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The International Residency programmes available on this page are part of the National Arts Council's ongoing efforts to develop the capability of Singapore arts practitioners through their participation in relevant established international residency platforms as well as to open up opportunities to nurture Singapore talents, address skills gaps in the current arts industry and facilitate subsequent knowledge transfer to benefit the Singapore arts community. The platforms also enable networking opportunities with international counterparts and provide our talents first-hand insights to the international arts world.
Please refer to below for more information on the programmes:
Visual Arts:
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Theatre:
The National Arts Council (NAC) is calling for residency applications for an international residency programme at the Centre International d'Accueil et d'Echanges des Récollets Paris organized by the Dena Foundation which begins 1st September 2012.
Under the partnership framework between NAC and the Dena Foundation, this 3-month residency programme aims to offer professional visual artists the opportunity to develop their practices, incubate new ideas for the advancement of contemporary art and encounter creative challenges within the context of the Dena Foundation residency and the international networking opportunities it presents.
Successful applicants will receive funding for their roundtrip travel and provisions to undertake this programme that will cover the costs of accommodation, living expenses for their residency period, travel, studio and material costs.
For more information on the Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art's residency, please visit here.
The selected artist(s) is expected to sign an agreement with the Dena Foundation which outlines certain expectations. These include:
- Artist(s) is to manage his/her time well at the Dena Foundation
- Artist(s) is to take charge of the work/project based on the residency application, and participating in the studio visits and other activities organized by the Dena Foundation for its artists-in-residence.
- Artist(s) may be provided with the opportunity to showcase his/her work in France and are expected to take full advantage of this.
- Artist(s) is to be responsible for their own health and safety during the residency period.
As part of the provisions to undertake this residency, NAC will be sponsoring:
- The artist's accommodation, associated costs with participation, production budget and per diem through the Dena Foundation.
- Up to EUR5,000 in exhibition costs in France organized by the Dena Foundation
- A grant of up to EUR2,000 to cover roundtrip travel costs to the residency.
- A grant of SGD5,000 to realize a post-residency presentation in Singapore.
The 3-month residency commences on 1st September 2012 and ends on 30th November 2012.
- Lease of a studio and living space (30 sqm), plus basic equipment including electricity, heating, water usage and weekly cleaning services.
- Curatorial, administrative and technical support from the host institution, exhibition and publicity services (exhibition sitting, insurance, installation and de-installation, receptions and advertisements, public relations, invitations).
- Studio visits and mediation of contacts to international curators, collectors, art critics, institutions etc. for the artist.
- NAC grant to support round trip travel costs and living allowance, accommodation & studio rental, project development, artists' materials and possible related exhibition expenses.
Applicants must be professional visual artists who are Singaporean or Permanent Residents of Singapore. They should possess the following:
- A consistent and strong track record as a practising artist
- Participation in events of good standing
- Produced an independent body of work that demonstrates innovation and experimentation in contemporary visual arts practice and discourse
- Demonstrated commitment in their art practice in the local visual arts scene
- Ability to converse in French is preferred but not required.
Artistic Excellence
- Emerging to mid-career artists will be identified for their outstanding portfolio and potential to produce work of high artistic merit and their commitment to this purpose.
Engagement with the Visual Arts Scene
- Applicants must display a high level of engagement in contemporary art practices and critical discourse.
Acceptance into the residency is based on a preliminary selection and recommendation by NAC followed by a decision by a jury organized by the Dena Foundation. Successful applicants will be notified in March 2012.
The closing date for applications is 17 February 2012. Applicants will be shortlisted based on their submitted application material:
- Current Curriculum Vitae
- Portfolio (digital images and/or video files)
- 2 professional reference letters
- Artist's statement of intent outlining what is to be developed during the residency and what the artist hopes to achieve by attending the Dena Foundation artist residency programme.
All applications are to be in PDF format (additional supporting documents may be submitted in any digital format) and sent to: kathleen_ditzig@nac.gov.sg
Direct applications by artists are not accepted by the Dena Foundation.
The application forms can be downloaded here:
- Application form.
- Budget Form.
The pdf version of the guidelines listed here can also be downloaded here.
