Are you a current or past Res Artis Member? Please complete our 2020 membership survey. Your responses will provide Res Artis with vital feedback that will enable us to better serve our members and shape the core focus areas of our network over the next 5 years.   The survey will take about 15 minutes of your time. As a thank you for your feedback, all respondents will go into a draw to win one of two free 2021 Res Artis Residency Memberships (valued between €59 - 615).

Please complete and submit your survey response by Thursday 12 November 2020, 11:45 pm AEST.   Your input is invaluable!

As the peak organisation for arts residencies world-wide Res Artis saw the immediate and devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to our sector.  The repercussions are ongoing, and we would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the Res Artis member residencies that have been lost as a result of this pandemic.
 
As an organisation whose work is funded by membership income, Res Artis has also needed to make difficult decisions to safeguard the sustainability of our future, including the streamlining of overheads and consolidating our office operations in Melbourne, Australia, where we’ve been operating for the past four years.
 
In the coming months, Res Artis will officially move its governance and operations from the Netherlands to Australia. This decision has meant saying goodbye to our office in Amsterdam and, unfortunately, to our staff there too.

Many of our members will have liaised with Res Artis Communications and Operations Manager Birte Gehm remotely or met her in-person at our conferences over the years. Birte has been an integral part of Res Artis’ success and will be missed by our staff, Board and membership community. You can read Birte's personal goodbye to our network here.

Whilst a behind the scenes restructure of Res Artis has been necessary, the important work we undertake on behalf of the sector, our global perspective, and our Values, Mission and Vision remain the same.
 
Despite a drop in membership numbers we continue to support over 550 member organisations in 75 countries worldwide. As we look to the future, there is much to do. We embrace that challenge and opportunity with the strength of our collective diversity and expertise. We are a truly global organisation, with engaged and dedicated Members and Board Members all over the world.
 
We often talk about residencies within a changing world. The speed of change unleashed by this pandemic is exceptional, however the resilience and adaptability of the residencies sector can more than meet this challenge. From change and adversity comes opportunity.
 
Already many artists in residence and arts residency centres are learning to adapt to our new environment through digital programming or by providing stay at home or studio residencies, and we have also seen a return to and rise in local, national and regional exchange. Some of your new business models and practices are innovatively and creatively shaping a new future, and we continue to learn from each other.

To read our full Statement, please click here.
 

As one European chapter of Res Artis closes in the Netherlands, a new one begins. Res Artis is delighted to announce a partnership with the municipality of Ii, in northern Finland. The aim of our collaboration is to continue our important work in Europe and work towards the establishment of an ongoing Res Artis Europe base.
 
Res Artis welcomes Kai Latvalehto to the role of Project Manager at KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre. Kai holds a PhD from Åbo Akademi (2018) and a MA in English from Oulu University (1995) in Finland. In the past he has worked extensively within music, education and documentary film. In recent years he has concentrated on Sweden-Finnishness and his latest undertaking was establishing a residency program for the Sweden-Finnish Cultural Embassy in Oulu.
 
This innovative collaboration is supported by the KRIPA project funded by the European Unions Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland coordinated by the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment.

54% of planned residencies cancelled, modified, cut short or postponed.

One in 10 or 9% of arts residency operators forced to close indefinitely.

Just 17% of respondents able to access emergency funding support. 

Res Artis and UCL have released an analytical report of a survey examining the impact of COVID-19 on the international arts residencies field. The survey conducted between 7 May and 1 June 2020 received 1,132 responses from 774 artists and 358 arts organisations around the globe. This first survey investigated the pandemic’s immediate effect on in-progress and planned arts residencies, while two further surveys to follow will explore medium and long-term impact.     
 
The primary aim of this survey series is to articulate the challenges and opportunities for the sector during this difficult time. Ultimately, we hope the collaboration, hard data and analysis will lead to positive change by providing information, support and key policy recommendations for artists, arts residency operators, funders and key sector stakeholders. 
 
