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Trans Artists is a knowledge centre on artist-in-residence opportunities. Here you can find all about facts, use and value of international artist-in-residence programs as well as other opportunities for artists to stay and work elsewhere 'for art's sake'.
FIND your residence HERE: Trans Artists' database of 1000 artist-in-residence opportunities worldwide!
Unesco Aschberg Residencies
Every year the Unesco Culture and Promotion Fund offers a unique bursary programme for writers, musicians and visual artists. Many host organisations all over the world are announcing special residency calls with different deadlines and conditions: check out yourself!
Apply Now for the Ucross Foundation
Each year the Ucross Foundation Residency Program offers the gift of time and space to approximately 85 individuals working in all artistic disciplines. The Foundation strives to provide a respectful, comfortable and productive environment, freeing artists from the pressures and distractions of daily life. 
- Located on a 20,000 acre working cattle ranch in the foothills of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains (USA).
- Duration: 2 to 8 weeks.
- Deadline: October 1st
Artists Unlimited
Artists Unlimited is an artists association and art house that combines living and working under one roof since 1985. The project runs a gallery and a guest studio and has until now financed three-month-grants for 70 guest artists from all over the world. 
- Where: Bielefeld, Germany
- Duration: 3 months
- Deadline: October 1
Festival Lab
FESTIVAL LAB is a year long and Europe wide training programme designed for up-and-coming contemporary theatre festival directors and producers. It is an opportunity for the next generation of festival directors and producers from across Europe to explore and showcase their ideas at pioneering festivals whilst receiving inspirational and hands on support from experienced practitioners.
- Deadline for application: September 30
Viral Video Award 2010
Viral Video is looking for films with a message. All entries should be aiming to communicate either a promotional, ideational, political or original message. They cannot be older than two years and should have already been successful at spreading the net, or at least be on the way to doing just that. Submit your film online if: it has been especially made for the internet; it was made with the aim to spread virally or has already been virally distributed; it is either endorsing or opposing an image, an institution, a brand, a product or an idea.
- Deadline: September 11
- Awards from 500 to 1000 euro
Pixxelpoint
Pixxelpoint new media art festival aims to bring the information technology and new media art closer to the general public, and to raise awareness about a different potential to use computer among the young.
- Where: Nova Gorica, Slovenia
- When: December 3 - 10
- Deadline: September 30
ArtResideRUS
There are only a few artist-in-residence opportunities in Russia. But the potential is huge. This became clear during the symposium - Artist in Residence: Tourism? Culture? Gentrification? - which took place at Senezh and Moscow, 14 - 17 June, 2010. The aim was to brainstorm on the artist-in-residence potential in Russia and to create a network to support artist-in-residence initiatives in Russia.
Barcelona, Spain, studio - offered
Shared studio for visual artists in the heart of Barcelona (Spain). Two floors, 100 sq mt, sunlight, outdoor balcony, fully-equipped.
Available for 6 artists (max) For short or long stays, from one day to several months.
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