ArtsLink
International
Fellowships

Fellowships support international artists, curators, and arts leaders in developing their practices and expanding professional networks in the US and transnationally

The ArtsLink International Fellowships program supports pioneering artists, curators, and arts leaders from our network countries in developing their community-engaged practices and fosters creative relationships with US based artists, arts organizations and communities. The program emphasizes the value of independent artist networks and sustained dialogue around the urgent issues facing our societies.

Priority will be given to artists and arts leaders whose work expands people’s awareness, understanding, and active participation in environmental and/or social justice issues. Additional attention will be given to artists and arts leaders who have been displaced from their homes or forced into exile, regardless of where they are now living.

The multi-phase fellowship offers an online research residency hosted by leading arts organizations in the US, including Puerto Rico, and a subsequent in-person immersive residency in the US and the potential for a follow up project in the artists’ home countries. This unique three-phase approach fosters a long-term dialogue between artists and citizens across nations vital to the building of a global civil, compassionate and equitable society.

PHASE 1    ONLINE RESEARCH AND NETWORKING

Fellows lead an online research residency facilitated by their US host institution

PHASE 2    IN PERSON IMMERSIVE RESIDENCY

Fellows collaborate with US organization(s), their host institution and individual artist(s) during a six-week in person residency

PHASE 3 (by invitation)   PROJECT IN HOME COUNTRY

Fellows expand collaboration with US organization(s) and individual artist(s) with a follow-up project in their home country

Eligible Countries

Applicants must 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

FUNDERS

ArtsLink International Fellowships are funded by Trust for Mutual Understanding, Kettering Family Philanthropies, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and public donations