CFAs: Nordic Culture Point Residency Programme for Ukrainian Artists

The purpose of the initiative is to enable a safe and secure space for Ukrainian artists and cultural creators to explore their fields and to promote their professional networks in the Nordic and Baltic region and beyond. The funding will also help to facilitate dialogue between Ukrainians and those living in the Nordic and Baltic countries.

This extra round is aimed at residency centers located in the Nordic and Baltic countries allowing them to invite Ukrainian artists/other professionals within arts and culture for a residency.

In the autumn of 2024, Nordic Culture Point has anew the opportunity to allocate additional funding for residency activities to support Ukraine’s cultural scene. Ukrainian artists and cultural creators are still in need of international contacts and working opportunities abroad, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Funding Information

• Funding for residency centres can amount to EUR 50,000. The funding is to be managed by the centre and shall cover costs arising from the Ukrainian artist’s residency stay at the centre. The funding can also include remuneration to the artist during their stay.
• In addition to travel expenses, subsistence, remuneration and other direct costs which arise in connection with the artists’ stay, the budget may contain a maximum of 15% towards administrative expenses (to be specified).
• The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture must not be the only source of funding for the residency centre’s activities.

Eligibility Criteria

• Funding can be applied for by existing residency centres or organisations, institutions and groups that that have at least one year of documented experience of organising residencies in the fields of art and culture.
• Individual applicants cannot apply for funding for artist residencies.
• Residency centres applying for funding must be located in the Nordic Region (Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Åland) or the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).
• The funding covers all areas of art and culture.
• Only residency centres located in the Nordic and Baltic countries can apply for funding, and only artists and cultural creators who are Ukrainian nationals can be considered for residency placement in this round. Residency centres that are granted funding can therefore invite Ukrainian artists and cultural creators, as well as cover all the artist’s or creator’s costs, along with those of anyone accompanying them. Groups can also be invited. The other criteria for Nordic-Baltic residency funding will apply in the assessment.
• Funding for artist residencies is part of the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, which strengthens artistic and cultural cooperation in the Nordic region and the Baltic countries.
• Funding for artist residencies is available for all areas of art and culture. During their residency, professional artists must have the opportunity to focus on their work without distraction, meet other artists, and establish contacts with local practitioners of art and culture.
• “Professional” means that invited artists have documented experience in the field of art and culture and/or training in art or culture.
• Although there is no limit to the length of a residency stay, the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture recommends longer stays of approximately 2-4 months, if possible. The funding can cover the calendar year in which the application is submitted, plus two additional years. Funding is not available for activities that have commenced and/or been completed before the decision on the application has been made. This means that the activities applied for cannot start before two months after the application deadline.
• As long as the application meets the above requirements, the residency centre itself can select the artists based on its own guidelines. You can invite both individual artists and small groups. Artists can be selected through an open call following the grant decision, or you can apply for funding for the artists that have already been selected.

For more information, visit Nordic Culture Point.