Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
Germany
Stuttgart
Overview
Akademie Schloss Solitude supports young artists, scholars, scientists, as well as cultural and economic professionals via residential fellowships only. Are you interested in applying for a residential fellowship?
Details
The Spheres of Practice in detail
International artists, scientists, scholars, and business representatives are invited to apply for fellowships in the spheres listed here:
- VISUAL – Visual arts and media: Including painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, film, video, printing, ceramics, textiles, performance
- AURAL & PHYSICAL – Music and performing arts: Including music, music interpretation and composition, sound installation, sound performance, dance, choreography, drama, theater, music theater, dramaturgy, directing
- DIGITAL – Digital Solitude: Including digital art, gaming, hacking, computing, programming, web-based video production and installation, digital journalism, digital publishing
- SPATIAL – Architecture and design: Including architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, applied arts, design, stage design, fashion design, costume design, product design, furniture design
- TEXTUAL – Literature and language: Including German-language and international literature in all written forms (dramatic texts, lyric poetry, prose, essay, and translation)
- SOCIETAL/COMMUNAL-BASED WORK – Education, mediation, theory: Including art criticism, critical theory, curation, art education, socially engaged art
- SCIENTIFIC – art, science & business/Humanities, social, natural and economic sciences: Including philosophy, anthropology, biology, botany, physics, mathematics, computer science, cultural studies, ecology, gender studies, history, law, public policy, medicine, political science and political theory, psychology, sociology, economics, and finance
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Conditions
- The candidates should not be older than 40. Applications from students enrolled in degree programs will not be considered; PhD students may submit applications. A very limited number of fellowships can be awarded regardless of the applicants’ age. Application rounds for Solitude fellowships are held every two years. The jury awards a maximum of 65 fellows. 45 live/work studios and three guest studios are available.
- Applications of artist groups are possible. If you apply as part of an artist group each group member must fill in an application on their own behalf.
- Double applications to the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg gGmbH (Arts Foundation Baden-Württemberg) and the AkademieSchloss Solitude are not permitted.
- Applicants whose applications are refused during the current selection procedure may send in applications during two other rounds (maximum). Former fellows of the Akademie Schloss Solitude are not eligible.
- Knowledge of either German and/or English and/or French is a prerequisite for application.
- The Solitude fellowship is a residential fellowship. Fellows are obliged to spend at least two thirds of their fellowships at the Akademie. All fellows must have their permanent residence in Stuttgart for the fellowship’s duration (obligation to register residence).
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
The fellowship includes the following benefits:
- A free, furnished living/working studio including electricity, water and heating
- A monthly fellowship grant of € 1,200
- Travel expenses for arrival and departure (on a one-time basis).
The Akademie also offers optional additional benefits which are adjustable in accordance with the current budget situation:
- Transport expenses subsidy for the carriage of materials, tools, instruments and books to Stuttgart and from Stuttgart to the fellow’s home town
- Project funding and one-off materials subsidy
- Health insurance in the case of non-EU fellowship candidates
Fellows may use the Akademie’s carpentry and metal workshops under the supervision of the resident managers. They also have access to a digital film editing studio, a printing and copying room, two small libraries and several computer workstations.
The Akademie maintains 42 living and working studios, and three guest studios. These studios are usually only equipped for one person due to their size and the buildings’ historic design. The Akademie does its best to accommodate families/partners. Please note that this is not always possible in the case of families/partners from abroad, because entry and residence regulations must be observed.
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