ARC X Alliance Francaise, Gaborone / French Embassy International Artist Residency Call Out. Deadline Jan 21 2024
About The Open Call
Residency Description
The “The International ARC – Alliance Française Residency” is open to women or omen-identifying artists of any African nationality working and living outside of Botswana.
The purpose of this residency is to promote the mobility of artists and to enlarge their network. For the local artist community in Botswana, it is an opportunity to meet with and engage with an international resident and share their knowledge and resources both ways to foster future links.
Additional Details
The recipient will benefit from:
- A two-month artistic residency in Gaborone from July to August 2024.
- Apartment accommodation in Gaborone in a furnished living place (bedroom,
shower, kitchen, wifi). - A studio office in Gaborone.
- A specific artistic and professional accompaniment: access to the networks
and library resources of the two partners. - Regular studio visits with local artists in Gaborone.
- Trips to areas and artistic communities outside of Gaborone (e.g. Kuru Art
Project, D’kar, Ghanzi). This will be tailored to the needs and relevance of the
recipient’s artistic project.
The program includes:
- International transportation to and from Gaborone (excluding VISA and travel insurance expenses).
- A grant for living expenses A production grant for producing work
- A presentation and a closing event is to be defined according to the recipient’s
project. - Visits to two public secondary schools and one private school to meet local
students. - Four in-person workshops for the local community in Gaborone, to be defined
by the recipient.
- Be a woman or woman-identifying person
- Be fluent in speaking and writing in English
- Be of any African nationality
- Residing outside of Botswana at the time of applying.
- Be at least 21 years old on the application deadline (January 21, 2024).
- Be able to provide proof of professional artistic activity for at least three years.
Open call: early December 2023, closing on the 21st of January 2024 at 23:59 (CAT)
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Results: Mid to late February 2024
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Residency: 1st of July to the 31st August 2024
Applicants files must contain the following elements:
- Completed online application form (to be filled in via Google Forms).
- A detailed CV or Resume.
- A detailed PDF portfolio or evidence of artistic projects via website links
In terms of accessibility, the Artist Residency Centre is not fully equipped to welcome
people with disabilities. The residency is only open to a single-person resident
without an accompanying partner or child.
The selection will be made by a jury of external professionals, with the directors ofvthe two partner institutions.
The external jurors are:
Alessio Antoniolli – Director of the non-profit gallery, studios and residency program, the Gasworks, London and Director of the Triangle network.
Julie Taylor – Founder and Director of Guns and Rain gallery, Johannesburg.
The portfolios and residency projects will be judged on the quality of the work, its artistic coherence, the necessity of its realisation in Gaborone and how the artist’s stay in Gaborone will be beneficial to the artistic community of Botswana.
For any questions, please email arcbotswana@gmail.com
These files are to be uploaded to the Google form. Failure to do so disqualifies the application.
CV or Resume. 2 pages max. 5 MB max file size. *
A portfolio of past projects, 10 pages max with captions (titled, date, size, medium). 15 MB max file size. *
Link to your work (for artists working in video art, sound, performance, etc.). You can add up to 5 links (YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Portfolio website, etc.). If you share a private link, please make sure arcbotswana@gmail.com will have access to it.
Additional artistic documents. PDF files only. (eg. PDF of artist book, Research
document, etc.):