Artists-in-Residence (A.i.R) Dubai programme
Deadline: September 16, 2012
Application fee: none
Art Dubai, Delfina Foundation, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and Tashkeel run Artists-in-Residence (A.i.R) Dubai, an annual residency programme which gives artists and curators the opportunity to be based in Dubai in the lead-up to and during Art Dubai and Art Week each March.
In 2013, the residencies will run from January 7 to March 31, coinciding with the 7th edition of Art Dubai. The programme hosts three Emirati artists, three artists from the Middle East and Asia, and an international curator-in-residence, all of whom will live and work in historic Al Bastakiya, in the heart of Dubai’s trading district alongside the Creek.
A.i.R. Dubai provides artists with the opportunity to make new work and develop their practice; the selected artists all create work for Open Studios exhibitions in Bastakiya alongside March’s SIKKA Art Fair - http://www.sikka.ae/ , while the international artists are also commissioned to create site-specific works for Art Dubai Projects - http://artdubai.ae/commissions , the critically-acclaimed, non-commercial programme which forms part of the fair’s programming.
We have opened calls for applications from Emirati artists and international curators to apply for the residency positions, while the international artists-in-residence will be identified through a nomination and jury process, with the four residency partners and our 2013 Guest Juror, Cairo-based curator Sarah Rifky.
Interested Emirati artists can explore a range of media and disciplines spanning painting, mixed-media, sculpture, installation or video. The deadline for submissions is September 16, 2012: for more details please contact Dubai Culture - http://www.dubaiculture.ae/en/%20 (Phone +971 4 8004003 or e-mail [email protected]).
Curators living outside the UAE are encouraged to apply for the 2013 curator-in-residence position, which offers opportunities to carry out in-depth research, curatorial activities, and critical writing regarding the arts scenes of the UAE and the Gulf. Application forms and further details are available online, via the Delfina Foundation.
Delfina Foundation
http://delfinafoundation.com/
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority
http://www.dubaiculture.ae/en/
Tashkeel
http://www.tashkeel.org/
