In co‐operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery makes available 50 residencies in Vienna for the year 2015.
The residency is designed to offer an opportunity to familiarise oneself with the Austrian art scene and cultural environment and to make contact with Austrian creative artists. Activities on offer include visits at galleries, studios and museums, contacts to the literature and publishing sector, as well as access to Vienna’s music life. Whenever possible, the residents will receive free tickets for art and book fairs, performances at the Tanzquartier, the international ImPuls Tanz dance festival and other events.
There is the possibility of participating actively in the Artists‐in‐Residence‐go‐to‐School‐Programme of KulturKontakt Austria (the programme includes reading events and workshops at Austrian schools).
This call is open to creative artists whose permanent place of residence is outside of Austria and who have completed their training. Austrian citizens cannot apply for this programme.
A basic working knowledge of German or English is required. The age limit for applicants is 40 years, i.e. the applicants’ date of birth has to be after the 31 December 1974. Residents are expected to complete a project during their stay.
Visual arts, photography, design, video and media art
The grant is designed for individuals who have completed their artist training and/or have been working as free-lance artists for at least five years. Whereas students are not eligible for application, post-graduate students are welcome.
The application portfolio has to be submitted before the deadline in five copies (no CDs or DVDs, only copyable documents, no originals), each application portfolio in its own labelled envelope.
An application portfolio contains mandatorily the following documents:
—a completely filled-in and signed application form,
—portrait photograph,
—CV and/or artist resume,
—a motivation letter (no more than 1 DIN A4 page) specifying current artistic interests and projects as well as expected benefits/outcomes of the residency,
—a description of the project to be carried out during the stay in Austria; projects with some reference to Austria will be preferred (1 DIN A4 page max.),
—letter of recommendation (3 max.),
—information about all previous residencies, study visits and traineeships abroad,
—documentation of previous artistic work (portfolio), meaning a representative cross section of no more than 10 pages (no CDs or DVDs, no catalogues, no photo books, no posters, no originals!); in case of video and media artists: no more than 1 DVD with a max. presentation time of 10 min.
Submissions are to be sent as of now until no later than 31 July 2014 (date of postmark) to
Bundeskanzleramt Österreich
Abteilung II/6
Concordiaplatz 2
1010 Wien
The submission must be clearly marked with “Artist-in-Residence – Visual arts”!
For more information see kulturkontakt.or.at
