Short Description
In September, we will be piloting our first residency, a new annual aspect of our program aimed at drawing on the residential context we are situated in. Simply put, the goal of this first residency is to support a Rotterdam-based artist/artist collective through the developmental stages of a project, and to do so in a way that both inhabits and activates our space differently. Given that it’s the ‘pilot’, it is also a way to learn together about what the needs of a resident might be, and about what kind of home the space can provide for art-making when we’re not just thinking about a public-facing program.
Generally speaking, the historical, communal and residential functions of our location in the former bathhouse and washhouse of the Justus van Effencomplex provide a basis for our program. In taking the past social life of the space as a guiding principle, we try to work in an intersectional manner to bring a range of people, places and (urgent) ideas into conversation through art. In this way, international perspectives and contexts are placed in dialogue with local concerns and needs—and vice versa—and the question of what a small-to-medium-sized art institution located on the edge of a city can do (and be!) is always at the front of our minds.
Eligibility
Please note that as this is the pilot residency, it is only open to Rotterdam-based artists and does not include housing (but we are working towards this for future editions!).
Submission Requirements
- A description detailing your interest in the residency and some initial thoughts on how you might spend your time (no more than 1 A4). Within this, please also include a description of what needs the resources provided by the residency are addressing for you
- A practice description (no more than 500 words)
- Documentation of your work (compiling no more than ten pages of images, five pages of excerpted text or ten minutes of video/audio)
How to Apply
Send the application materials to lisanne@a-tub.org
Program Benefits & Awards
As part of the residency, you will receive:
- A fee of €3000 (excluding VAT)
- A production budget of €1500
- A budget of €1500 for inviting external advisors relevant to your project for studio visits, talks or project-specific consultations. This could range from inviting a curator, theorist or fellow artist you would love to speak with, to meeting with, for example, an electrician or speech coach for garnering technical advice. Note: this budget is to cover compensation for their time as well as travel and accommodation (if needed)
- Use of the basement space of A Tale of A Tub as a workspace for the duration of your residency as well as the tools and equipment kept on site
Fortnightly studio visits with our curatorial team of Isabelle Sully (artistic director) and Lisanne Janssen (education curator) - A commissioned text that sits alongside your work, published in the form of our fourth quarterly bulletin of 2025
- A budget of €500 for one public-facing event held throughout the course of the residency and one educational activity. Both will be developed in conversation with our curatorial team
Entry Fee
€4: Standard admission
€3: Under 26, 65+
€0: Under 13, postal code 3027, press, ICOM, Rotterdampas, CJP
Location
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 11 July 2025
- Residency Period: September 1 until November 2, 2025
Website Link: https://a-tub.org/en/announcements/open-call-artistic-residency
