Our International Residency programme is a 12 & 6 month programme offering artists time & space to develop their practice.
The Florence Trust Residency programme provides a dynamic development programme and studio residency in London for twelve artists a year.
The programme is designed to support artists’ artistic and professional development through mentoring and tours and is tailored to their personal objectives during their stay. Successful applicants will be joining a variety of international visual artists on this residency programme.
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The FT Residency offers
- 12 or 6 months affordable studio space in central London
- 24 hours access to your studio
- Open studio
- Final Exhibition
- In house event programming
- Facilitation and support
- Socials and networking
Who is it for?
The residency is open to contemporary visual artists working in all disciplines.
Aspiring artists producing high quality work who have not had the opportunity to work in London before will be prioritised. Applicants should have at least a moderate level of spoken English, and should feel comfortable engaging in artistic discussions in English. The selected artists should be able to engage discursively and speculatively with FT’s environment and London’s wider artistic and cultural context.
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Please note that applications are currently closed. Check our Instagram for updates.
Application Requirements
- An artist’s statement describing your practice and areas of interest (up to 250 words).
- CV
- A simple statement outlining your plans, if you were to be offered the residency, which could include a short description of a research project specific to the context of London or your residency (up to 250 words). This proposal does not have to be definitive and can change during the course of the residency.
- Links to your website and social media.
- Your full name, contact address, e-mail and telephone numbers if available, plus confirmation that you will be available from 01/04/2025 –31/01/2026, if selected.
Application Fee
There is a £20 (non-refundable) application administration fee.
Once we receive your application materials via email, we will send you the bank details for the application fee. Please pay the fee and take a screen grab and keep it as a proof of your payment for your own records.
Successful applicants will be selected for online or live interviews with the residency admissions jury (FT programme directors), which will take place shortly after the application deadline, 2nd-9th March 2025. Successful applicants will be notified by 15th March 2025.
Please note that only the successful artist will be notified. Due to the volume of enquiries, we are unable to respond to requests for information about our open calls.