Eligibility

Entrants must be visual artists who identify as being from Poland, Romania and Portugal regardless of race, religion, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political persuasion, or additional national identity. You must be over the age of 18, professionally committed to your craft and regularly present work to an audience. The residency will be facilitated in English. Entrants should demonstrate experience of and an aptitude for socially engaged practice and work in community settings. The artist will see engagement with the local community as central to the creation of their work and exhibit a keen interest in exploring community dynamics, deploying techniques to understanding and engaging the public. The purpose of the residency is to have the artists learn about, research and explore the lived experience of their compatriots, with that learning directly informing the piece of work created.

Number of Participants

Calling Portuguese, Polish and Romanian artists with experience of socially engaged practice for an unforgettable paid residency on the Island of Jersey. Large numbers of Poles, Portuguese and Romanians call Jersey home and ArtHouse Jersey is offering an opportunity for one artist from each country to learn about, research and explore the lived experience of their compatriots, creating a piece of work that celebrates the contribution each community makes to the Island. The chosen Polish, Portuguese and Romanian artists will travel to Jersey and spend six weeks living and working in the Island from 17 January – 25 February 2022 staying in accommodation at ArtHouse Jersey’s headquarters on the beautiful north coast of the Island.

Deadline

September 02, 2021 23:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

October 14, 2021 23:00 UTC

Duration

January 17, 2022 - February 25, 2022

Funding

• £750.00 material budget (one-time)
• £2,500.00 stipend (one-time)

Facilities

Co-Working, Desk Space

Housing

Apartment

Public Programs

Community Engagement , Exhibition

Disciplines

Dance, Dance Groups, Design, Digital Media, Drawing, Film, Illustration, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Mixed Reality, Multimedia, Music, Music Composition, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Public Art, Research, Scholar, Sculpture, Social Practice, Textile, Theatre, Thinkers, Video Art, Visual Arts

Languages

English, Polish, Portugese , Romanian

Program Description

We are seeking artists of any discipline (conceptual, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, design, dance, digital, crafts, photography, literary, video, film making, music, multimedia, live, sound, multidisciplinary etc.). Each artist will create an inspiring piece of work to be gifted to ArtHouse Jersey. The artists will attend the opening of a showcase featuring their work that will take place over the last weekend of the residency. Artists must be confident that they will be able to create their work within the timeframes and with the materials budget detailed below. For the final two weeks of their residency the selected artists will contribute to the briefing of a visiting street art muralist on the lived experience of the Portugueuse, Poles and Romanians in Jersey, introducing them to the communities and explaining what they have learnt from the experience.