If your application is shortlisted, we may request for additional material such as catalogues, flyers etc. to be sent to:
Ms Kathleen Ditzig
Executive/ Sector Development
National Arts Council
90 Goodman Road, Goodman Arts Centre
Blk A #01-01
Singapore 439053
If you require more information, please contact:
Ms Kathleen Ditzig
Executive/ Sector Development
National Arts Council
Email:kathleen_ditzig@nac.gov.sg
Tel: 63469674
Ms Puay Khim Ong
Manager, Sector Development
National Arts Council
Email:ong_puay_khim@nac.gov.sg
Tel: 6346 9673
The National Arts Council (NAC) is calling for residency applications for the international studio programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin (KB) which begins in June 2012. Under the partnership framework between NAC and KB, this 12-month residency programme, renowned as one of the premier residency programmes in Europe, aims to offer professional visual artists the opportunity to develop their practices, incubate new ideas for the advancement of contemporary art and encounter creative challenges within the context of KB and the international networking opportunities it presents. Successful applicants can receive funding of up to S$50,000 which can go towards living expenses for their residency period, studio and material costs and a presentation of the final project at the end of the residency. The project/s will also be publicly presented in one of the KB exhibition studios.
The selected artist(s) is expected to manage his/her time well at KB, take charge of the work/project based on the residency application, and participate in the studio visits, excursions, forums, and other activities organised by KB for its artists-in-residence. At the end of the residency, the artist(s) is expected to participate in a group exhibition to showcase his/her work. Artists are to be responsible for their own health and safety during the residency period.
The total funding amount will not exceed $50,000 for each artist. Each artist is expected to maintain the funds responsibly and to contribute additional funds if necessary for the completion of the residency programme. Upon selection, the funding amount will be disbursed in 4 instalments over the residency period of 12 months. A post-residency report including financial statements would have to be submitted to NAC within 2 months of the end of the residency.
The 12-month residency commences on 1st June 2012 and ends on 31st May 2013.
- Lease of a studio and living space (45 sqm), plus basic equipment including electricity, heating and water usage (Artist has to bear telephone, fax & photocopy charges).
- Curatorial, administrative and technical support from the host institution, exhibition and publicity services (exhibition sitting, insurance, installation and de-installation, receptions and advertisements, public relations, invitations).
- Studio visits, collectors? forums, excursions, and mediation of contacts to international curators, collectors, art critics, institutions etc. for the artist.
- NAC grants to support round trip travel costs and living allowance, accommodation & studio rental, project development, artists? materials and related exhibition expenses.
Applicants must be professional visual artists who are Singaporean or Permanent Residents of Singapore. They should possess the following:
- A consistent and strong track record as a practising artist of at least 3 years
- Previous participation in international projects or events of good standing
- Produced an independent body of work that demonstrates innovation and experimentation in contemporary visual arts practice and discourse
- Demonstrated commitment in their art practice in the local visual arts scene
*Full-time students are not eligible to apply
Artistic Excellence
- Emerging as well as mid-career artists will be identified for their outstanding portfolio and potential to produce critical and cutting-edge work of artistic excellence and their commitment to this purpose.
Engagement with the Visual Arts Scene
- Applicants must display a high level of engagement in contemporary art practices and critical discourse since the KB International Residency is geared towards contemporary art practice.
Acceptance into the residency is based on a preliminary selection and recommendation by NAC followed by a decision by a KB jury. Successful applicants will be notified in October 2011.
The closing date for applications is 1st August 2011. Applicants will be shortlisted based on their submitted application material:
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Current Curriculum Vitae
Portfolio (digital images and/or video files)
2 professional reference letters
Artist?s statement of intent. |
The application forms can be downloaded here:
- Application form.
- Budget Form.
All applications are to be in PDF format (additional supporting documents may be submitted in any digital format) and sent to: kathleen_ditzig@nac.gov.sg
Direct applications by artists are not accepted by KB.
If your application is shortlisted, we may request for additional material such as catalogues, flyers etc. to be sent to:
Ms Kathleen Ditzig
Executive/ Sector Development
National Arts Council
90 Goodman Road, Goodman Arts Centre
Blk A #01-01
Singapore 439053
If you require more information, please contact:
Ms Kathleen Ditzig
Executive/ Sector Development
National Arts Council
Email:kathleen_ditzig@nac.gov.sg
Tel: 63469674
For more information on KB, please refer here
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The National Arts Council and the Toji Cultural Foundation in South Korea are pleased to offer a fully-paid residency award to a Singapore writer in any of Singapore?s four major languages, English, Chinese, Malay or Tamil.
