Residencies
The Radical Institute Studios of Sanctuary
‘Radical Institute at Studios of Sanctuary’ is delivered by Sample-Studios and Radical Institute: Aesthetics of Empowerment and funded by the Cork Arts Fund 2021 at The Community Foundation for Ireland
This 15 month programme, which commenced in September 2021, offers mentorship-led residencies for four artists and arts practitioners who are from are from an asylum seeker, refugee and migrant background and who have a developing interest in socially engaged and community collaborative art practice.
The residency offers each of the four residents:
- Full access to our studio facilities
- Programme of mentoring, workshops and the opportunity be supported in developing a structured engagement with local communities of interest
- Professional development opportunities. This includes the Radical Institute’s consecutive four-part training and mentorship programmes in Personal Focus; Collaborative Focus; Community Focus; Professional Focus
- The opportunity to participate in a Summer School in 2022 for interactive-based workshops with other artists with a focus on social themes
- Group exhibition opportunity in The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork City, alongside with the other resident artists.
- An individual bursary per month for the duration of the 15 month residency
This residency programme, funded by the Cork Arts Fund 2021 at The Community Foundation for Ireland, is based at Sample-Studios and is led by Radical Institute- a Cork-based, transnational initiative that employs the arts and cultural practice to promote and sustain radical social and ecological change.
Please note that the open call for expressions of interest for participants in this programme closed on August 3rd 2021 and we are not accepting further applications at this time.
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Graduate Curatorial Residency Award
As part of our mission to launch and sustain creative careers in Cork, Sample-Studios offers curatorial residencies for emerging graduate curators.
The residency includes:
- 6-month free Associate Membership with associated access to use the shared facilities and professional development programme.
- A fully-funded online course in curatorial studies from the NODE Centre for Curatorial Studies (http://www.nodecenter.org). The course must be chosen and taken before end 2022
- Training in front of house, event management and planning, artist liaison, gallery management, administration, marketing and fundraising with programmed exhibitions.
- The opportunity to curate your own exhibition of new work which will be shown as part of Sample-Studios Visual Arts Programme with the full support of Sample-Studios. The curated exhibition must take place in 2023/4.
- Mentorship from an established professional curator.
The applicant should be based in or within easy distance to Cork or demonstrate a willingness to be based in Cork for the duration of the residency.
The open call for applications for Sample-Studios Graduate Curatorial Residency Award closed on May 30th 2022 and will reopen in May 2023.
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Graduate Studio Residency Award
As part of our mission to launch and sustain creative careers in Cork, Sample-Studios offers free 6 month studio residencies for emerging graduate artists.
The residency includes:
- 6-month free Associate Membership with associated access to use the shared facilities and professional development programme.
- 6 month free concurrent use of an individual studio space studio facilities and workspaces.
- The opportunity to apply for a solo exhibition of new work in The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, with the full support of Sample-Studios. The exhibition must take place in 2023/4.
- Mentorship from an established professional curator or artist.
The applicant should be based in or within easy distance to Cork or demonstrate a willingness to be based in Cork for the duration of the residency and show flexibility in schedule to meet exhibition deadlines.
The open call for applications for Sample-Studios Graduate Studio Residency Award closed on May 30th 2022 and will reopen in May 2023.
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