The Finnish Cultural Foundation awards grants for international artists’ residency programmes each year. Some of the 2022 programmes present changes in response to the COVID-19 situation.
Applications close at 4 pm Finnish time on the last day of the application period.
Applications close at 4 pm Finnish time on the last day of the application period.
The following residencies are offered by the Finnish Cultural Foundation:
Call open for 2022:
- Fabrikken, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 months for visual artists
- NART, Narva, Estonia, 3 months for visual artists (individual artists or work pairs)
- Triangle, New York, United States, 3 months for visual artists
Exceptionally, the call will not be carried out for 2022 for the following:
- AIT, Tokyo, Japan, 3 months for visual artists (call will not be carried out for 2022)
- Artspace, Sydney, Australia, 3 months for visual artists (individual artists or work pairs) (call will not be carried out for 2022)
- Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 months for visual artists and curators (call will not be carried out for 2022)
- Filba, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3 months for writers (call will not be carried out for 2022)
- Institute for Provocation, Beijing, China, 3 months for artists (call will not be carried out for 2022)
- Santarcangelo dei Teatri, Italy, 2−3 weeks for working groups (max. 6 members) in dance, performing arts or theatre (call will not be carried out for 2022)
- SeMa Nanji, Seoul, South Korea, 3 months for visual artists (call will not be carried out for 2022)
- Tokyo Arts and Space Residency, Japan, 3 months for visual artists (individual artists or work pairs) (call will not be carried out for 2022)
Click on the name of the residency for further details. More information can also be found in feedback from some of the Cultural Foundation’s alumni. Information on residencies that were previously part of the Finnish Cultural Foundation's Residency Programme can be found here.
Grant Decisions
Residency grants can be applied for during the August round of applications. Applications should be submitted using the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Online Application Service. Applications close at 4 pm Finnish time on the last day of the application period. The grant decisions are released by the early January, at the latest.
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