Open Call: Residency Jatiwangi Art Factory 2026

Funding Information

• For a two-month working period, you will receive a grant of €4,500, intended for travel costs, living expenses, compensation for time invested, material and transport costs.
• The costs for accommodation, working space, guidance by JaF and any production costs will be paid directly to JaF by the Creative Industries Fund NL.
• An independent committee will assess the pitches and select ten designers/makers who prepare a written development plan to qualify for a grant of €25,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• You are established in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten).
• To submit an application, you must be a starter. This means that you have started a design practice within the fields of design, architecture or digital culture or a crossover between these no longer than four years ago.
• For example in the field of from fashion design, animation, comic/graphic novel, game design or more on the boundaries of the disciplines street art, art direction and styling or city making.
• But entrepreneurs within the aforementioned fields who deal with issues surrounding climate, nature, food, heritage, or sharing underexposed stories are also eligible.
• To apply you must meet a few conditions, namely:
  • You are 18 years or older,
  • You live in the Netherlands:
    • You have been active with your own practice for a maximum of four years within the (sub)disciplines of design, architecture, digital culture, a crossover between these, or you have a practice on the border of these disciplines.

Ineligibility Criteria

• An application cannot be submitted by:
  • Designers/makers who have completed a higher professional or university art education. They
  • can apply for a grant through the Talent Development Scheme;
  • Visual artists, (documentary) filmmakers, writers and journalists, theatre makers, musicians and DJs, dancers, photographers;
  • Designers/makers who have received a subsidy to develop a development plan to be conducted on the basis of an earlier edition of this open call (formerly: Open Call for Scout Nights);
  • Designers/makers who are established in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. A separate open call has been issued for this target group: Open Call Emerging Design Practices ABCSSS
  • Designers/makers who are registered or who have registered during the subsidy period register for a full-time or part-time course at an NVAO-accredited course or recognized vocational education course.

Assessment Criteria

• The artistic and reflective capacity of the applicant.
• The intended development direction of the applicant.
• The way in which new connections are made and outcomes are achieved shared.

For more information, visit Creative Industries Fund NL.