The Program for Supporting Creative Works and Cultural Exchanges by Foreign Writers is administered by the Toji Cultural Foundation to provide residential facilities and a quiet environment for writers to work in and focus on their craft. The residency provides the opportunity for writers to dedicate their time entirely to writing new novels. 10 to 14 international and Korean writers are nominated every year to reside at Toji Cultural Centre, a literary guesthouse located in the city of Wongju, Gangwon province, a two-hour drive from Seoul.
The minimum period of the residency is 2 months and the maximum period is 6 months any time between 1 April to 30 December 2012.
The 2012 Writer-in-Residence will be awarded full residency support, including accommodation, meals, residency facilities ?access to Internet, library and loan of books, research materials from Yonsei University Wonju campus, and one economy-class return airfare plus taxes. 15 December 2011
To apply for the Residency, please download the information sheet for details and the application form. All applications are to be submitted through email to: nac_literary_arts@nac.gov.sg.
Completed applications must be accompanied by the following supporting documents:
- Completed application form
- Detailed curriculum vitae, with a record of applicant?s publications and writing
- Proposal Letter detailing the objectives of application, work plan, expected benefits of the residency and the new work to be accomplished during the residency period
- A passport photo
- Character reference
- Representative excerpts of 2 past works in English, Chinese, Malay or Tamil (3-5 pages for each work)
"I felt that I needed a more tranquil place to work out how to structure my poetry, complete some essays, and plan future artistic projects. Toji gave me a residence that was ideal for these ends?.Toji was also a place I met numerous Korean and foreign writers, with whom I have since become good friends?.. I have learnt a lot culturally and intellectually from these individuals as well?.The residence has revitalised my creative thinking immeasurably and given me a lot of artistic hope and spiritual encouragement."
~ Gwee Li Sui, Toji Cultural Centre Writer-in-Residence 2010
"I love the quiet and seclusion, and the centre?s emphasis on writing one?s work without the distracting responsibilities of publicising one?s writings through public readings and talks. This has enabled me to write very well."
~ Suchen Christine Lim, Toji Cultural Centre Writer-in-Residence 2009
The National Arts Council (NAC), Singapore, in partnership with the University of Iowa's International Writing Program (IWP), is pleased to offer a fully-paid three month residency award to a Singaporean writer for the 2012 intake from 25 August - 13 November 2012.
All applications, complete with a full set of supporting documents, must reach the NAC by 5pm on 2 April 2012.
For more information about the International Writing Programme, please visit the following website: http://iwp.uiowa.edu/about/index.html.
Click to download the information sheet
and the application form
for the 2012 NAC-IWP Residency. All applications must be supported by the following application material:
- Completed application form;
- Detailed curriculum vitae;
- Samples of two past works (between 10 to 15 pages);
- A passport photo; and
- Proposal letter (which includes the writer's statement of purpose, objectives, outline, activities. Please detail the new work which will be accomplished during the Residency.)
All applications are to be submitted in PDF or Word format and
emailed to: kiruthiga_mahendran@nac.gov.sg.
Late applications or applications with incomplete documents will not be accepted.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome by NAC by 1 June 2012 . For enquiries,
please contact Ms Kiruthiga Mahendran (DID: 3646 9418; Email: kiruthiga_mahendran@nac.gov.sg).
13 May 2011
15 July ? 14 August 2011
The National Arts Council and LaMaMa Umbria International are pleased to invite Singapore theatre directors to apply for the 12th Directors? symposium which will be held from 15 July ? 14 August 2011 in Umbria, Italy.
The International Symposium for Directors is an intensive residency programme for professional directors, spearheaded by La MaMa Experimental Theatre (http://www.lamama.org/), a world-renowned cultural organisation established for over 45 years by founder Ellen Stewart. The training schedule includes participatory workshops and lecture-demonstrations conducted by internationally established artists. Participants will be exposed to a diverse range of theatrical perspectives during the Symposium, with the opportunity to observe prominent international artists conceptualise unique productions and to engage actively in teaching processes.
