Gasworks residency
Applications are open for an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand to spend three months at Gasworks in London.
This will be the eighth residency offered by the Jan Warburton Charitable Trust, with Gasworks, made made possible through donations to the NZ Friends of Gasworks and, for the first time this year, a partnership with New Zealand-based beauty brand, Emma Lewisham.
The residency offers an early to mid-career artist opportunities for self
-led professional development, artistic exchange and experimentation and development of new international networks.
Alongside the time for extensive practice- based research and access to artists in London with similar interests, Gasworks provides opportunities for the artist to develop new work and showcase their practice, work ethic and conceptual focuses to an international audience.
The residency provides return flights to London, 24/7-access to a private studio space in the Gasworks building, accommodation in a house shared with three or four other international artists plus living and materials allowances.
Applications close on April 29 at 5pm. More information and how to apply can be found on the Gasworks website. gasworks. org.uk
Last year’s residency was awarded to Sorawit Songsataya who currently has an exhibition, Fibrous Soul: Sorawit Songsataya with Maata Wharehoka, showing at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery in Ngāmotu New Plymouth. The exhibition includes works made last year while in London.
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