Read the report here: https://resartis.org/covid-19-updates/covid-19-survey/
 
Enquiries: office@resartis.org

Res Artis and IASPIS, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual and Applied Artists with the support of Creative Victoria presented a free series of five webinars titled Residencies in Challenging Times.

In case you missed these online events, you can watch the captioned videos here.

The webinar series was attended by 578 people from 51 countries around the globe. The discussion focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and culture sector, and the response by art organisations. We discussed how artist residencies can be better equipped for the future, as well as on how they are contributing to overcoming some of the most pressing societal challenges at the moment, such as the pandemic, the fight against racism and inequalities, and climate change.

Thanks to all our brilliant speakers including Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Lisa Hoffman, Professor Lucy Orta, Marco Maria Zanin, Sarah Farrelly, Lea O’Loughlin, Professor Jean-Baptist Joly, Iris Ferrer, Johan Pousette and Luigi Galimberti.

The pandemic has brought about significant opportunities for discussion of the arts residencies field. The Res Artis team has been out and about advocating the impact on our sector, need for emergency funding support and the way our members are adapting and responding. Below are a few events where we have represented our membership:

President of the Res Artis Board Lea O’Loughlin participated in the digital symposium Reflecting Residencies. Held from 22 – 23 October the event formed the first symposium in France on arts residency programs and was organized by French residencies network arts en residence. The program focused on the internationalization of French residencies and local development and partnerships.

Lea also presented at Where to? a workshop on mobility for creatives organized by the MAX (MAkers eXchange) project consortium, bringing together mobility users and stakeholders of the cultural and creative sectors to hear, discuss and provide their perspectives and recommendations aiming to design an effective model of mobility for the cultural and creative industries, makers and creatives for skills development and social inclusion.  The workshop was part of the MAX project, co-funded by the European Union and implemented by the European Creative Hubs Network, Fab Lab Barcelona, UPTEC and Makery.
 
Executive Director Eliza Roberts has been busy highlighting the continuing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts residencies sector.  Eliza joined choreographer Natasha Sturges, author Craig Silvey and artist Peter Drew on the virtual panel in The Not-in-Transit Lounge: Travelling for Art, the latest instalment from ArtsHub's monthly podcast, The Artshubbub.

In Episode 6 of Kooshk Talk Eliza discussed the continuing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on arts residencies with Kooshk Residency Executive Manager Maryam Bagheri.

Pro Prac Symposium session On Artist Residencies brought Eliza in conversation with moderator Kiera Brew Kurec and artist and curator Andy Butler, on the purpose and benefits of undertaking both national and international artist residencies as well as economic implications, social media and connectedness in light of COVID-19 times. Pro Prac Symposium was recorded on Saturday 2nd of May and was made possible through the support of City of Melbourne Annual Arts Grants.

Last but not least, Res Artis Board Member Luigi Galimberti presented in The impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Arts & Culture.  This seminar was part of For Artists: Presenting Oneself and Learning the Market, an online initiative curated by K2 Güncel Sanat Merkezi | K2 Contemporary Art Center. 

Image courtesy of NG Art Creative Residency.

Galerie Heimat and NG Art Creative Residency Art Prize 2021
Application request deadline is 14 November 2020
NG Art Creative Residency is sponsoring artists working across drawing, painting & mixed media to apply for an art prize consisting of a 3-week complimentary residency with full board and lodging within our sumptuous 15th-century pilgrim’s inn in Eygalieres, Provence, the South of France.

Partially covered residency in Venice
Application deadline is 9 November 2020
To enable more artists to take part in the residency Venezia Contemporanea are offering partially covered residencies all year around, where we cover 50% of the residency fee.  We are currently offering a special residency for writers, researchers and PhD. candidates.

Res Artis is currently collating some examples of tools and strategies that arts residency program managers have implemented to help them navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Have you used new technology to go digital? Have you reimagined your programming to include non-arts sectors? Have you created new international partnerships to pool funds?
 
If you’re happy to share your innovative workings with other Res Artis members, we want to hear from you! Please complete this short form.