Research

Short Description Kyoto Art Center (KAC) aims to be not only a venue for exchange and mutual stimulus among artists, but also for citizens to experience the abundance of arts. This program supports creative activities of artists and art researchers who aim to explore new artistic expression in their encounter with Japanese culture. Participants engage […]

Short Description This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in Indonesia. The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks in London from 7 April to 23 June 2026.Our residencies programme supports professional development, cultural exchange, and artistic experimentation. We host up to twenty residencies each year, bringing artists from all […]

Short Description This residency open call is for an artist based in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) who has already presented their work in several venues. The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks […]

Short Description This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama). The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks in London from 7 January – 23 March 2026. Our residencies programme supports professional development, cultural exchange, and artistic experimentation. We […]

Short Description Friche la Belle de Mai is joining forces with Iméra, the Institut for Advanced Study (IEA) of Aix Marseille Université, as part of a cooperation project in partnership with the French cultural network abroad and with the support of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs: “Mawjaat: Creative Hubs for Cultural Transitions in the […]

Short Description Conversing Grounds is envisioned as a living laboratory of dialogue, intuition, and resonance—a space where creative practitioners gather not to conclude, but to converge, begin again, together. Hosted at A.M Studio / Atelier I & Atelier II in Kolkata, this residency unfolds in an independent, artist-run studio space rooted in experimentation, collaboration, interdisciplinary exchange, and community-engaged practice. Conceived […]

Short Description We see happiness as resistance as a conscious practice of creating spaces of joy, tenderness and mutual strengthening – not as an escape, but as a collective act against resignation and isolation. We are interested in the aesthetics of resistance – from historical struggles to today’s confrontations with authoritarian and right-wing extremist forces. […]

Short Description With the Alex Adriaansens Residency, the V2_ team wishes to honour the legacy of co-founder Alex Adriaansens, who, alongside his artistic work, created a new type of cultural institution with V2_. Over its more than 40-year history, V2_ has grown and developed solid structures, first in Den Bosch and, since 1994, in Rotterdam. […]

Short Description In 2025, AARK will celebrate its 10th anniversary as an art residency, welcoming artists from all over the world to live and work on the small island of Korpo in the Finnish archipelago. The AARK (Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo) is located right by the sea in a small apartment building from the sixties. […]