Studio 170 | Residency
Call for Proposals for 2026 is online!
Deadline to submit application is November 16, 2025
Call is for projects to be realized at the Goethe-Institut Boston in 2026.
To apply, visit the Studio 170 / Residency website.
A Laboratory for Ideas
The Goethe-Institut Boston opens its unique, flexible space in Back Bay to artists and creative minds as a “laboratory” for ideas.
Beyond just another gallery or concert hall, Studio 170 provides artists and audiences with an open, lively place for inspiration, experimentation, and open discourse in the heart of Boston. With this new format, the Goethe-Institut Boston invites New England artists from all fields of artistic practice to use our newly-renovated space to experiment, innovate, and connect with our international community.
Studio 170 was established in 2019 to open the Goethe-Institut Boston’s unique, flexible space to New England artists from all fields of artistic practice as a “laboratory” for ideas. A jury made up of curators and cultural advocates from New England selects a new cohort of artists per year from received applications. Since its founding, eight artists and artist collaboratives have developed projects within 2-week residencies. The plan is to expand the program to promote transatlantic dialogue and exchange between artists through solo and joint residencies in New England and Germany.
