Residency Programme for Artists from Namibia and Baden-Württemberg 2026 (Germany, Namibia)

On the Move; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A program for artists, promoting cultural exchange between Namibia and Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is offering residencies with monthly grants of 1,300 EUR and project funding. This opportunity encourages integration into local artistic scenes and the development of new creative projects.

Leistungen

Free furnished living/working studio

Monthly fellowship grant of 1,300 EUR

Travel expenses for arrival and departure

Project funding and materials subsidy of 2,000 EUR

Aufgaben

• Organizing exhibitions, readings, discussions, and workshops.
• Engaging artistically with local cultural communities.

Jobbeschreibung

Residency Programme for Artists from Namibia and Baden-Württemberg 2026 (Germany, Namibia)

Akademie Schloss Solitude, together with the National Art Gallery of Namibia and the Goethe-Institut Namibia, has announced the continuation of its bilateral residency programme, which promotes long-term cultural exchange between Namibia and Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The aim is to connect the fellows with the local cultural scenes on site and to strengthen the exchange of knowledge within the artistic communities of both contexts.

The residency programme supports artists from Namibia and from Baden-Württemberg. It aims to integrate them into new artistic communities and to introduce their work to a wider audience.

In 2026, the programme will organise two six-month fellowships from March to August in Baden-Württemberg for artists from Namibia and two six-months fellowships from February to July in Namibia for artists from Baden-Württemberg. The residency will give two artists the opportunity to go together and to accompany each other over the course of the fellowship.

The programme will enclose events such as readings, exhibitions, discussions, and workshops as a form of output for audiences and cultural communities in the host community. Applicants are free to choose the thematic focus of their project.

The call is open for artists from all fields of practice, such as visual and performing arts, music/sound, design, literature and art education. The fellowship will especially provide the possibility to engage artistically with different cultural communities in Baden-Württemberg and Namibia, to exchange skills for transdisciplinary production, and to create visibility for the artistic results.

The residency provides the following:

• A free, furnished living/working studio including electricity, water and heating
• A monthly fellowship grant of 1,300 EUR
• Travel expenses for arrival and departure (on a one-time basis)
• Project funding and one-off materials subsidy of 2,000 EUR