We are now taking applications from New Zealand artists  for five artist-in-residence programmes throughout Asia. Successful candidates will be announced on Monday 9 September and the residencies will take place in 2014.

Successful candidates will live and work in Asia at prestigious residency organisations for three months, and will have the opportunity to meet and work with other international artists and curators.

Preference will be given to projects with potential for artistic collaboration and exhibition outcomes. Successful candidates will be required to provide progress reports of their residency to the Foundation and to seek opportunities to share their experience on their return to New Zealand – this could mean an exhibition, a series of presentations or artists talks, or publication of articles.

The Asia New Zealand Foundation will provide an $8,000 grant to each successful applicant to cover travel and living expenses for three months. Artists may need to put in some of their own funds, or secure funding from other avenues, to supplement their living or production costs.

Applicants must be professional, practicing artists. That is, they must make the bulk of their income from practising art or working within artistic fields; Applicants must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents; Applicants must be currently residing in New Zealand, and intending to live in New Zealand for at least one year after they complete the residency; Applicants must be professional emerging and mid-career artists with a record of achievement. Students or artists within three years of finishing study are not eligible to apply.

Residencies Available:

1. Shalini Ganendra Fine Art (SGFA) is an independent exhibition and cultural space specialising in Asian contemporary art and design with particular focus upon emerging regions and movements.  Website: www.shaliniganendra.com
2. Set up in 2003, 1shanthiroad offers residencies to artists from many countries. It encourages artists to collaborate and interact with the local artist community, curators, scholars, writers and young students.Website: www.1shanthiroad.com
3. Since 1988, Cemeti Art House has been exhibiting and communicating the works of both Indonesian and international contemporary artists. It has functioned as an exhibition, information, documentation and promotion centre for the visual arts, focusing on exhibitions, art projects, residencies and art management, with the aim of stimulating art practices, art discourse and art management. Website: www.cemetiarthouse.com
4. Part of the National Art Studio, run by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Goyang residencies are designed to enhance the diversity and quality of creative artistic exchange by providing a network for close relationships between overseas and domestic artists and various art-related professionals.  Website: www.artstudio.or.kr
5. Located in Taipei City, nestled in its small, secluded yard with bamboo grove, Taipei Artist Village (TAV) is an oasis in the urban environment. TAV includes 13 individual studio spaces, dance rehearsal space, a piano studio, and performance hall; all facilities to support projects at various stages of development, including research, art creation, exhibitions and performances. Website: www.artistvillage.org

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