Greylight Projects
Greylight Projects
Greylight Projects is a platform for arts and culture that focuses on the development and presentation of visual and contemporary art projects. Greylight Projects aims to encourage collaboration and connection among artists, bringing creators together and facilitating conversations.
Open call for one residency of three months (1 January – 30 March 2026), organized by Greylight Projects (Heerlen, NL) in collaboration with the international dance festival schrit_tmacher. The residency offers space for visual artists, dancers, choreographers and performers to deepen their practice and expand their network.
Guided by open curiosity, Greylight Projects and schrit_tmacher Festival invites makers to reflect on relationships within themes like: technology, humanity, environment and society. The residency is aimed at artists whose work engages with these questions through forms such as research, dance, performance, installation or other media.
The residency encourages interdisciplinary approaches and forms that expand conventional boundaries of art and performance and practices that explore storytelling, personal or collective narratives, untold stories, revealing experiences that are often overlooked or unspoken. They welcome artists who are open to sharing their process with peers and the public. There are no restrictions in discipline or medium, as long as the practice resonates with the context of the program.
A presentation or other results developed during the residency, realized with the means, resources and facilities available period. The artist is expected to participate in two presentation moments at schrit_tmacher Festival in Heerlen, including an introductory talk at the start of the festival and a final presentation at the end.
Since 2020, Greylight Projects has been based in a former school building in the heart of Heerlen. The building offers a dynamic and versatile environment, including dedicated studios for resident artists, guest ateliers, a multifunctional exhibition space, a workshop, a shared kitchen, and a spacious garden. This combination of spaces allows for both individual artistic practice and collaborative projects, making it a hub for the development and presentation of innovative contemporary art in Heerlen.
The residency offers a studio space of approximately 40m² at Greylight Projects in Heerlen. The studio also serves as the living space. Kitchen, shower, and toilet facilities are shared with others in the building.
Access to a common working space and access to a garden.
The artist can use some tools, such as sewing equipment (sewing machine, overlock), basic sound & video equipment, woodworking tools (circular saw, miter saw, table saw), electronic cutting machine (Cameo) + internet connection + a bicycle.