Scandinavian Cello School is located next to a historic fishing village which features one of Denmark’s oldest harbors. An explosion in interest is due to the unique ethos at the school – achieve a healthy work-life balance, side by side with world class music training. Scandinavian Cello School was on the front page of the New York Times and seen by 2.1 billion worldwide with their alternative approach to things - such as playing music to farm animals. Outreach concerts, outdoor experiences and collective living are all part of their philosophy to create more balanced and ultimately better musicians. A founder and international award-winning cellist Jacob Shaw works closely to help promote, support and educate young musical talents. We welcome all musicians and all cultural visitors to take a mini-residency. For musicians, to be eligible to attend you must have a specific project in mind. Music is a strong artistic form of the past residents, however, we do accept other art forms. [photo by Carsten Snejberg]
Malt AIR is a visual arts residency program in Denmark. Malt AIR invites professional artists especially at the beginning of their career from all over the world to participate in a 3-month visual arts residency program. The residency offers international artists the opportunity to develop new and valuable relations with the Danish visual arts scene. Studio facilities and accommodation, as well as a travel grant and a monthly stipend, are included in the program. While fostering exchanges between the residing artist and the Danish contemporary visual arts scene, we support the development of the resident’s artistic practice. The resident artist will participate in networking activities, studio visits, and meetings with relevant professional individuals, as well as receive curatorial feedback.
BIRCA is a laboratory for the new ecological performing arts, located in the middle of nature and fields on the island of Bornholm. Here artists get the opportunity to research and develop their ideas and projects, while we actively support investigative and co-creative approaches to the artistic processes through discussion and facilitation. We are normally open May to October – but the place can also be visits in wintertime for more research/study purposes. Also, the residency programme hosts residencies for up to 6 individuael artists at the same time, also two different performing art groups can work and stay at BIRCA simultaneously. By embracing BIRCA’s natural surroundings, we want to create a vision for an ecological future that allows for connectedness, generosity and sharing.
Læsø AiR is located in the unique artistic retreats of two of Denmark’s and the world’s most acclaimed artists - Per Kirkeby (1938-2018) and Asger Jorn (1914-1973) - at the island of Læsø. The main objective of the Læsø AiR program is to supports the development of the artistic process and and research phase for professional visual artists by providing time, space and opportunity to reflect and immerse in the working process in the unique and appropriate settings on Læsø. Foreign artists granted residencies will be given the opportunity to take part in networking activities with representatives from the Danish contemporary art scene. Professional, foreign (non-Danish) visual artists can apply for stays of 12 weeks’ duration. Professional Danish visual artists can apply for residencies of 4 and 6 weeks’ duration.
We are located on the Danish island of Bornholm, which has a vibrant art community. The residency is based next door to the artspace Beast in Østermarie, close to a grocery store, public transportation and a bikeride away from beautiful forests and the Sea. The aim of the residency is to encourage artists to come to Bornholm, get inspired by the unique nature and island life and get the possibility to focus on current projects or develop new ones. We welcome artists working in all fields, but especially encourage artists working in the field of photography to apply. The residence artists can stay here for 1-3 months, and application must be submitted online. [Photo: The studio space at Beast]
Res Artis: Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies is a 30 year old network of arts residency, and the network comprises more than 650+ vetted Members in over 80 countries.
organized by DuchCulture and it aims to combine and share knowledge and experience on artist-in-residence programmes and other international opportunities for creative professionals to temporarily stay and work elsewhere.
