CEC ArtsLink provides international travel, visa support and health insurance (if needed), accommodation, per diem, and a small production budget. Host organizations make all local arrangements and provide ongoing organizational support and translation as needed.

1. A completed Art Prospect Network Residency online application form.

2. Responses to the following questions:
a. Describe the current issues in your work and explain how a residency in one of the Art Prospect Network countries will advance your professional development as an artist or curator. (300 words maximum)
b. Please describe previous projects that have involved community engagement or participation, and explain how you plan to engage with local artists and communities during your residency. (300 words maximum)
c. What types of projects, activities or encounters do you hope to take part in, keeping in mind that your residency may take place in any of the 12 Art Prospect Network countries? (300 words maximum)
d. What prior experience have you had as an artist or curator outside your home country? (200 words maximum)
e. Each resident is required to give at least one public talk or event. What would you share with the local community? (200 words maximum)

3. A résumé or Curriculum Vitae (one-page only PDF file).

4. A letter of recommendation (one-page only PDF file) from a colleague or supervisor that explains how a residency will benefit you professionally and why it is an important endeavor at this time in your career. These letters can be submitted to info(at)cecartslink(dot)org separately from your application, but must arrive within two weeks of the application deadline. Letters without signatures and reference's contact information cannot be accepted.

5. If you represent an organization, please submit a one-page description of your organization. Include information about staff size and resources.

6. Applicants are advised to submit recent quality work samples. Please follow the instructions for submitting work samples in the application. Applicants should make sure their work is properly labeled and that all work samples are fully and succinctly described.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

All applications are evaluated by an independent interdisciplinary review panel comprised of international arts professionals based on the following criteria:

• Artistic or professional excellence of the applicant's work.
• Experience in the fields of socially engaged art and public art.
• Potential for the applicant to interact with the community in the practice of his or her art form.
• Benefit to the applicant, at this time in his/her career, from transnational exchange.
• Applicant's plans for sharing the benefits of the exchange with artists and institutions in his/her home country.
• Applicant's ability to meet cross-cultural challenges successfully.
  

The selection process is competitive and applicants should anticipate a highly rigorous review of their work. Please carefully follow the instructions for submitting work samples below. Applications missing any of the required materials will not be considered.
We recognize that each artist's experience may prove to be profoundly different from what he or she anticipated as an applicant. Successful residencies reflect a balance between expectations of accomplishing specific goals and being open to new processes and opportunities for collaboration.

Art Prospect Network Residencies for artists and curators are one month in length. Residencies are scheduled between April 15 and December 31, 2022.

Applicants will be notified of the review panel decision in late March 2022.

For more information about the Residency Program, please contact Liza Matveeva, Program Manager, at lmatveeva(at)cecartslink(dot)org