Open Call: Art Hub Residency Spring 2024 (Denmark)

Each season, AHC invites three artists in residency. In previous years, the program has taken place at Halmtorvet 27, but from spring 2024, the artists who are selected will instead be offered a studio at the Container Academy at Oceanvej 1 in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn.

Art Hub Copenhagen values diversity highly so therefore encourage everyone regardless of ethnicity, gender, identity, and sexuality to apply.

About Art Hub Residency

• Art Hub Copenhagen is a network-creating institution that works actively to create and expand visual artists’ networks both nationally and internationally.
• Focusing on networking, communication, contemplation, and production, Art Hub Residency features a studio, a monthly fee, a production budget, and a programme of development and feedback based on the needs of each artist. Also, part of the program consists of meetings with selected curators/mentors as well as a visit program to a number of art institutions in Denmark.
• In addition to the focus on networking, Art Hub Residency provides the artists with time for reflection and/or production. There is no requirement to produce work during the residency, and thus the time can be tailored to suit the process of each artist. It might involve research and studies, trying out ideas, or actual production. The artist has access to workshop facilities at the Container Academy, by agreement, a shorter stay at the Danish Art Workshops is also an opportunity.
• Art Hub Residency is both for recently graduated artists and other artists, for whom the residency program could make a difference in terms of establishing and expanding their practice nationally and internationally. The residency runs over five months from February to June 2024.
• One of the requirements of the program is that, during their residency, each artist must present their practice, research, work, or project to the public. The form of presentation is up to the artist. It could be a talk, a podcast, a video, a text, a viewing, a performance, or something completely different. They shape and organise the presentations in collaboration with each artist. It is also expected that the residents plan their stay in a way that allows them to spend most of their time at the premises in Copenhagen.

Funding Information

• A 16 sqm studio at Containerakademiet, Oceanvej 1, 2150 Nordhavn, access 24/7
• Access to the Container Academy’s two large workspaces (workshops are under construction)
• A fee of DKK 15,000 per month
• A production fee of DKK 20,000.
• Three meetings with relevant mentors and curators, selected by the individual artist in consultation with project manager Marie Braad Larsen
• Ongoing professional sparring and advice. Including monthly meetings with project manager Marie Braad Larsen
• Presentation of the residents’ practice on AHC’s website, newsletter and social media
• A presentation/public event
• The option of a short stay at the Danish Art Workshops.

Requirements for Applicants

• For most of the residency period, they expect you to spend your daily life in the studio at the Container Academy. Possibly, short terms travels etc. can be agreed in advance.
• Together with Art Hub Copenhagen’s team, you must plan and execute a presentation that conveys your work to the public.
• Throughout the course of residency, you must participate in monthly meetings with project manager Marie Braad Larsen.
• You must participate in a visiting program with selected art institutions throughout Denmark.
• As far as possible, you must take part in the communication activities of the other artists-in-residence.
• You must agree on that your residency will be communicated on Art Hub Copenhagen’s website, newsletter and social media.

Who can apply?

• Graduated artists who are EU/EØS citizens or either in possession of a permanent residence permit or entitled in some other way to reside in Denmark for a period of five months.
• All professional visual artists can apply for participation in this residency. You must either be educated at the Jutland Academy of Arts, the Funen Academy of Arts, the Royal Danish Academy of Arts or have a similar professional visual arts education or background. It is possible to apply as a duo.

For more information, visit Art Hub Copenhagen.