OPEN CALL:Rijksakademie Residency 2021

The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten invites applications from artists to develop their work over one or two-year periods in Amsterdam.

The Rijksakademie’s artist community has a unique ecology, which is highly international, multi-disciplinary, experimental and critically engaged. Artists are supported with a studio, a stipend, by a wide range of artistic and technical advisors, including artists, curators and thinkers, and have access to well-equipped workshops, a library and discursive engagement. We have a commitment to diversity, to working with a global perspective and with sensitivity to the local.

As an artist, you are ready to make the most of these resources. You are open to challenging yourself, to working alongside positions that are vastly different from one another, and to engaging with wider social and discursive programmes. We are also interested in practices that maximise the social and transformative power of art.

Selected artists usually have finished a BA/MA education and if so, must have at least 2 years of independent professional practice before starting a residency at the Rijksakademie.

Every year, about 22 places become available. We are seeking residents for the period January–December 2021, with the possibility of staying one year more. You can apply by completing the online application form on the website between January 1–February 1, 2020.

Finances
Every selected artist will have a studio, a stipend to contribute to living expenses (in 2020: €14,000) and a working budget (in 2020: €1,500).
The Rijksakademie is generously supported by the Dutch government/ministry of Education, Science and Culture. The Rijksakademie Trust Fund—in close cooperation with the resident artists—raises additional funds from private and governmental foundations, corporations and private donors, both nationally and internationally. Every resident artist is expected to raise a Fellowship of € 15,000 per year, as a contribution to the costs of the residency. Selected artists will be provided with more information after the interview round.

Annual contribution
The annual contribution is €2750 to be paid before the start of the residency.

Contact: application@rijksakademie.nl

More info here.