FLORÌDA Art Residency 2024

With the aim of carrying out artistic production and research within an independent cultural space, dedicated to the promotion and creation of contemporary art.

Funding

• Florìda offers accommodation for the duration of the residency, a mobility grant to cover travel costs and a daily allowance of €25 for a total of €750.
• The mobility grant is calculated based on travel distance, fixed amount for round-trip, with a maximum of 350€. The travel distances are calculated from the place of residence of each A&CP to the place of destination (one way).
• This amount may be complemented with a green-mobility top-up, a fixed amount of 350€ for round-trip, to encourage sustainable ways of traveling. Only available for distances from 600 km (one way).
• Moreover top-ups are available for particular needs (visa expenses, travel from overseas territories, parents practitioners, and persons with disabilities).

Duration of the Residency

• They would like to select two artists for a one-month residency from 1 to 30 June.
• Applicants acknowledge that they will be requested to stay in Genoa for the full duration of the residency. If selected, applicants agree to book travel tickets in time to begin their stay in Florìda on the agreed-upon dates. They highly encourage participants to prioritize using environmentally friendly transportation when traveling to Genova.

Expectations Towards the Artist

• They invite artists to present themselves and their work to the local community. The residency also offers the possibility to teach a public workshop and perform or make an exhibition during the residency. However, all of the above are optional, and they will discuss this matter with every artist personally. They expect the artists to leave the Florìda premises as clean and tidy as they found them. Working material must be disposed of. The works created during the residency will remain with the artist. Florìda is not a commercial gallery and cannot make sales during the residency. Artists who intend to sell their works will be responsible for the selling process.

Who can apply?

• Participating artists and cultural professionals must be aged 18+ and legally residing in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries, except Italy where the residency program is based. Applicants can have the same nationality in which the residency project is implemented as long as they legally reside in a different country.
• It includes: Albania, Austria, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, and Ukraine. Including their Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) and Outermost Regions (ORs) of the European Union: Greenland (Denmark), French Polynesia (France), New Caledonia (France), Saint Barthelemy (France), St. Pierre and Miquelon (France), Wallis and Futuna Islands (France), Aruba (The Netherlands), Bonaire (The Netherlands), Curaçao (The Netherlands), Saba (The Netherlands), Sint Maarten (The Netherlands), Sint Eustatius (The Netherlands) French Guiana (France), Guadeloupe (France), Martinique (France), Mayotte (France), Reunion Island (France), Saint- Martin (France), Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain).
• Application to the residency is open to all artists and practitioners Active in the following cultural and creative sectors Active in the following cultural and creative sectors: land art, visual arts, sculpture anthropology, performance new media, digital art, curated photography and video art.
• Each selected participant must be present for the entire duration of the residency project.
• Dialogue and exchange of knowledge is crucial to them, so knowledge of English or Italian is required.

For more information, visit Florìda.