2009 Commonwealth Connections

International Arts Residencies


In 2009 the Commonwealth Connections residency programme will enable promising visual artists from Commonwealth countries to spend time developing their art and sharing their practice in another Commonwealth country.

 

All professional visual artists from Commonwealth countries are eligible to apply for the 2009 Commonwealth Connections programme. For the first time photography and performance art are added to the list of eligible categories. 

The deadline for receipt of applications is 8 March 2009 and six residencies, worth up to £8,000 each, will be awarded for periods of between three and nine months. Normally the payment covers airfares, fees, living expenses and the cost of publicly documenting the residency in some way, for example, by mounting an exhibition, holding a workshop or open studio or producing a catalogue. Applications are judged by panels of professional artists and administrators with a wide experience of arts in the Commonwealth.


Akuzuru, 'Earthology' project