For US artists and curators, CEC ArtsLink provides international travel, visa support and health insurance (if needed), accommodation, and per diem.

Artists from other countries are welcome to apply, but will need to seek financial support to cover their expenses.

1. A completed ArtsLink Back Apartment Residency online application form.

2. Answers to the following questions:
a. What plans do you have for your stay in St. Petersburg? If you have a particular project in mind, please, briefly describe it. (300 words maximum)
b. What do you hope to achieve and/or learn during your residency? (300 words maximum)
c. How does your participation in the residency relate to your personal artistic vision, your creative or professional goals, and/or to your organization's mission? (300 words maximum)
d. What resources do you anticipate you will need to work during your residency? (300 words maximum)
e. Each resident is required to give at least one public talk or event. What would you share with the community in St. Petersburg? Do you have any plans to collaborate with local arts professionals? How do you plan to engage with the local arts community? (300 words maximum)

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

4. A letter of recommendation (only one-page 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 in English. 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 interna-tional arts professionals based on the following criteria:

• Artistic or professional excellence of the applicant's work
• 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 interaction with Russian artists
• 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.

Although preference is given to artists and curators working in the fields of socially engaged art and public art, artists working in other fields are also welcome to apply.

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.

ArtsLink Back Apartment Residencies for artists are one month in length and for curators 2 weeks.

Residencies are scheduled between September 1, 2022 and February 28, 2023.

2022 ArtsLink Back Apartment Residency applicants will be notified of the review panel decision by mid-March, 2022.

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