Culture Moves Europe funding featured in VAN July - August 2026 Issue
VAN (Visual Artists' Newsheet) July – August 2026 issue aims to demystify the process of selecting an artist residency. This themed issue, published by Visual Artists Ireland, contains a range of Residency Reports from artists at different career stages, who have undertaken all kinds of residencies in different parts of the world.
The July - August 2026 Residency Special Issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet published by Visual Artists Ireland features a column by Lucy Tevlin form Creative Europe Desk Ireland - Culture Office. Lucy provides an overview of Culture Moves Europe grants for artists undertaking European residencies.
'For the European section, artists reflect on their residencies in the British School at Rome, Magnetic Residency in Dunkirk, Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris, the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, and the WaterLANDS Artist Residency Programme, an EU-funded initiative that embeds artists at six wetland sites across Europe. Residencies profiled beyond Europe include the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York, Casa Wabi in Mexico, and Hyde Park Arts Center in Chicago. In addition, this special issue contains several Residency Roundups, providing a non-exhaustive overview of reputable residencies (funded, wherever possible) across Ireland, the UK, Europe, and worldwide. There are also roundups of virtual residencies, profiling noteworthy remote residency programmes that visual artists can undertake from home; prominent residencies for parenting artists around the world that allow resident artists to be accompanied by dependent children and partners; and residencies worldwide with a thematic focus on landscape, ecology, and sustainability.' Visual Artists IrelandLearn More
In addition, the VAN Residency Special Issue contains several Residency Roundups, providing an overview of reputable residencies (funded, wherever possible) across Ireland, the UK, Europe, and worldwide.
There are also roundups of virtual residencies, profiling several remote residency programmes that visual artists can undertake from home; prominent residencies for parenting artists around the world that allow resident artists to be accompanied by dependent children and partners; and residencies worldwide with a thematic focus on landscape, ecology, and sustainability.
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