Leitrim Arts Office seeks interest from artists from any arts discipline who wish to participate in Spark, a new artists’ residency programme which is a partnership project of Leitrim County Council Arts Office and Leitrim County Enterprise Board, with the support of the Arts Council of Ireland. Spark is a programme aimed at artists who are interested in working in new environments, and companies who are interested in collaborating with artists and promoting creativity within their organisations. As part of Spark, artists simultaneously take on dual roles of artist and creative collaborator over the course of six months spending an average of two days per week with the company over that period. In both roles, there are no pre-determined outcomes and the journey the residency takes will define its own path. Spark takes from international models of best practice which have shown that there is a real demand not only by companies wanting to take more creative approaches, but also by artists wanting to interact in broader fields than strictly within their artform. This exchange carries benefits for both parties and is important for developing ideas about creativity.The two companies selected to participate in the 2012 Spark programme are The Bush Hotel in Carrick on Shannon and Leitrim Organic Centre, in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim.

Artists wishing to apply should simply email Leitrim Arts Office on ckelly@leitrimcoco.ie to declare their interest in the programme. There is no need to supply any information other than an email address at this point. From that a site visit day will be arranged where artists who have declared their interest will be invited to visit each company, talk with management and staff and come to a better understanding of the programme and the companies involved.

Closing Date for expression of interest: 5pm, Friday 8th June |  Site Visit: Thursday 14th June | Closing Date for receipt of proposals: Thursday 12th July | Artists Selected by Thursday 19th July | Residency Dates: July to December, average two days/week | Artist Fee: €7,000 (circa €350/two-day week inclusive of all costs inc travel, accommodation etc.) | A materials budget of €3,000 is also provided (€1,500 for each of the two strands of the residency). | www.leitrimarts.ie

The City of Paris and the Institut Français, offer a programme of residences dedicated to established writers and artists in the fields of visual and performing arts who have already achieved international recognition. Artists and writers who are selected by a consultative committee for a three months period residency, will benefit from a monthly grant of E 1500 and will be accommodated in one of the five residential studios of an average size of 50m².

The purpose of the residence programme is to host artists and writers who have a specific project to develop in Paris. This project should preferably be carried out in partnership with a previously specified local institution or another structure, company, or artist, in Paris or the surrounding area for artists in the fields of visual or performing arts, and for writers as part of a research project. The project should be developed in Paris, in harmony with the host town and its cultural environment. This residence, which is a privileged period of reflection and creativity for the artist, will contribute to the presence and visibility of international artists in Paris. The residences will take place from January to December 2013. 3 consecutive months without interruption and limited travels abroad.  Online applications: www.international-recollets-paris.org/inscription/accueil.php?lng=en | Deadline June 17 2012 | For more information E: emmanuelle.lavaud@paris.fr | www.international-recollets-paris.org

Banff Artist in Residence programs offer independent periods of study where artists, curators, and other arts professionals are free to experiment and explore. Participants are provided with an individual studio accessible 24 hours a day, as well as use of Visual Arts facilities including printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, sculpture, and photography. BAIR offers short and long-term opportunities to work at a remove from the constraints of everyday life. For more information and to apply: Office of the Registrar |  Email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca |
www.banffcentre.ca/va

Flax Art Studios, 44-46 Corporation Street, Belfast | Expressions of interest from under and post graduate students at the University of Ulster are now being sought for Flax Art’s Graduate Residency Program. The Graduate Programme offers free studio space for one year including free access to the studio’s facilities plus ongoing support and advice from more established artists, curators, gallery directors and international artists. If you are interested in being considered, please email an expression of interest to E: flaxartstudios@gmail.com | There is no need to attach any additional material. Deadline : 8th May | www.flaxartstudios.com

Node Center for Curatorial Studies – Berlin | Waldemarstr. 37A, Berlin 10999 | The Center´s core activity stems from the Curatorial Residency Program that offers its participants the possibility of expanding their professional and practical experience while deeply immersing them in Berlin’s art scene. Node is a dynamic space where professional interactions take place in the form of seminars, artist presentations, and other activities that explore the complexity of curatorial work. It also draws together curators, artists, and creative practitioners in Berlin.  The residency culminates in the development of a printed publication and the curation of a final show. To learn more about the program we invite you to explore the Curatorial Studies Residency.  To gain an insight into Node’s daily life, please visit our blog: www.blog.nodecenter.org

