Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultutal Center Artists-in-Residence Program

Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center is located in the Madou district, on the northern outskirts of Tainan City. Madou is a tranquil and leisurely small town with a laid-back lifestyle, located approximately 50 minutes drive from downtown Tainan. The cultural center as the factory and headquarter of the Japanese Meiji Sugar Manufacturing Corporation, Tsung-Yeh began operation in January 1912.

The four existing buildings have been declared by Tainan City Government as monuments for preservation, including the Red-Brick Office, the Guest House, the Red Brick Craft Hall, and the Factory Manager’s Dormitory. Currently, the Red Brick Office and the Red Brick Craft Hall are provided as two exhibition halls for the resident artists to create and exhibit their works.

In 1624, the Dutch East India Company built the first city of Fort Zeelandia on the island in Anping District and established the first ruling regime in Taiwan. Through the development of Anping by the Ming Dynasty, the concentration of trade and economic bases during the Qing Dynasty, and the construction of urban planning and water conservation facilities during the Japanese Dynasty, the foundation of Tainan’s urban development was laid. 2024 coincides with the 400th year of Tainan. We hope that through artistic intervention, we can record the present-day appearance of Tainan and move towards a richer and more diversified cultural city.

Resident Location

Tsung-yeh Art and Cultural Center https://tyart.tnc.gov.tw/
No. 5, Tsungyeh, Madou District, Tainan City 721, Taiwan

Tsung-yeh Art and Cultural Center is a governmental institute, operated by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City Government, Taiwan. Please see Space and Environment for further information.

AIR Theme for 2024

A. Theme: 

In 1624, the Dutch East India Company built the first city of Fort Zeelandia on the island in Anping District and established the first ruling regime in Taiwan. Through the development of Anping by the Ming Dynasty, the concentration of trade and economic bases during the Qing Dynasty, and the construction of urban planning and water conservation facilities during the Japanese Dynasty, the foundation of Tainan’s urban development was laid. 2024 coincides with the 400th year of Tainan. We hope that through artistic intervention, we can record the present-day appearance of Tainan and move towards a richer and more diversified cultural city.

B. Eligibility:  

1. Disciplines：Visual art, Installation, Craft and Design art.
2. All applicants must be able to communicate in either English or Chinese or Japanese.
3. Applicants are required to plan their residency projects based on the theme of the residency, create their works in the form of on-site specific production, and prepare for the exhibition by integrating the historical heritage buildings of Tsung-yeh Arts and Cultural Center.

C. Time Schedule:

1. Submissions accepted from:   1st of July on 2023
2. Submissions deadline:        30th of September on 2023 24:00 (Taiwan Time)
3. Examination:                 November 2023
4. Residence period:  2nd of January on 2024-31st of August on 2024
   (Each applicant can only be accepted for one term. And the minimum residence is 45 days, with a maximum of 90 days.)
    

Term	Duration
1st	2nd of January to 31st of March on 2024
2nd	1st of April to 29th of June on 2024
3rd	3rd of June to 31st of August on 2024

D. How to apply

1. We only accept online application. Please click on the following link (http://air-culture.tainan.gov.tw/), and fill out the application before the deadline (listed above).
2. Applicants are required to upload personal information, a resident plan and letter of recommendation.

E. Procedure

1. Applicants will be examined by the jury committee and successful candidate will be partly subsidized.
2. The jury committee is scheduled to meet in late September or early October 2023.
3. The results will be announced on the official website (https://tyart.tnc.gov.tw/) and emailed to the successful candidates by the end of October on 2023.

Website link: https://air-culture.tainan.gov.tw/en/rules/3