Our residency programmes, aimed at the alumni of the Academy of Fine Arts, support post-graduate studies of visual artists in high-quality residences abroad in periods ranging from 3 to 12 months. The residencies are part of the joint project of Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts and the Saastamoinen Foundation, fostering the dialogue between fine arts education and the international art community. The call for a funded 11 month residency period at Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht is open 1-28 February 2023.
As a multi-disciplinary Post-Academy, the Jan van Eyck offers annual residencies to some 45 artists, designers, writers, curators and architects from all over the world. Every participant is provided with the time, space and expertise needed to develop their artistic practice in depth. The selected artists have in common an inquisitive, open and engaged attitude, their work testifies to an art practice that is investigative and committed.
The Jan van Eyck Academie offers its participants the tools to further develop, materialise and disseminate their research. They are encouraged to explore their ideas in a critical and reciprocal relationship with each other and the world – and in this way, make a contribution to the development of the arts and their significance for society.
Participants can make use of the facilities and expertise of the five Labs – Food, Materials Matters, Photography & Audiovisual, Printing & Publishing, Future Materials – and three departments – Nature Research, Art & Society and Research & Education as well as the well-equipped library. Guided and supported by (guest) advisers and staff, the resident artists can spend 11 months working in their studios and throughout the academy building to develop their research in depth while simultaneously shaping the academy’s public programme.
Read about artist Tiina Pyykkinen´s experiences during her residency period at Jan van Eyck Academie in 2021-2022 in the Uniarts Helsinki´s alumni blog.
Photo by: Tiina Pyykkinen