Call for Applications 2026
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THE NEXT APPLICATION ROUND WILL START 2 DECEMBER 2024, ONLY THEN THE APPLICATION FORM WILL BE ONLINE

Artists, curators, designers – ranging from graphic and fashion to food and social design –, researchers, writers, and architects are welcome to apply for an 11-month residency from 15 January until 15 December 2025.

As a multi-disciplinary post-academic institute, the Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, NL) is committed to exploring the agency, roles, and civic significance of art, design and other creative practices in relation to the climate crisis, environmental breakdown, and their manifold effects. This institutional focus aims at creating a common ground that embraces a diversity of practices and allows for a multitude of voices.

The academy offers residency programmes to those who wish to broaden their artistic horizons and develop their art practice in depth. Each participant is equipped with a private studio, can count on the guidance of our advisers and make use of the expertise of our library and Labs – Photography & Audiovisual, Material Matters, Food, Printing & Publishing and Future Materials. The departments for Nature Research, Art & Society and Research & Education support the artists in realizing their projects in collaboration with external parties and further their artistic and academic research. Next to their individual projects, participants are encouraged to collaboratively develop an In-Lab project and to contribute to the public programme.

Facts

Lasting 11 months, your residency will start on 15 January 2025;
32 to 35 spots are available each year;
The enrolment fee amounts to €2,750 (excl. VAT).
Participants receive a monthly stipend of €1,000 and a working budget of €2,000 annually;
Duos or collectives can apply with 1 project proposal for 1 residency at the Jan van Eyck. If selected, they will share 1 studio and will receive an adjusted stipend of minimum 1,5 and maximum 2 stipends. The enrolment fee has to be paid only once;
Candidates with children are welcome to apply. The academy strives to support participants with child(ren) or partner and child(ren) to the best of its abilities.
Participants are expected to settle in Maastricht during their stay at the Jan van Eyck;
The languages of communication at the academy are Dutch and English. We expect you to master the English language sufficiently to be able to converse and collaborate with fellow participants and staff members;
Alumni of Rijksakademie or De Ateliers, two fellow Post-Academies in the Netherlands, are not eligible to apply;
The Jan van Eyck Academie is not an educational institute. Consequently, the institute does not provide degrees or certificates;

Application form 2025

Application procedure

Fill out the form
Upload PDF with all documentation
Fulfil payment of the registration fee (more details below)

Applying is done digitally and in English via the online application form. In this form, you can upload your documentation as one single PDF file. This PDF file should not be larger than 10 MB.

For collectives: only one of you needs to fill out the form. The candidate who fills the form becomes the contact person for the academy. In the field “Name of your duo, name of your partner”, you can fill out your partner’s name and, if applicable, the name of your duo or collective.

An application consists of the following parts, preceded by a table of contents:

A project proposal stating the goals and purpose of your stay (max. 500 words);
First ideas concerning an In-Lab (max. 500 words);
Documentation of recent work (dating back no longer than 5 years, maximum 25 pages);
Resume (max. 2 pages).

For large files (like videos), please insert a link to the server/website/YouTube/Vimeo where the file can be viewed. Please make sure all the links to external sites work. Double-check your links in the final PDF before submitting it! If links do not work, the selection committee cannot review your application correctly. The links should be active for at least up to three months after the deadline has passed.

Documentation tips:

Keep in mind that most of the applications are initially viewed in a landscape format; so place your work in horizontal slides (unless the original work requires a portrait format);
Make sure you put only one or two works per slide (combining too many works makes the page illegible);
Please insert title, material, size, and year of the work next to or under the image on the same slide. You may also include a short description of the work.

Application fee

The application fee amounts to €65 (excl. VAT) or €78.65 (incl. VAT). The payment procedure is included in the online application; when finalizing the form, you will be redirected to Paypal. Please make sure you have an active Paypal account and that you have your login code at hand. Upon redirecting, you will be asked to sign in. If you don’t have a valid PayPal account, please contact application@janvaneyck.nl

! The application fee is waived for applicants from and living in the Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries and Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories on the DAC list. Please see the DAC list attached here.

For reference and more information, please visit OECD.org

Deadline

The deadline for submitting your application is 1 December 2023 23:59 (CET).

After submitting, you will receive an automatic confirmation that we received your application. You cannot make any adjustments to your application after submitting it. If there are any questions or issues regarding your application, we will contact you.

Selection procedure

Your application will be assessed by a selection committee consisting of the director and the curator/resident liaison of the Jan van Eyck, one or two of the institute’s advisers and one or two external members. This selection committee will assess your application based on the following criteria:

The quality and aim of your work;
Approach to critical thinking and reflection;
The relevance and purpose of your residency at the Jan van Eyck;
Your In-Lab proposal.

The outcome of the selection procedure will be communicated in the first half of April 2024. Unfortunately, due to the large number of applications, we are unable to provide feedback on unsuccessful applications.

After the selections

Depending on your nationality, some foreign participants might need a visa and/or a residence permit to stay in the Netherlands. The application for such permits will be and can only be done through the Jan van Eyck Academie.
More information concerning visa and residence permits can be found here:
https://www.studyinholland.nl/

When selected, you will be asked to sign the code of conduct and an agreement with the Jan van Eyck Academie. This agreement and code state all the details concerning your stay, working period, the policies of the institute, mutual rights and duties, and the approach we expect from participants and staff. Once you have signed this agreement, your working period at the Jan van Eyck Academie can commence.

If you foresee any difficulties starting your residency, be it because of personal circumstances, health issues, your financial situation, mental or physical challenges, or visa related concerns, please get in touch with us as soon as possible and we will do our best to assist.

Questions

Email: application@janvaneyck.nl
Call: Solange Roosen +31(0)43 350 37 09 or Līva Laure +31(0)43 350 37 36