Have you ever thought about doing an artist residency while being a parent? The Artist and the Others offers a flexible art residency programme tailored to support the creative work of parents from the Netherlands who wish to balance their artistic practice with the responsibilities of parenting.
By Creatives Unite Community
Deadline: April 30, 2025
Organizer: The Artist and the Others
Who is it for?: Visual artists who are parents and either Dutch nationals, or based in NL
Apply through this form.
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About the project
Are you a parent-artist who wishes to focus on their artistic practice and develop your own project or research? Have you ever thought about doing an artist residency while being a parent? Would you like to find a supportive, flexible programme which can support you as an artist, and fit around your responsibilities without requiring you to go away for a period of time?
The Artist and the Others announced their new project, an Online Art Residency exclusively for Parent-Artists! This residency programme, representing the first of its kind in the Netherlands, offers a flexible and supportive art residency programme tailored to support and nurture the creative work of parents who are attempting to balance their artistic practice with the responsibilities of raising children.
The project understands the unique challenges that parent artists face, and is here to support them.
- Selection Results Notification: 3rd week of May 2025
- Applications must be submitted only via THIS FORM
Participating parent-artists will be offered guidance to develop a concrete artistic or research project, during a 3-month long residency period thanks to a mix of online support and a final in-person presentation.
Via weekly meetings connections between the artists, and conversations that can benefit their practice will be facilitated. Participating artists will also receive individual and group mentoring from diverse professionals (Joep Vossebeld, Mirthe Berentsen, Jelmer Wijnstroom, Jessica Capra – more information can be found in the open call), and will be assisted in writing and updating their portfolio and artist statement.
During the final weeks of the Online Art Residency Programme for Artist-Parents, participating artists will have the chance to present their final research/project onlineand have an online open studio broadcasted to a wider public (these will be saved and published online to be available to people who cannot attend the live-streamed event). The artists will also be invited to present their research/work in person at Oda Park in Venlo.
What's provided?Selected artists will receive:
- 3-month residency period.
- Online, part-time & flexible programme.
- Weekly online sessions with the other artists & mentors.
- Professional mentoring by experts.
- Artist Fee: 700 euro per month (incl. Btw).
- Final presentations: online & in-person at Oda Park (Venlo).
- Childcare at the final in-person event.
There are two online residency sessions available (applicants must specify which period they wish to apply for):
The exact date for each presentation will be set after the parent-artists are selected, in coordination with the availability of the parent-artists and the curator.
Who can apply?
The call is open to visual artists who are parents and either Dutch nationals, or based in NL.
Applicants must be able to commit to the programme and weekly meetings.
Parent-artists impacted by “parenthood” at any stage of their career are invited to apply.
To apply, interested parent-artists must submit their project or research proposal through our application form (please find the link below). The proposal should include a clear, feasible project/research idea, the objective, and timeline for the residency period.
- Application Deadline: 30th April 2025
- Selection Results Notification: 3rd week of May 2025
Application Form: https://forms.gle/j2v3aGMuZu7Gx4gs9
A jury will select 6 parent-artists (3 per each of the 2 residency periods) based on the applications submitted. The jury consists of:
- Roy Voragen: Board Member of The Artist and the Others
- Jessica Capra: Head of Concept and Projects at The Artist And The Others, Curator and Mother
- Mirthe Berentsen: Author, Artist, Curator and Mother
The jury will ensure a diverse representation of culture, background, and practice among the selected parent-artists. Each jury member will evaluate the applications, scoring them on the quality and feasibility of the proposed project/research, as well as the parent-artist’s motivation (on a scale of 1-5).
Any Questions?Join the live session on Friday 4th of April at 12:00 CET on Artists and the Others' Instagram account.
If you do not have a social media account, please send an email to hello@theartistandtheothers.nl.
This project, produced by The Artist and the Others, is possible thanks to the financial support of the Mondriaan Fund and Oda Park.
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Main image credit: Alberto Casetta on Unsplash
