Q&A

What is the point of an artist residency?

What is the point of an artist residency?

What is the purpose of an artist residency? Artist in residence programs provide the opportunity for artists to have a designated time and space to create new work. For the organization hosting the residency, it’s an opportunity to bring in outside artists to engage with their community.

How do artist in residence programs work?

An artist-in-residence is when a museum recruits a person (or group of people) with a specific skill or attribute to produce work, provide advice, and/or promote the museum for a defined period of time, from just a few days to a year or more.

Do artists really need social media?

Even though having an active social media account has become an Industry wide expectation, it is not a requirement to becoming a successful artist. Remember, though, social media is just one way to communicate with people interested in your artwork.

Do artist residencies pay?

Residencies come in all types. Some of them will pay you, some will be free, and some will require you to pay to apply and attend. Some might not charge room and board but might require you to purchase and cook your own food. Some might have more fees, but also provide more.

Which is the heart of the Transart Institute?

Residency intensives are the heart of Transart Institute and critical hubs for events and exchange together with a myriad of exhibitions, screenings, performances, publications, conference, talks and other events that take place in-between by Transart members both collaboratively and individually—see them here.

Is the Transart Institute for Creative Research a PhD?

This unique new low-residency one-year MFA Creative Practice is a research degree that will be offered in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU,pending final validation in May 2021). There’s also an option to continue on to the PhD course with an accepted proposal at the end of the year.

What do you need to know about Transart?

Transart provides a unique entwinement of live and trans local intensives and interim mutual support in any form you and your advisors agree upon. There are no requirements as to how these communications take place in terms of presence, media, time and space, just guidelines.

How long does it take to get a PhD at Transart?

This opens in a new window. Our unique three year Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) full-time low-residency programme requires an average work commitment of 30 hours per week. Intensive dates and lengths will vary between 2 and 14 days.