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Akoje Residency Open Call - Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
About This Opportunity
The Akoje Residency x Qatar Museums Partnership aims to foster cross-cultural exchange between the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) regions and to provide new opportunities for talented artists in both parts of the world. The partnership will enable two SWANA-based artists per year to join the existing Akoje Residency x King’s Foundation Artist in Residence Programme at Dumfries House in Scotland. Led by Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, the Arab world's leading modern and contemporary art museum, the collaboration is reflective of QM’s vision to enrich lives through cultural exchange while supporting artists in the SWANA region in developing their practices, creating new works, and expanding their networks.
Restrictions
Applicants must be of SWANA origin but can be living abroad. Countries included in the region: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine and Occupied Territories, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen
What's Offered
Additional Resources
travel, accommodation, living stipend, materials, textile and fashion studios, organic educational gardens, health and well-being workshops, heritage skills: stone, wood occupations, solid plastering