Open Call - Gasworks Residency for East and Southern African artists
Mulenga's Studio at Gasworks, 2019. Photo: Mulenga Jestina.
3 OCT – 19 DEC 2022
Application Deadline: Tuesday 26 April 2022
Gasworks (London) is offering an opportunity for an artist based in East (Uganda and Kenya) or Southern Africa to undertake a fully-funded residency from 3 October to 19 December 2022, supported by Artworkers Retirement Society.
Gasworks’ residencies are opportunities for self-led professional development, artistic exchange and experimentation.
Gasworks programmes up to sixteen residencies each year, inviting emerging international artists to work alongside a community of nine London-based peers for three months. Residencies are non-prescriptive and process-based and focus on enabling artists to research and develop new work. Made public through Open Studios and events, these opportunities encourage interaction, dialogue and professional networking.
Gasworks provides significant pastoral and curatorial support throughout the residency, however artists are also expected to be proactive and self-motivated and lead the research and production of their work while in London.
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The Residency Comprises:
24-hour access to a fully accessible private studio at Gasworks, alongside other visiting artists and Gasworks’ permanent studio holders
A public Open Studios displaying work produced during the residency at Gasworks
Support with visa applications and all visa costs covered
Economy return flights from the artist’s home city to London, including 1 cabin and 1 hold luggage
Single room accommodation within Gasworks Residencies House (a 2-story house, shared with 3 other artists-in-residence), with share of the bathrooms and kitchen
A weekly stipend of £150 for living expenses
A materials budget of £800
Access to Gasworks’ tools and AV equipment, subject to availability
Travel card (TFL zones 1+2) for unlimited travel within central London for the duration of the residency
Administrative, pastoral and curatorial support from Gasworks (during office hours, Monday-Friday, 9:30am-6pm)
A dedicated residency page on Gasworks’ website
A short video interview/presentation in advance of the Open Studio to introduce the artists’ work. The video will be permanently added to the residency page on Gasworks’ website
At least 2 individual studio visits with curators and arts professionals (meetings will be in person however on occasions and when relevant they will also happen virtually)
Opportunities to meet with other artists, arts professionals, patrons and collectors through at least 2 organised lunches and/or dinners
Artists are required to write a report (a template will be provided) summarising their residency
For more information about the residency and how to apply, visit Gasworks.