Ping Chong
Hjalmar-Jorge Joffre-Eichorn
Ruth Maleczech
Luca Ronconi
Marco Martinelli
Dijana Milosevic
Baba Israel
Joanne Akalaitis
Dorcy Rugamba
Details of workshops.
Successful applicants from the 2011 intake will be offered full grant support. Grant Support includes registration fee, accommodation, meals for the duration of the Symposium and economy airfare plus taxes but excludes additional costs incurred by the participants.
For further details, please download a copy of the information sheet and application form (Directors).
http://lamama.org/programs/la-mama-umbria-international/
http://lamama.org/programs/la-mama-umbria-international/directorssymposium/
"The sincerity and honesty of the participants fostered a strong bond, as well as a safe, conducive and creative environment."
-Oliver Chong
"You realize your uniqueness as an artist when exchanging views and works with other participants? You fine-tune your point of view and take risks that surprise yourself and others."
-Peter Sau |
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Peter Sau performing his created persona |
"My exquisite words were: Delicate, Imaginable, Pure, Perfect, Derivitive, Beautaus, Crafty, Fuscia. Mundane activities: Cutting nails, folding clothes, making the bed, chopping carots, beating eggs?
I remembered what it meant to be an artist."
?Samantha Scott-blackhall
"It brings fresh ideas for consideration, though one should not take everything wholesale. The artist should digest and process things the way he/she feels is right based on his/her beliefs and direction"
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13 May 2011
3-13 July 2011
The National Arts Council and La MaMa Umbria International are pleased to invite Singapore playwrights to apply for the 4th Annual La MaMa International Playwright Retreat which will be held from 3-13 July 2011 in Umbria, Spoleto, Italy.
Playwrights will enjoy ten days of living and writing in the Umbrian countryside at La MaMa Umbria (Italy), founder Ellen Stewart?s artist residence. Participants will be given ample time to work on new or existing material with the facilitation of international master playwrights. There will be discussions, workshops, exercises as well as group readings and feedback sessions designed to help motivate and inspire participants.
Erik Ehn is an American playwright and director known for proposing the Regional Alternative Theatre movement. The former dean of theater at CalArts, the California Institute of Arts, he is head of playwriting and professor of theatre and performance studies at Brown University. His published works include The Saint Plays, Beginner, and 13 Christs.
Ehn is a playwright, educator and theorist of contemporary theater. His play Maria Kizito is based on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and is the result of his research in that Central African country. Its premiere launched Atlanta's 7 Stages 2004-05 season. Ehn's work includes The Saint Plays, an ongoing cycle of plays loosely based on the lives of the saints and biblical characters. Other plays include Book of Tink, Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling, No Time Like the Present, Wolf at the Door, Tailings, Beginner, Ideas of Good and Evil, 13 Christs and an adaptation of William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Additionally, he co-wrote the musical Shiner with Octavio Solis. His dramas have been produced in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Dallas, New York City, San Diego, Baltimore, and Chicago. In 2004, he served as dramaturge on Peach Blossom Fan - the inaugural production by CalArts Center for New Theater at REDCAT.
Ehn is co-founder and co-artistic director, alongside Lisa Bielawa, of the Tenderloin Opera Company in San Francisco and also an artistic associate of San Francisco's Theatre of Yugen. He is a co-founder of the RAT movement, an international network of alternative theaters. He was a recipient of the Alpert Award in the Arts in 2002 and the Whiting Writers Award in 1997.
He is also the founder of an annual conference called "Arts in the One World," which brings together performing artists, scholars, and human rights activists to investigate theater on the subject of genocide and reconciliation.
Successful applicants from the 2011 intake will be offered full grant support for the ten-day residency. Grant Support includes registration fee, accommodation, meals for the duration of the Retreat and economy airfare plus taxes but excludes additional costs incurred by the participants.
For further details, please download a copy of the information sheet and application form (Playwrights).
http://lamama.org/programs/la-mama-umbria-international/
http://lamama.org/programs/la-mama-umbria-international/playwrightretreat/
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"It provided me with the rare space and time to write a piece that wasn't driven by the constraints imposed by producers, budgets or audiences. And it allowed me to return to my roots as a writer, and pursue topics that I might otherwise shy away from."
