For artists
The city of Utrecht positioned in the middle of the Netherlands. With approx. 375.000 inhabitants it has quite a rich cultural life. We have many music venues and festivals, but also a lot of theatres and cinemas. On top of that, we have the largest university of the Netherlands and all sorts of schools and education. Residenties in Utrecht is a small platform that brings interdisciplinary networks alive around international artists. The basic idea is: let’s cooperate and bring culture, education and society together.
What we can offer?
Residenties in Utrecht is an organization with a big network in the cultural work field of Utrecht. We facilitate collaborations between these organizations and international artists.
These collaborations start with the need for an artists view on different perspectives. Organizations can contact us and ask for help when they want to set up a collaboration with a specific international artist.
This is where our journey starts, we will invite the artist to come to Utrecht to share their vision with the cultural organization and the city.
Residenties in Utrecht accommodates, gives advice and helps build a network in Utrecht. Our goal is to connect in the broadest way possible.
If you get invited by Residenties in Utrecht, you will become a resident of our organization. You will be part of our network and we will support you as an artist. Basically, we coordinate your vision and dreams. We will bring you in contact with students, teachers and institutions throughout the city .
We want to challenge you, and we want you to learn. We call that reciprocity.
There is no artistic vision that an artist has to follow. We like to harvest and share ideas, bring organisations together and we like to try in new ways en forms. It doesn’t have to be perfect, it has to be honest. We invite you come more often to Utrecht, to get to know the city and let the city know you.
What we ask from you?
You are an artist (or a thinker) with a mission. You like to change or innovate something. Your focus is broad and you are engaged with societal topics.
You are from abroad and bring ideas and a perspective that are new to us. Communication is key and collaboration is important in your practice. You also like to challenge yourself and the people you work with.
You like to work in Utrecht and want to set up new connections here. You are interdisciplinary and open to new opportunities. Most of all you like to lear from new experiences and improve yourself and your work.
Basically: You want to build a citywide residency together with our help.