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Residencies

Taking up a residency can be one of the most inspiring and rewarding opportunities for cultural practitioners and artists. Our residency programmes focus on professional development, artistic exchange and facilitating artistic research and processes. We believe conceptualising and making new work in a different location and context nurtures creative thinking, promotes experimentation and offers new perspectives. Residencies provide opportunities to collaborate with others, allowing artistic practices to develop and thrive. We work across various artforms including dance, visual arts, music, technology, theatre, journalism.

Here you can find our current residencies. 

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  • Earth Month 2025: Cultures of Action

    The project Earth Month 2025: Cultures of Action, initiated by Goethe-Institut Glasgow, Institut Français d'Écosse, and ClimateCulture, combines a slow travel artists residency with a public programme,  fostering cultural enrichment and cross-cultural exchange on climate action and strengthening ties between France, Germany, and Scotland.

    Earth Month 2025 - Cultures of Action © ClimateCulture / Susanna Basso © ClimateCulture / Susanna Basso

  • English PEN Writers at Risk Residency

    Since 2022, the Goethe-Institut London has been offering residencies for international writers as part of the ‘Writers at Risk’ programme in collaboration with English PEN.

    Person writes in a book © Canva © Canva

  • Delfina Residency

    The Goethe-Institut London and Delfina Foundation offer residencies in collaboration. Their joint residency programmes have different curatorial foci on contemporary art and everyday life. 

    Artwork including plants in pots © Michael Moser © Michael Moser

  • Goethe-Institut x Somerset House Studios Residency

    Goethe-Institut London, Somerset House Studios and CTM Festival have established an international artist residency programme to support Germany-based artists working at the intersection of music, art and technology for a period of three months. 

    Black and white landscape image of Ellen wearing a knitted jumper and with her hair slicked back. A triangular shadow is on the wall behind her. © Ellen Arkbro © Ellen Arkbro

  • Worldwide Arts funding and residencies

    The Goethe-Institut promotes art and culture in a variety of projects in Germany and abroad. You can search by genre, funding type and duration.

    Arts funding and residencies © Unsplash/Matthieu Comoy © Unsplash/Matthieu Comoy

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