Hosting a Fellow is a unique opportunity for an arts organization based across the US and Puerto Rico. CEC ArtsLink engages a diverse and dynamic range of organizations each year to do so, including Vera List Center, Dance Exchange, Los Angeles Poverty Department, Hyde Park Art Center, and many others. Some hosts have established residency programs designed to welcome visiting artists, while others work with ArtsLink Fellows to bring a new artistic perspective to their program. The experience often results in relationships between host organization, host city and Fellow that continue long after the Fellowship concludes.
ArtsLink International Fellows are leading artists, curators, and arts leaders from all disciplinary backgrounds with an active commitment to community engagement and social practice from a number of our partner countries. The Fellows are selected by a panel of arts professionals. Once selected, we determine the best match for Fellows within our network of potential hosts to support their unique research interests and artistic practice.
Non-profit organizations registered in the US are eligible to host as well as individual artists with experience hosting international artists in their city and/or local community.
CEC ArtsLink provides financial and administrative support for organizations hosting an international visitor by arranging visas, organizing and covering the costs of international and domestic travel, health insurance and hosting orientations, concluding sessions online and in person. Host organizations receive funds from CEC ArtsLink to cover the living, working and materials costs for the ArtsLink Fellow’s online research residency and subsequent in person visit, as well as modest administrative expenses for the host. Throughout the process, ArtsLink staff are available to provide guidance and support to host organizations. For more information on participating as a host organization, please contact Zhenia Stadnik at zstadnik(at)cecartslink(dot)org.
Online research Residencies take place during June – July. They are shaped by Fellows’ artistic interests as they research their host organization and host city to understand how their practice will engage in a new context. Hosts and Fellows use the Online Residency to initiate dialogue and networking enabling Fellows to meet local artists and communities best suited to their practice. The following October-November, host organizations and Fellows realize the In Person Residencies, deepening Fellows’ research and networking on site. At the Residencies’ conclusion, all Fellows meet in a US city to share practices and participate in ArtsLink Assembly.
Each year, ArtsLink International Fellows are hosted by a diverse range of arts organizations, academic institutions, research centers, university departments, archives and/or collections, as well as individuals based across the US and territories. If you would like to share interest in potentially hosting a Fellow, please be in touch. Contact Zhenia Stadnik, Program Director, at zstadnik(at)cecartslink(dot)org to start a dialogue about hosting Fellows and our process.
ArtsLink International Fellows may be citizens of one of the following countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan