Misk Art Residencies involves three-month visual arts residency (3 May – 25 July 2026) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing the transformative role of creative expression. The residency aims to support artistic development and practice by promoting the possibilities of meaningful exchange between the local community and the global cultural landscape.
This cycle theme ‘The Witness and the Trace’ invites artists to consider what remains after something has passed: an action, a gesture, a story, or a shift in a space or system. These traces, whether material or digital, carry signals of what once occurred, revealing time, use, and transformation through what is left behind.
Program structure:
- Weekly mentorship sessions
- Development of project and budget proposals
- Trips to cultural/historical sites in Riyadh
- Public engagement through open studios and resident-led educational programming
- Networking sessions
- A critique session with external and internal collaborators.
- Final group exhibition showcase, funded by Misk Art Institute
The residency is for full-time visual artists from all artistic disciplines who meet one or more of the following:
- 3+ of fine arts experience
- 3+ years of exhibiting history
- Actively practicing and engaging in the arts
Support includes:
- Roundtrip flight to Riyadh
- Visas for Saudi Arabia
- Accommodation (for those based outside of Riyadh)
- Private studio
- Production budget
