The URBAN NATION Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, a Berliner Leben foundation project which opened in 2017, is expanding its role as a museum that promotes international exchange within the field of urban and new contemporary art, thanks to the Artist in Residence scholarships. A total of 13 fellows will be invited to work in Berlin for a period of 3 or 6 months.
The Artist in Residence scholarships offer artists and creatives from the field of urban and contemporary art the time, space and resources to dedicate themselves to an artistic project based on the foundation’s funding priorities. Those awarded with scholarships will be given the opportunity to receive new impulses during their stay and to further their artistic development within Berlin’s cultural scene, while also gathering important experience for their future careers.
A new living environment, coupled with the contact and interaction with other artists, provides ideal conditions for developing one’s own creativity and kickstarting new artistic creative processes. This call for applicants is aimed at people who, by artistic means, reflect on the relationship and development between humans and the urban environment in an era of globalisation and digitalisation.
The Artist in Residence scholarships will be awarded for a maximum 6 months from April to September 2019, and for a minimum of three months. 3-month scholarships can only be started from April 2019.
The Artist in Residence scholarships will be awarded for a maximum of 6 months from April to September 2019, and for a minimum of three months. 3-month scholarships can only be started from April 2019.
The value of the scholarship amounts to a total of 1,900 euros per person, per month. This amount is broken down, as follows:
Thanks to the Artist in Residence scholarships, the Berliner Leben foundation creates conditions for artistic project development through its URBAN NATION project. Funding will be provided for project ideas that are expressed through artistic means, and those which fulfil at least two of the following three funding priorities:
Location specificity
Social commitment
Originality
→ The funding guidelines (pdf 1.3 MB)
With Artist in Residence scholarships, the Berliner Leben foundation supports:
The scholarship has no age restriction. An academic degree is also not a requirement. Scholarships will be awarded to individuals. Former Artist in Residence scholarship fellows may not reapply.
Applications are now open – Deadline: 25 February 2019
Please note that we only accept online applications.
→ Note about the protection of your data (pdf 0.5 MB)
Selection is made by a rotating jury. The decision of the jury is final and may not be challenged. There is no legal claim to the awarding of a scholarship. Applicants will be notified of the decisions, but not the reasoning.
Yasha Young, curator and creative director of the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART, as well as Paul Spies, Chairman of the Board and Director of Stadtmuseum Berlin and Chief Curator for the state of Berlin in the Humboldt Forum, will be part of the rotating jury. Yasha Young will be the mentor for the final fellows of the Artist in Residence scholarships.
→ The FAQ´s (pdf 0.5 MB)
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