Visegrad Fund - Performing Artists Residency

The Visegrad Artists Residency Program (VARP) is a program of the Fund created for the purpose of facilitating artistic exchanges by providing financial support to artists working in the following disciplines: 

• Visual and Sound Arts (VARP–VSA): visual arts (painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, drawing, illustration, mixed techniques, installations, including textile art and architecture), design (fashion, costume, jewelry, ceramics and furniture design, visual communication), music/sound (interpretation, sound installation, sound performance, composition) and video/film/new media/mixed media (including video installation;
• Performing Arts (VARP–PA): new drama, contemporary dance, new circus, physical theatre, visual theater, alternative theater;
• Visual Arts in New York (VARP–US): painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, drawing, illustration, mixed techniques, installations, including textile art and architecture, design (fashion, costume, jewelry, ceramics and furniture design, visual communication);
• Literary Art (VLRP): written literature (novels, poetry, short stories, tales, youth literature and hypermedia literary works, essays, fiction, non-fiction), literary criticism, literary translation, journalism.

Visegrad Artists Residencies are artistic projects, duly submitted and described in the VARP Application by individuals or groups of individuals (where applicable), who fulfill eligibility criteria and who were selected in line with the selection procedure under these Rules. 

Length of a residency varies according to the type of VARP:

• Visual and Sound Arts: 2 months;
• Performing Arts: 1 month;
• Visual Arts in New York: 2 months;
• Literary Art: a 6-week residency (Compact Spring Edition) or a 3-month residency (Regular Autumn Edition)

The residency period can be divided into two parts based on the artists’ individual requests. Such division requires the Fund’s approval and must be implemented within the same calendar year.

How to apply

The application form must be submitted via My Visegrad by October 15, 2024, 12:00 (noon). The online application system opens 1 month before the deadline. It is not possible to apply outside of this submission period.

Application must be submitted with the following documents:

• Copy of your ID or passport (of each applicant if applying as a group)
• Artistic portfolio + reviews
• Scan of letter of acceptance from the host organization in English on a letterhead paper no older than 3 months which includes the names of the artists; title of the project; planned dates of the residency; date; name and signature of the statutory representative

If you have any questions, contact Project Manager Orsolya Rigó at rigo@visegradfund.org.