Akademie Schloss Solitude - residential fellowship

Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, offers residential fellowships for international artists, scholars, scientists, as well as cultural and economic professionals who are not older than 40 years.
The residency time will run from 2022 to 2023, scholarships usually span 6, 9 or 12 months.

About the Organizer
Akademie Schloss Solitude is a foundation under public law with the aim to facilitate interaction, according to the webpage: “Its unique model gives artists and scientists the freedom to develop their work and perform research in both a physical and digital context. Its wide-ranging fellowship program promotes the interrelationship of art and science across all disciplines and fields of practice.“ Since 1990, the artist-in-residence program has supported approximately 1,400 artists from more than 120 countries.

About the residency
The residency is open to artists from the following disciplines:

• Visual arts and media including painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, film, video, printing, ceramics, textiles, performance,
• Music and performing arts,
• Digital,
• Architecture and design,
• Literature and language
• Art, science & business/humanities, social, natural and economic sciences

Fellows may use the Akademie’s carpentry and metal workshops under supervision. They also have access to a digital film editing studio, a printing and copying room, 2 small libraries and several computer workstations.

45 live/work studios and 3 guest studios are available for at maximum 65 fellows.
The fellowship comprises:

• a free, furnished living/working studio including electricity, water and heating,
• a monthly grant of € 1,200,
• travel expenses for arrival and departure (on a one-time basis).

The Akademie also offers optional additional benefits which are adjustable in accordance with the current budget situation:

• transport expenses subsidy for the carriage of materials, tools, instruments and books to Stuttgart and from Stuttgart to the fellow’s home town,
• project funding and one-off materials subsidy,
• health insurance in the case of non-EU fellowship candidates.

HOW TO APPLY:
Application online only at: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/fellowship-programs/solitude-fellowship/
Application deadline: November 30, 2021
Application fee: 15 € for applicants from industrialized countries, none for others (list on the webpage).

For further information: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/fellowship-programs/solitude-fellowship/