Visegrad Fund - Visual and Sound Artists Residency

The VARP—Visual and Sound Arts is a specific program of the International Visegrad Fund created for the purpose of facilitating artistic exchanges by providing financial support for applicants who are citizens of the Visegrad countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia (hereinafter “Member States”). The residency project must be implemented in a Visegrad country other than that of the applicant's citizenship and permanent residence. 

Within this program, the Fund desires to provide financial support to artists working in the following disciplines: Visual Arts (including performance art, textile art and architecture), Design (fashion, costume, jewellery, ceramics and furniture design, visual communication), Music/Sound (interpretation, sound installation, sound performance, composition) and Video/Film/New Media/Mixed Media (including video installation).

Visegrad Artists Residencies are provided for artistic projects specified in the VARP—Visual and Sound Arts Application Form. The country of citizenship shall be different from that of the host country. Country of permanent residence and where the applicant lives/works shall be different from that of the host country. The length of the supported period of residency shall be 3 months. An applicant for the VARP—Visual and Sound Arts shall submit no more than one application within one deadline. An applicant for the support within VARP (any category) shall submit no more than one application within one calendar year. In the event that the applicant submits more than one application, the Fund shall consider the first submitted. Successful applicants can re-apply for any category of VARP, however, each applicant can be supported only once to each V4 country. The applicants need to have all their previous VARP and scholarship projects finished and closed when re-applying.

The Fund is responsible for the proper announcement of the VARP—Visual and Sound Arts in conformity with the decision of the Conference of Ministers.

Please note

• The residency must be implemented in a V4 country, other than that of the applicant’s citizenship/residence
• The period of support is 2 months
• Residencies can take place between January 10, 2025 to December 31, 2025
• Reapplying of previously supported artists is possible only for a residency in a V4 country different that of the previous residency project

How to apply

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

Your application must include the following enclosures:

• Copy of your ID or passport
• Artistic portfolio  (files or link to artist´s website)
• Scan of acceptance letter issued by the host organization, which includes the name of the artist; title of the project; planned dates of the project; date; name and signature of the statutory representative

For more information contact: marcina@visegradfund.org.