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Magnetic 2 Residencies

Deadline
29 August 2023

Residency Types

Magnetic Partnership

Cove Park is delighted to once again be the Scottish residency taking part in the Magnetic Residencies programme. Now, in its second year, Magnetic is a Franco-UK network of artists’ residencies bringing together eight organisations to create a programme of funded residencies for visual artists based in France and the UK.

In its pilot year, 2021/22, artists David Douard and Carla Adra were awarded Magnetic residencies at Cove Park.

About the Magnetic programme: 

  • Societal and environmental issues are at the heart of this programme, the residencies are situated, with the selected artists expected to work according to the focus of each residency, in resonance with each specific context –geographical or historical, societal, artistic, etc.
  • Artists receive a threshold monthly fee of £ 2100/2500 €
  • Each artist benefits from curatorial mentoring
  • Each residency is tailor-made in discussion with the institutions’ curatorial teams
  • Each residency provides the artist with networking opportunities throughout their stay
  • Artists are provided with accommodation and access to a work space.

The Magnetic 2 Residencies are organised on a tandem basis, pairing a French region with a British nation. Artists can only apply for the residency paired with their region or nation. Please consult the tandems below to find out which residency you are eligible for. To learn more about each host institution, please refer to the Magnetic Residencies page.

How to Apply
The call for applications is aimed at professional artists working in the field of visual arts who have already presented their work in several professional venues identified by contemporary art networks. For Magnetic Residencies in the UK, apply via this Fluxus Art Projects online form. For Magnetic Residencies in France, apply via this Fluxus Art Projects online form. All applications will be received by Fluxus Art Projects. All applications are due Tuesday 29 August 2023.  Each project submitted should generate a confirmation email. In addition to your Fluxus Art Projects application, please send a confirmation email to angela.blanc@institut-francais.org.uk and fluxusartp@gmail.com

Selection Process and Criteria
Each residency will have its own selection committee which will include:
  • The director of the residency
  • A qualified personality in the cultural field in the region of the residency
  • The director of the tandem residency
  • A member of the artistic committee of Fluxus Art Projects
  • The Institut français du Royaume-Uni
  • A representative from the UK funding partners

Selection criteria:

  • Artistic ambition within a professional practice rooted in contemporary Visual Arts
  • Relevance of the artist’s proposal within the residency’s context and focus
  • Motivation for an international residency at this point in the artist’s career
The shortlisted artists will be invited to an interview by Zoom during the last week of September.
For further information, please contact:  fluxusartp@gmail.com

Magnetic 2 is a programme of Fluxus Art Projects, which is supported by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, the Institut français, French Ministry of Culture, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales/Wales International, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the British Council, and its private patrons and friends.

Image: Villa Arson, Nice provided by Fluxus Art Projects. 

Cove Park is the Scottish residency taking part in Magnetic, a new Franco-UK network bringing together five organisations from France and five from the UK to create a programme of funded residencies for visual artists based in both countries. In 2024, the participating venues are: Bétonsalon – Centre for Art and Research, CAPC in Bordeaux, Frac Bretagne, FRAC Grand Large in Dunkerque, Villa Arson in Nice, and five in the United Kingdom for French based artists – Gasworks London, Wysing Arts Centre in England,  Flax Art Studios in Northern Ireland, Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Wales, and Cove Park. Now in its third year, Magnetic is building an expanding network of partner institutions with shared commitments and values.

Magnetic is a programme of Fluxus Art Projects, which is supported by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, the Institut français, French Ministry of Culture, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales/Wales International, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the British Council, and its private patrons and friends.

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