the artslink international fellowships

Online research and immersive in person residencies with leading US cultural institutions for transnational artists, curators, and arts leaders from our network countries

The ArtsLink International Fellowships program supports pioneering artists, curators, and arts leaders from our network countries in developing their community-engaged practices in the US and transnationally. The program emphasizes the value of independent artist networks and sustained dialogue around the urgent issues facing our societies.

Priority is given to artists and arts leaders whose work expands people’s awareness, understanding, and active participation in environmental and/or social justice issues. Additional attention is given to artists and arts leaders who have been displaced from their homes or forced into exile, regardless of where they are now living.

The multi-phase Fellowship offers an online research residency hosted by leading arts organizations in the US, including Puerto Rico, and supports a subsequent in person immersive residency in the US, which may result in a follow-up project in the artist’s home country. This unique three-phase approach fosters long-term dialogue between artists and citizens across nations vital to the building of a global civil, compassionate and equitable society.

Online residencies respond to Fellows’ unique interests and provide an opportunity for initial research and connections with people, archives, collections, and other resources in preparation for their in person residencies. Simultaneously, hosts familiarize themselves with Fellows’ practices so they can effectively enable an engaged, immersive in person residency program.

In person immersive residencies build on the research and networking Fellows have developed during their online residencies. They provide an opportunity for Fellows to engage on the ground with both formal and informal connections with people, archives, collections, and other resources most relevant to expanding their practices. Hosts welcome Fellows to their cities, often inviting them to engage with public-facing and internal programs taking place on site at their organizations and across communities.