Residency in Marrakech 2019 - 2020

Queens Collective aims to provide arts and cultural opportunities to artists worldwide and the local community through skill development, idea exchanges, exhibitions, screenings, performances and creation.

Queens Collective hosts a residency programme where the artists in residence work, experiment, live, discuss, eat and network for a period of 3 or 5 months in Marrakech, Morocco.
The residency programme is for multidisciplinary artists and in particular artists with social and critical art practices, that engage with local communities or reflect on postcolonial, feminist and gender-related topics in a site-specific context.
The framework of the residency programme is partly created by Queens Collective and partly created by the artists in residence and is in constant flux. As an artist in residence you merge and adapt to the identity of the Queens Collective.

Duration of residency

The Queens Collective residency program offers two types of residencies.
A residency of 3 months and a residency of 5 months.
Residency dates are: 3 months, start 1 april 2019, end 30 june 2019

5 months, start 1 september 2019, end 31 january 2020

Queens Collective also offers short-term residencies (so-called Quickies) for projects and researches that are related to the Moroccan / North-African context. We are further interested to provide short residencies for artists with social and critical art practices, that engage with local communities or reflect on postcolonial, feminist and gender-related topics in a site-specific context.

Disciplines, work equipment and assistance

• The framework of the residency programme is partly created by Queens Collective and partly created by the artists in residence and is in constant flux. As an artist in residence you merge and adapt to the identity of the Queens Collective.
• Artists in residence have the possibility to network with local artists and other visiting artists. The QC house is already a well established event space in Marrakech which facilitates the getting into the Marrakech art scene.
• Artists in residency work with fellow artists and the local community.
• All artists in residence organizes themselves in the space with accommodation, food, workspace, cleaning etc.
• Eating together is one of the most important aspects of the moroccan culture.

Accommodation

The QC lives together in a beautiful 3-floor Riad which is part of a wonderful community, in the midst of the Medina full of hidden treasures, the people here being the most valuable. Sleeping arrangements: 4 shared rooms for 2 people each (bed sheets and duvet are provided), 1 twin bedroom for artist couples or artist with child (bed sheets and duvet are provided).

Studio/ workspace

QC provides a beautiful 3-floor riad in the Medina of Marrakech. On the ground floor there are two big shared ateliers, 1 private atelier and 2 small flexible ateliers with moveable walls. The communal patio space is used for presentations and other activities for the local community. Beside a communal kitchen we also have a stove for the winter and a small library. On the first floor there are 4 shared sleeping rooms for two people each. And one private double room.
The second floor (terrace) includes gardening, plants, flowers, 2 turtles and Mihow’s (the dog) living space. On the terrace you will also find 3 open-air showers, an open-air dance space of 22 sqm and a workshop for tools and some materials to be recycled. The roof of the workshop serves as another small sunset terrace.

Fees and support

The fee covers the accomodation and the use of the communal spaces. All currency is in Moroccan Dirham

For international artists:

Residency 5 month: 15.000,-
Residency 3 months: 10.000,-

For local artists:

Residency 5 month: 11.000,-
Residency 3 months: 7.000,-

The Support from the QC includes: Communication material (webpage, flyers,…), living space, working spaces, presentation spaces.
Expenses paid by Artists: Food, flights and local transportations, working material, visa and insurances.

Expectations towards the artist

• There are regular weekly dates for activities for the local community of Marrakech in which you are involved as part of the residency programme.
• Every 2 months there is a public presentation to share individual, collaborative works and work in progress. These dates are fixed and not changeable. The public presentation takes place within Queens Collective.
• The artists will have to provide a work produced during QC residency program for the archive of the QC.
• After the residency, the artists will receive a survey with specific questions as well as free space to communicate a reflection. The writings are only for internal use and must be delivered within 2 months after the ending of the residency program.