?Jean Tay
"The programme would probably best suit seasoned playwrights who could use the time and space to revise/re-draft works that they are already working on. As much time is reserved for writing after the daily morning sessions, seasoned playwrights could focus on their work without distraction, a luxury that most playwrights in Singapore would not be able to afford."
-Chong Tze Chien
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"I wanted time and space to write new work ? which I did."
-Verena Tay
AN INTERNATIONAL ARTS RESIDENCY INITIATIVE
The National Arts Council is pleased to partner with Ecole Philippe Gaulier to offer a 9-month residency award to an outstanding theatre practitioner for the 2011 intake (10th October 2011 - 22th June 2012) at ECOLE PHILIPPE GAULIER in Paris
?As an actor and a director, I?ve gained so much through learning from him. Philippe is a true master not only because he is capable of seeing the hidden beauty of actors but also his great ability to liberate actors to present these beauties and shine uniquely on stage.? Ecole Philippe Gaulier graduate, Mr Alvin Chiam
Founded in 1980, Ecole Philippe Gaulier is a theatre school where the focus is placed on enjoying oneself during the creation of live theatre. The school?s founder, Philippe Gaulier is a world renowned teacher/writer and director with a distinctive approach to the performing arts. His unique teaching method allows his students to discover their own original performance style through various character development workshops. Ecole Philippe Gaulier?s former students include the theatre director Simon McBurney, whose company Theatre de Complicite has been influenced by Gaulier?s work, and actors like Emma Thompson, Marcello Magni, Kathryn Hunter and Sasha Baron Cohen.
2010 Residency Award Recipient shares his experience
Detailed Information on the NAC Residency Award
Application Form
Ecole Philippe Gaulier
13 May 2011
6 August ? 22 August 2011
The National Arts Council and Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) are pleased to invite Singapore actors to apply for the 2011 Scot Training Programme and Summer Season which will be held from 6-22 August 2011 in Toga, Japan.
Actors will train daily in Toga Village, a site which has grown into a complex of lodgings, rehearsal rooms and performing spaces, including a lakeside amphitheatre. The program teaches the basic physicality and ideas of the Suzuki Method of Actors Training, conceived by Tadashi Suzuki and SCOT. The program also includes observation of training and rehearsals by SCOT members, lectures on theatre, and a chance to see performances from the SCOT Summer Season 2011.
Tadashi Suzuki is the founder and director of the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) and the organizer of Japan?s first international theatre festival (Toga Festival. Suzuki?s works include ?On the Dramatic Passions?, ?The Trojan Women?, ?Dionysus?, ?King Lear?, ?Cyrano de Bergerac? and ?Madame de Sade?. Besides productions with his own company, he has directed several international collaborations, such as ?The Tale of Lear?, co-produced and presented by four leading regional theatres in the US; ?King Lear?, presented with the Moscow Art Theatre; ?Oedipus Rex?, co-produced by Cultural Olympiad and Düsseldorf Schauspiel Haus; and ?Electra?, produced by Ansan Arts Center/Arco Arts Theatre in Korea and the Taganka Theatre in Russia.
Suzuki has taught his system of actor training in schools and theatres throughout the world, including The Julliard School in New York and the Moscow Art Theatre. The Cambridge University Press published The Theatre of Suzuki Tadashi as part of their Directors in Perspective series, featuring leading theatre directors of the 20th Century. This series includes works on Meyerlhold, Brecht, Strehler, Peter Brook and Robert Wilson among others.
A seminal thinker and practitioner whose work has a powerful influence on theatre everywhere, Suzuki?s primary concerns include: the structure of a theatre group, the creation and use of theatrical space, and the overcoming of cultural and national barriers in the interest of creating work that is truly universal. Suzuki has established in Toga one of the largest international theatre centers in the world.
Successful applicants from the 2011 intake will be offered full grant support for the two-week Summer Season. Grant Support includes registration fee, accommodation, meals for the duration of the Retreat and economy airfare plus taxes but excludes additional costs incurred by the participants.
For further details, please download a copy of the information sheet and application form.
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