About our Residencies
We continue to support creatives with one of the UK’s leading programmes for risk-taking work and experimental practices. These include solo (or collective) and international residencies, which provide a fee, a materials budget, paid travel, and mentorship, as well as vital support at crucial points in an artist’s professional development. Either bridging the gap between leaving university and entering the art world, or providing opportunities for those who have not been able to access traditional art routes, we encourage artists to develop their practice and push boundaries. We also help facilitate conversations and meaningful engagement between artists, local peers and our communities.
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Our Vision
A residency programme that reflects the world we want to live in, where artists are paid fairly, supported to take creative risks, and celebrated for the diverse perspectives they bring. Our residencies model a more inclusive arts sector: equitable, accessible, and anti-exploitative.
Our Mission
To create residencies that offer time, space, and fair pay for artists to experiment, make, and connect. To provide tools and support needed for artists at all stages to thrive – from emerging to established/career break, local to international. Each residency champions care, inclusion, and professional respect, rejecting unpaid labour and the idea that “exposure” is compensation.
We build relationships that last beyond the residency, supporting sustainable creative careers and nurturing bold, socially engaged practice that challenges and inspires.
Our Values
- Fair Pay and Equity: We value creative labour and commit to paying artists fairly for their time, skills, and ideas. No Art House residency is unpaid or exposure-based.
- Access and Inclusion: Every artist should be able to take part. We design residencies around individual access needs, with adaptable spaces, flexible working arrangements, and support for disabled and sanctuary-seeking artists.
- Care and Collaboration: We foster trust, shared learning, and creative exchange. Our residencies are rooted in care and respect.
- Growth and Sustainability: We support artists’ long-term development, offering space to experiment and fail safely. We invest in residencies that build sustainable careers and contribute to a fairer creative ecosystem.
Calling Residency Partners! Want to work with us?
We believe the arts sector can and must do better: by inviting contributors at all levels to be paid and aiming for better representation. If you’re an organisation that shares this vision, let’s partner.
Art is fundamental to understanding ourselves, people, and the world around us. The Art House champions diverse voices – we give a platform to creatives who are underrepresented or marginalised in the arts and support them to break barriers and achieve their potential. Your support combined with our specialism in nurturing artistic excellence will help our future talented creatives. If you would like to partner on our 2026 Artist Residency Programme, we’d love to hear from you!
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