China

Nanjing City of Literature is offering 6 residencies to writers, poets and translators from all UNESCO Cities of Literature. The residency will run from 30 October to 15 November 2024 and the theme is ‘Life is Better with Literature’.

Designed to support the work of visual artists during the first decade of their careers, the Liu Shiming Artist Grants support the creation or completion of new projects that explore the interplay between traditional cultural or historical influences and contemporary artistic practice. Each year, up to five artists will be selected.

The open call for visiting artists in the 2024 ICCI Art Valley Programme, from 1 November to 15 December 2024 in Shanghai, China, will centre on international artists who work with comprehensive media materials in their art practice.

OCAT Institute in Beijing is pleased to announce the official launch of the ‘2022 Research-Based Curatorial Project’ and is now accepting research-based exhibition proposals from the academic and art circles. The content of projects might include: studies of art phenomena or events, art theories; research on a specific genre, such as painting, moving image, architecture, design, sound art, etc.; or research on regional art.

Xi·Art Museum is located in Lucitopia Town, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China. A wall-less open-air art museum, it is planned along a 7km stream in the valleys of Zixi Qingliang Mountain. With a tranquil and pleasant environment, it resembles another time and another world. Lying at the foot of the Wuyi Mountains on their northern side, it is about two hours’ drive from the urban centre of Fuzhou.

The Summer Sessions are short-term international art and technology residencies for emerging artists and designers. Artists and designers working with art and technology are eligible to apply if they are under the age of 35 and/or have graduated within the past five years, and live in a country where there is a Summer Sessions sponsoring partner (Netherlands, Taiwan, Spain, Austria, Russia, China, South Korea, Croatia and Belgium). Each Summer Sessions residency lasts approximately eight weeks and takes place between July and September.

The Seventh Edition of the International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC 7) 2020 is open to candidates from anywhere in the world writing in Chinese or English about any contemporary art exhibition held anywhere in world or, for the first time this year, online. Alongside a cash award, the first prize includes a fully funded short programme of visits and meetings in Shanghai or London.

Chronus Art Center (CAC) and Duke Kunshan University (DKU) are co-hosting their first 3-month Research and Creation Fellowship. The programme is designed for international artists and researchers in the area of media art and related domains, taking place at Chronus Art Center’s Research/Creation Lab (CAC Lab) in Shanghai, and Duke Kunshan University’s Humanities Research Center (DKU HRC) in Kunshan, China.

When thinking of the future of travelling could land-based long distance train travel be the norm? With the aim of finding tools, mapping and testing options as well as solutions for travelling, HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme) are looking for participants for an east-bound trip from Finland going through Russia (and China) to Japan. The group will plan the trip starting from Helsinki together – deciding the amount of stops, activities and duration – but it is good to keep in mind that the travel will take at least one and a half months.

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