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Balmoral scholarship for visual artists and curators

Residential fellowships in the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems are awarded to international visual artists. Furthermore a curator fellowship is awarded to a junior academic graduate. Deadline for residencies in 2014: June 29

Nida Art Colony: individual and thematic residencies in 2014

Nida Art Colony (NAC) welcomes proposals from artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers for its upcoming residencies on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park, Lithuania. Deadline: June 15.

Watermill Center residency program

The Watermill Center offers 2- to 6-week residencies all year long in New York, USA for artists from all nationalities. Since 2011, in partnership with ArteEast, Watermill offers additionally one annual residency supporting the development of a new work by artists based in the Middle East and North Africa. Deadline to apply for residencies in 2014: 12 June 2013.

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Trans Artists is an independent knowledge center on cultural mobility for artists, with a strong focus on artist-in-residence opportunities. Here you can find all about facts, use and value of international artist-in-residence programs as well as other cultural opportunities for artists to stay and work elsewhere.

SICA, Mediadesk Nederland and Trans Artists have merged.

Since January 1st, 2013 Trans Artists, SICA (Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities) and MEDIA Desk Netherlands have merged into the organisation for international cultural cooperation. Read more.

Default 13: Masterclass in residence

DEFAULT 13 Masterclass residency in Lecce (Southern Italy) focuses on the role and perspectives of public art and its implications for the social, urban context as a tool for socio-cultural transformation. This year's topic is "DEFAULT 13: Art, Cities and Regeneration. Asia – Europe". 9 Asian and 9 European artists will be selected to participate. Apply by May 26!

ID11 Open Call

Artist-run residency ID11 in Delft welcomes artists from the cities Arad/Romania, Kaunas/Lithuania, Genoa/Italy,  Delft/Netherlands, Harghita County/Romania, Valladolid/Spain, Aveiro/Portugal, Linz/Austria, Kristiansand/Norway, Lecce/Italy, Pardubice/Czech Republic and Vilnius/Lithuania  to apply for the residency program DELFT OP ZICHT

Campos de Gutiérrez, Medellin, Colombia

Campos de Gutiérrez is now accepting proposals for the fourth session of 2013 (October 5th – December 20th). The foundation offers up to 55% coverage of program costs for artists, designers, art historians and curators.

Research & Exchange for artists and curators in Clermont-Ferrand

The project  'Artistes en résidence', based in Clermont-Ferrand, France currently offers two open calls, one targeting 5 international visual artists & 1 curator for the period 2013-2014 (deadline: June 15), the other being a "Résidence croisée" between Antwerp and Clermont-Ferrand for 1 Belgian and 1 French artist (deadline: May 31).