By Jean-Baptiste Joly
It is easier to define an artist residency by saying what it is not: not a museum or a library because conservation is not its primary task, neither a theater nor a school. In his lecture,
Jean-Baptiste Joly will explain the origin of artist’s residencies and describe their role in the current art ecosystems in different parts of the world. He will also give an insight into his experience with artists since he was appointed as director of
Akademie Schloss Solitude in 1989. The third part of the lecture will be dedicated to the current global landscape of artist’s residencies.
© Jean-Baptiste Joly
Jean-Baptiste Joly, born 1951 in Paris, studied German literature and civilisation in Paris and Berlin. From 1983 to 1988 he was director of the French Cultural Institute in Stuttgart, Germany where he opened the very first artist residency in such an institution. From 1989 to 2018 he was the founding director and artistic director of
Akademie Schloss Solitude also in Stuttgart, one of the largest artist residencies in Europe.
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