Arquetopia Foundation & International Artist Residencies, Puebla, Mexico – Oaxaca, Mexico – Cusco, Peru – Naples, Italy

All Residencies for Artists, Designers, Writers, Curators & Art Historians (Self-Guided or with Master Instruction) – All Dates in 2023 & 2024

Now in its 13th year, Arquetopia Foundation https://www.arquetopia.org is a multiple award-winning nonprofit arts and cultural foundation with a social scope that is internationally established on three continents. Our mission emphasizes critical thinking, a commitment to reciprocity, and a sense of ethics at the core of all artistic practices. Our customized, professional International Artist-in-Residence Programs https://www.arquetopia.org/residencies-general-info are among the largest and most reputable worldwide. All of our multinational artist residency programs are unique, with an array of content anchored in local knowledge, critical academic perspectives, and a solid structure of collaborations with prominent cultural institutions, renowned experts, and notable artists. Our residency sites are located in four distinct cultural regions selected for their historical importance, influence and artistic contribution to the world: Puebla and Oaxaca in Mexico, Cusco in Peru, and Naples in southern Italy.

Through the years, we have successfully created a generous space where different perspectives meet and address important questions on the legacy of art history and the current state of the world. We are proud to have established through our multiple residency programs a generous and culturally diverse space by hosting every year artists, scholars, and researchers from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Our experience has been enriched by the multiplicity of perspectives of more than 850 of our resident artists and writers who have come from all regions of the world and more than 95 countries. Our residency programs offer competitive professional opportunities for emerging and mid-career, national and international artists, designers, curators, art historians, art educators, writers, journalists, and cultural researchers age 20 and over.

Arquetopia is distinguished worldwide for its array of unique residency programs with substantial content. Our residency spaces function exclusively for productive art professionals, writers, and researchers and include structured, informative programs; a network of collaborative workspaces, institutions, and studios; and personalized project support.

Arquetopia Foundation is now welcoming applications for the following residency programs in the majestic central historic district of Puebla, Mexico; the open countryside of Oaxaca, Mexico; the Sacred Valley of the Andes of Cusco, Peru; and Naples, southern Italy, for all dates in 2023 and 2024. Click on each link below for program info on our website.

PART 1 – RESIDENCIES FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, ART HISTORIANS, WRITERS & RESEARCHERS: ALL DATES IN 2023 & 2024 (MENTORED, NON-INSTRUCTIONAL)

A. Art, Design, or Photography Residency (Puebla, Cusco, or Naples).

https://www.arquetopia.org/art-design-or-photography-residency

Flexible sessions of 3 to 6 weeks; various techniques supported.

B. Mexican Ceramics Residency (Puebla).

https://www.arquetopia.org/mexican-ceramics-residency

Flexible sessions of 6 to 8 weeks.

C. Printmaking Residency (Puebla).

https://www.arquetopia.org/printmaking-residency

Flexible sessions of 4 to 6 weeks.

D. Art History or Cultural Research Residency (Puebla, Cusco, or Naples).

https://www.arquetopia.org/art-history-or-cultural-research-residency

Explore magnificent southern Mexico’s unique archives and resources from pre-Hispanic to contemporary. Self-directed (staff-assisted), flexible sessions of 3 to 6 weeks.

E. Writers Residency (Oaxaca, Cusco, or Naples).

https://www.arquetopia.org/writers-residency

Flexible sessions of 3 to 6 weeks.

PART 3 – ARTIST RESIDENCIES WITH INTENSIVE TECHNIQUE INSTRUCTION BY LOCAL MASTER ARTISTS: ALL DATES IN 2023 & 2024

F. Electroetching Instructional Residency (Puebla).

https://www.arquetopia.org/electroetching-residency

Learn Electroetching techniques from a Mexican master, with time for independent production in various other printmaking techniques. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.

G. Gold Leafing & Estofado Instructional Residency (Puebla or Cusco).

https://www.arquetopia.org/gold-leafing-residency

Learn an array of Gold Leafing (Gilding) and Estofado techniques from a Mexican or Peruvian master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.

H. Mexican Jewelry & Silversmithing Instructional Residency (Oaxaca).

https://www.arquetopia.org/mexican-jewelry-residency

Learn jewelrymaking and silversmithing from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.

I. Mexican Textiles Instructional Residency: Weaving or Embroidery (Oaxaca).

https://www.arquetopia.org/mexican-textiles-residencies

Learn traditional Mexican Weaving or Embroidery from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.

J. Mexican Textiles Instructional Residency: Tapestry (Oaxaca).

https://www.arquetopia.org/mexican-textiles-residencies

Learn traditional Mexican Tapestry from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Sessions of 4 weeks.

K. Natural Ink Silkscreen Instructional Residency (Oaxaca).

https://www.arquetopia.org/natural-ink-silkscreen-residency

Learn to create and use a variety of Natural Inks specifically for silkscreening, from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.

L. Natural Pigments Instructional Residency (Oaxaca or Cusco).

https://www.arquetopia.org/natural-pigments-residency

Learn to create and use a variety of Natural Pigments for fiber dyeing, from a Mexican or Peruvian master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.

M. Organic Painting Instructional Residency (Puebla).

https://www.arquetopia.org/organic-painting-residency

Learn an array of Organic Painting techniques from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.

N. Peruvian Textiles Instructional Residency: Andean Weaving (Cusco).

https://www.arquetopia.org/peruvian-textiles-residency

Learn traditional Andean Weaving from a Peruvian master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.

