OPEN CALL
SEA Foundation’s invites applicants for its 2019/2020 residency program
Two fellowships available.
ABOUT
Since its inception in 2016, the SEA Fellowship has pioneered an individual model and developed into a significant platform for artistic professional advancement. Application is open to visual artists, curators and art theorists/writers in all stages of their career.
RESIDENCY
The residencies are designed for the 21st-century art professional – visual artists, curators and art theorists/writers – whose work and life demands both a rigorous engagement as well as an urgency to propel progress. We believe that the contemporary art practice requires both flexibility as well as stability, a self-directed approach, and a guided environment. Based on a project proposal and developmental questions, we offer a tailor-made programme in a discursive setting and in doing so fulfil a guiding – and a bridging function. The inclusive character lies within the trinity of hospitality, the ‘art & design infuse’ house, and the residencies & presentations. Bespoke mentoring and training up to 4 hours per week are included in the program.
Duration: Up to 3 months
AIMS
To support the production of art and the theory of art
To evoke discourse on art and art practices within a local and global context
To promote and relay critical and researched based production of art
To facilitate exchange between art intermediaries and artists, creating an expert network
SEEKING
We seek for candidates who envision a solid plan for development and production during their fellowship period and who are willing to participate within the rhythm, the open participative atmosphere and the artistic challenge which propels our artist-led institute. The SEA Foundation’s individual shaped residency program is limited to 8 residents per year.
SELECTION AND FELLOWSHIPS
Artistic merit is the basis for selection. All applications will be judged by a panel consisting of SEA Foundation team members complemented by international advisors**. Two selected residents for the 2019-2020 program will be offered a full fellowship including all facilities, mentoring a weekly stipend and a production budget.
FACILLITIES
Studio and private living quarters
Heating, water, and electricity
Use of shared kitchen and common residency rooms
WIFI everywhere on the premises
Breakfast
Visitor program
Use of workshop and equipment
Use of art-related library
Interaction with local peers and other residents
Office facilities and printers
PR activities
Bike on loan
Urban environment with a wide cultural scope, music, dance and visual arts
IN ADDITION
Exhibition with full PR cover
Production assistance
Made to measure visiting program
APPLICATION FORM
http://www.seafoundation.eu/apply/" target="_blank">http://www.seafoundation.eu/apply/
ORGANISATION
SEA Foundation is a Dutch not-for-profit, artist-led organisation in Tilburg the Netherlands established in 2011. Over the past years, SEA Foundation became known as an umbrella label for, support, exhibitions, art projects, exchanges, and publications. From 2013 the Artist in Residence – AiR Tilburg – is run, which attracts local and international practitioners. SEA Foundation’s goal is to facilitate the development of artistic practice, aiming to develop this practice to the highest level.
In all our activities we are fuelled by visual arts. Transgressing the boundaries between disciplines and always putting the context and the idea before the medium. By working in different cultural contexts, the foundation generates discussion, exposing and intervening within, as well as being part of networks that concentrate on eminent issues. SEA Foundation aims to be a cultural catalyst in the working lives of art professionals.
LOCATION
SEA Foundation’s home is based in the city center of Tilburg, a mid-sized town in the south of the Netherlands. Tilburg is a contemporary art oriented town in a cultural heritage rich region, centrally located in Northern Europe between Brussel, Amsterdam, and Cologne.