Switzerland

Located on the shores of Lake Geneva, in La Tour-de-Peilz, between Vevey and Montreux, and close to Switzerland’s main cultural and natural attractions, La Becque | Artists Residency welcomes artists from all walks of life.

The residency programme at Tanzhaus Zürich provides artists with time and space in an inspiring environment. It also creates encounters with the Tanzhaus team and the local community.

Tanzplattform Bern is an international dance festival and competition for choreographers, with three awards.

The library Bibliothek Andreas Züst offers a temporary work and living space for duos and collectives from 21 July to 31 August 2025 for national and international cultural workers across disciplines – visual arts, literature, new media, music, theatre, design, architecture, film, photography, and art-related disciplines.

Artists and collectives from any country are invited to submit a proposal for a fully funded, two-month residency split between CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary.

The 11th edition of the Ticino in Danza (TiD) Festival/Permanency, an event for contemporary dance in unconventional venues located in a peripheral region of Ticino in southern Switzerland, is scheduled for 29 June to 6 July 2025 in Mendrisio.

School of Commons (SoC) is looking for groups and individuals who would like to conduct their research and practice as a part of the SoC community and informal study programme from April 2025 – February 2026.

Schlossmediale International Festival is providing a grant for a five-week residency (19 May to 28 June 2025) for three individually active artists to develop new art at a location that is steeped in history, and to display, install or perform their work in the unique spaces of the castle in creative and open engagement with it.

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is seeking to fill the part time Innovation and Transformation Specialist position (60%–80%), in Zurich from 1 October 2024.

The Embassy of Foreign Artists (EOFA) residency programme is partnering with Foundation Campus Biotech Geneva (FCBG) to offer the opportunity to apply for research and production residencies for a project linked with the work of the the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language.

TaDA – Textile and Design Alliance is calling for applications for their Artist in Residence Programme in Arbon,Switzerland, from either April to June 2025 or September to November 2025.

The Fondation Jan Michalski residency for writers, now open for applications, is designed to provide an environment for literary creation and to support those involved in the written word, at the foot of the Swiss Jura Mountains in Montricher.