O. Pre-Columbian Ceramics Instructional Residency (Puebla or Cusco).

https://www.arquetopia.org/pre-columbian-ceramics-residency

Learn pre-Columbian Ceramics techniques from a Mexican or Peruvian master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 5 weeks.

HOW TO APPLY

Visit the Arquetopia Foundation website at https://www.arquetopia.org

E-mail us at info@arquetopia.org

Complete and submit the Arquetopia Artist-in-Residence Online Application Form https://www.arquetopia.org/residency-application, following the instructions on the web page.

Following selection, applicants are notified immediately via e-mail.

Arquetopia is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our diverse local and international community. Arquetopia’s resident artist and staff backgrounds vary in all aspects. As part of Arquetopia’s mission is to promote diversity, Arquetopia actively fights discrimination by offering access to its programs and activities without regard to race, color, gender or gender expression, national origin, age, religion, creed, or sexual orientation.

Main Website: https://www.arquetopia.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arquetopia

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arquetopia

E-mail info@arquetopia.org for more information.

The AyarKut Foundation launches an open competition for applications for participation in three international art residencies in Yakutsk.

The three residencies of the program – Indigenous Knowledge, & Soundscape of the Arctic and In dialogue with Nature - are primarily aimed at analyzing the local Yakut environment and its development. One of its tasks is to establish a dialogue with both narrow professional community and wide audience.

The residence provides an opportunity for artists to visit Yakutsk within the framework of an individual plan required for the implementation of the project, immerse themselves in local cultural, scientific and natural contexts, find themselves in a new environment of the Sakha Republic.

Yakutia, or the Sakha Republic, is the largest region of Russia by territory and one of the largest administrative units in the world. At the same time, in terms of population, Sakha remains one of the most sparsely populated territories. Yakutia also is one of the most

isolated and inaccessible regions of the world in terms of transport: 90% of the territory does not have year-round transport links.

Who is it for: Artists working with painting, sculpture, graphics, photo and video, installation, public art, land art, new media, research-based art, science art, sound art, music, as well as curators and researchers in the humanities over the age of 18. Individual or collective participation is possible (up to 3 people).

Duration: The duration of the residence is 1 or 2 months to choose from.

Website: Apply here

The Jerwood Writer in Residence 2022 programme is an opportunity for promising UK-based early-career visual arts writers to develop their practice. The residency aims to support these writers to produce up to five responses during their residency, with workload adapted to support more ambitious activities within the project accordingly. It is aimed at writers who are seeking an opportunity to explore their experimental critical voices and have their practice engaged with across Jerwood Arts’ audience and extended networks.

There are two Jerwood Writer in Residence opportunities in 2022. Each residency is six months long and responds to two of three exhibitions.

Who is it for: Applicants must be living and working in the UK, be outside formal education at the time of application and throughout their chosen residency period and must be able to demonstrate at least one year's track record of professional writing practice but not yet be regularly contributing to established arts publications. While we do accept applications from fiction and poetry writers, we ask that you demonstrate past experience of writing critically about exhibitions and/or visual art in your application.

Benefit: Writers will receive a £1,500 fee, a £300 mentoring budget and a £500 production budget. Writers may use the £1,500 fee to research towards their self-directed interests and the production budget to disseminate their thinking and research through means of an event, DIY publication, video recording, podcast or other activity. Responses are hosted on the Writing and Media pages on the Jerwood Arts website and shared through our social media channels. Where the opportunity allows, Jerwood Arts will aim to share writer’s responses across our partnerships in order to even further extend the writers’ reach.

Deadline: 24. November 2021

Website: Apply here

Now in its twelfth year, Arquetopia Foundation https://www.arquetopia.org is a multiple
award-winning nonprofit arts and cultural foundation with a social scope that is internationally established on three continents. Our mission emphasizes critical thinking, a commitment to reciprocity, and a sense of ethics at the core of all artistic practices. Our customized, professional International Artist-in-Residence Programs https://www.arquetopia.org/residencies-general-info are among the largest and most reputable worldwide.

All of our multinational artist residency programs are unique, with an array of content
anchored in local knowledge, critical academic perspectives, and a solid structure of collaborations with prominent cultural institutions, renowned experts, and notable artists.

Our residency sites are located in four distinct cultural regions selected for their historical importance, influence and artistic contribution to the world: Puebla and Oaxaca in Mexico, Cusco in Peru, and Naples in southern Italy.

Arquetopia Foundation is now welcoming applications for the following residency programs
in the majestic central historic district of Puebla, Mexico; the open countryside of Oaxaca,
Mexico; the Sacred Valley of the Andes of Cusco, Peru; and the Amalfi Coast of Naples, Italy,
for all dates in 2022 and 2023.

Check out Arquetopia’s website for the program info.

Deadline: 3. October 2021

Website: https://www.arquetopia.org

E-mail: info@arquetopia.org

Apply here: Application

Artquest are partnering with the Museum of the Home who are funding a new research residency. The Unlocking the Collections artist research residency award is an opportunity for an artist to develop their practice responding to material in the new Collections Library at the Museum of the Home. The selected artist will explore the Museum’s collection with support from its curators at a pivotal point in the Museum’s development and its reopening to the public in 2021.

Who is it for: Open to early career London-based artists, working in any medium

Benefit: One selected artist will receive an award of £3,000 to develop their practice in response to the Museum of the Home’s collections. A further £850 to deliver a public-facing event that showcases their thinking and research undertaken over the residency period and special access to Museum collections and curatorial staff.

Deadline: 19. July 2021

Website: Apply here