and specifically from the research group Technology Driven Art Maastricht Institute of Arts (Zuyd Hogeschool).
Future Materials Fellowship
The Future Materials Fellowship aims to support an existing project featuring a material or a materials process applicable in a broad range of creative practices and/or offer a viable alternative to common toxic or not easily recyclable fossil-based materials used in arts and design (epoxy resins, fossil-based polymers, plaster, inks, pigments, and others).
The selected candidate will be offered the opportunity to develop their project with the expertise and facilities of the Jan van Eyck Academie, CHILL at Brightlands Chemelot Campus, and the Centre for Art and Ecology at Goldsmiths (University of London).
The selected Research Fellows will be invited to embed their enhanced understanding in the development of their material projects with the support of the Future Materials Lab, Material Matters, Food, Printing & Publishing, Photography & Audiovisual, and the Library. Next to the expertise of the external partners, the Fellows can tap into the extended network of the Regio Deal Zuid-Limburg / Circular Economy and Society that clusters research institutes, companies, workshops, and start-ups pioneering in circular and bio-based materials research and production operating in the region. Convening such diverse partners as Zuyd Hogeschool, AMIBM, ARAPAHA, Fibrant, The Sufi Studio, Circular Makers Space Maastricht (CMM), DenimX and T Attelier among others, the programme aims to advance regional capacity building.
The results of these research fellowships will be presented during the Jan van Eyck Open Studios 2025, and the two projects will eventually be included in the Future Materials Bank.
Calendar
- Application deadline: 2 September 2024
- Announcement of the selected candidates: mid-October 2024
- Fellowship period: 15 January 2025 – 15 December 2025
Conditions of the research fellowship
- The selected candidates will receive access to a private studio and the expertise of the Labs, in-house experts, and (guest) advisers and will be able to participate and contribute to the academy’s public programme.
- The fellows will receive a monthly stipend* of € 1,750 and a working budget of €2,250.
- The fellows are expected to reside in Maastricht or direct surroundings (within a radius of 10km) during their stay at the Jan van Eyck.
- The fellows will search for their own accommodations; the institute can provide guidance.
- The Fellows are exempt from paying an annual enrollment fee.
- Jan van Eyck alumni are not eligble to apply for these fellowships.
*The stipend is 80% exempt from income tax.
Application format
- To apply, please submit a single pdf (max. 10 MB) via the respective online registration form consisting of the following materials presented in English:
A motivational letter and project proposal (max 500 w. each);
Documentation of previous work (max 15 pages with 1 – 2 images per page). The presented material should not be older than 5 years;
A curriculum vitae (max 2 pages)
- Please make sure to select the right form: a distinctive form is provided for each fellowship.
- Please make sure that all hyperlinks in the application portfolio function well and are valid. Please don’t forget to make clear any necessary passwords to access materials via Vimeo, YouTube or other channels.
- The application fee amounts to €50 excl VAT. When finalizing the online application form, you will be redirected to Paypal. If you don’t have a valid PayPal account, and are not able to register for one, please contact application@janvaneyck.nl.**
**The application fee is waived for applicants from and living in the Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries and Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories on the DAC list for ODA recipients. Please find the current DAC list here.
Selection Committee
For the Fashion & Textile Material Fellowship, the selection committee is composed of Hicham Khalidi (director Jan van Eyck Academie), Giulia Bellinetti (Future Materials, Jan van Eyck Academie), Anke Bos (Zuyd Hogeschool), and Sandra Niessen (Research Collective for Decoloniality & Fashion)
For the Future Materials Fellowship, the selection committee is composed of Hicham Khalidi (director Jan van Eyck Academie), Giulia Bellinetti (Future Materials, Jan van Eyck Academie), Thomas Habets (CHILL), and Ros Gray (Goldsmiths).
Website link: https://www.janvaneyck.nl/calendar/2-material-research-fellowships-2025
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