Seacourt Print Workshop seeks an artist demonstrating practical knowledge of safer approaches to printmaking, and /or traditional lithography with at least 2 years professional printmaking experience, for a 12-week Artist Residency which can commence by agreement from June 1st 2012.  Artist stipend of £3000.00 paid in installments.  Application forms and information available from our website: www.seacourt-ni.org.uk/Residency.htm email info@seacourt-ni.org.uk  | T: +44 (0) 28 91460595. Completed applications must arrive by 4.00pm, 27 April 2012.

The Artist in Residence program is designed to sustain a critical discourse on contemporary art and society in Salina, Kansas. Organic and malleable by design, the residency program offers a platform for visual and interdisciplinary practitioners to take risks, make discoveries, and challenge traditional systems of thought, production, and being. In an effort to provide a new model of exchange, the Art Center’s program encourages artists to pervade the context of Salina—to probe, to interpret, and to contribute to the dialogue surrounding the important issues of the town today. Founded in 2007, the Art Center’s Artist in Residence program offers three or four residencies of four to twelve weeks’ duration each year and is housed in The Warehouse—a renovated 1920s commercial building in downtown Salina featuring a flexible live/work space and modern amenities.

ARTISTS:  As a laboratory for ideas, experimentation, and communal collaboration, the Artist in Residence program is open to artists working in all disciplines with the proclivity to approaching the issues at stake in Salina. Structured and unstructured opportunities to engage the neighborhood are strongly encouraged and have previously involved scheduled open studio hours, studio or field workshops, public discussions and presentations, in-school experiences with students and educators, and collaborations with non-traditional organizations and audiences. In addition, artists in residence are welcome to propose projects or gestures that directly infiltrate the Art Center’s exhibition, cinema, and education programs. Each artist in residence is provided a fully-furnished and fully-equipped live/work space; an honorarium; a travel stipend; and full technical and program administrative support.

DEADLINE: 30 April 2012.

DETAILS: www.salinaartcenter.org/artists/continued_artist_in_residence.

Fire Station is offering 2 sculpture workshop residencies starting in July 2012 with a bursary of €500 each. This residency is for 4-6 months and the artists will have full access to the sculpture workshop, part-time workshop manager and workshop equipment. Fire Station is also offering 4-6 digital media residencies from July 2012 (up to 4 months duration each). Selected artists will have access to the Resource Centre, technical support and high-end digital equipment. Closing date for application: Thursday 26th April 2012, 3pm. Full details: www.firestation.ie/facilities and click on Opportunities. Tel: 01 8069010 ; e-mail: artadmin@firestation.ie

During 2012 IMMA is introducing a new online application system for those applying to the Artists’ Residency Programme. The online system will be open to prospective applicants for six weeks from Friday 18th May until Friday 29th June 2012 and will be accessible through IMMA’s website along with supporting application guidelines. Successful applications will be scheduled to participate on the Artists’ Residency Programme in 2013 when it resumes fully at IMMA. For 2012, due to the refurbishment at IMMA’s RHK site, ARP activities will be limited, however the full provision of facilitating art professionals living and working on-site at IMMA will recommence once the Museum returns to its permanent location in 2013. For more information on the residency programme and IMMA’s ongoing activities please go to www.imma.ie

Dublin City Council Art’s Office open call to Irish and international Artist and Arts Organisations who are interested in suggesting projects or applying for the use of three new residential spaces. All three spaces are located in Dublin City Council Parklands. St Patrick’s Park Lodge is a two bedroom artist’s residence and studio, located in the historic The Lodge, St Patrick’s Park, Bride Street, Dublin 8; Albert Park Cottages is a residential cottage and studio space in Albert College Park, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 and The Red Stables which houses artists’ day studios, an Irish Artists’ Residential Studio and an International Residential Studio is located in 300 acres of beautiful parkland in St. Anne’s Park, Dublin 3. Full details at: http://www.artresidenciesdublin.com