2nd Generation Cultural Residency - Open Call

2nd Generation Cultural Residency strives to highlight and support artists and cultural workers with a second-generation immigrant background.
2ndG Cultural Embassy invites second-generation artists and cultural workers for three pilot residency months to Oulu, northern Finland in 2024. The chosen residency guests will be able to concentrate on their work, create new opportunities and discuss/present their work and experiences from their second-generation perspective, all according to the submitted work plan. Your proposed work plan should thematically be connected to second-generation immigration.

Applications are welcomed from cultural practitioners from any discipline; they are prepared to find suitable means of co-operation and facilities as the submitted work plans seem to warrant. The residency is a part of the Oulu2026 European Culture Capital year. The selected residency guests will be able to present their work at the Oulu University Humanities faculty, conduct a workshop, performance, concert or other public event upon agreement and the proposed work plan.

The residency covers accommodation - a flat in central Oulu, equipped with a small kitchen and bathroom. The flat is suitable for a single person or a couple, and the use of a private office in the cultural centre of Valve. The organisers are prepared to find suitable means of co-operation and facilities as the submitted work plans seem to warrant.

Travel costs, materials and daily necessities need to be covered by the artist. The application is online with a deadline 29 February 2024.