Fully Funded Gasworks Residency Open Call for Early Career Artists Based in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Fully Funded Gasworks Residency Open Call for Early Career Artists Based in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Location: London
Deadline: 20 May 2024
About the Programme
This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in South Africa or Zimbabwe. The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks in London from 30 September to 16 December 2024. The residencies programme supports professional development, cultural exchange, and artistic experimentation. We host up to sixteen residencies each year, bringing artists from all over the world to London. All residencies are self-led, non-prescriptive and process-based; they are about enabling artists to research and develop new work, engage with the city, and build their networks.
Gasworks provide administrative, pastoral, and curatorial support throughout the residency, but expect residents to be self-motivated, and to lead on the research and production of their own work, during their time with us.
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Benefits of the Programme
The selected artist will receive:
• 24-hour access to a fully accessible private studio at Gasworks, alongside other resident artists, and a community of London-based studio holders.
• Single room accommodation in Gasworks’ Residency House: a two-story house, with three communal bathrooms and a kitchen, shared with other resident artists.
• Economy return flights and taxi transfers from the artist’s home country to London, including one cabin and one hold luggage.
• All visa costs and support with the visa application process.
• A weekly stipend of £150 to cover living expenses in London.
• A materials budget of up to £800.
• A prepaid travel card (TFL zones 1+2) for unlimited travel within central London throughout the residency.
• An Open Studio event and presentation introducing the work and research developed during the residency, which will take place on Saturday 7 December
• Access to Gasworks’ basic tools and AV equipment, subject to availability.
• A dedicated residency page on Gasworks’ website, including short video interview introducing the artist’s work, filmed and edited by Gasworks during the residency.
• Networking opportunities and at least two individual studio visits with other artists, curators and arts professionals.
• Administrative, pastoral, and curatorial support from Gasworks’ staff during office hours, from 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
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Eligibility
• The open call is for early-career contemporary visual artists based in South Africa or Zimbabwe only.
• Applications from contemporary visual artists of all ages, working in any discipline are
• Applicants should have at least a moderate level of spoken English, and feel comfortable discussing their work in English.
Fully Funded Gasworks Residency Open Call for Early Career Artists Based in South Africa and Zimbabwe
