Residency Announcement
Deadline: 15 January 2017
Occurs: 2 October-2 December 2017
Van Abbe Museum | Eindhoven, NL
The Van Abbemuseum and the GGzE (Mental Health Care Institute Eindhoven) invite national and international artists or artist groups working in the fields of socially engaged art, community art, participatory art, art & science, social design or other related fields to apply for the Artist in Residence Programme “Artistic Strategies in Psychiatry”. During the two months residency on site at the GGzE, the artists are asked to develop and realize site specific projects of high artistic quality and innovative approaches that have a concrete, positive and lasting impact which relate to one or more of the following objectives:
· reducing prejudices in society against mental health care and psychiatric illnesses
· dealing with specific needs and problems of clients, ex-clients, their relatives or friends
· enhancing the inclusion of clients or ex-clients in society
· improving the living conditions and environment of clients or ex-clients
· improving the working conditions and environment at the GGzE
· making a concrete, positive and lasting impact on the institution, its clients or staff
The invited artists will be provided a studio to work on site at GGzE in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Mental Health Care Institution, its clients and staff. They should envisage a close cooperation with the GGzE and the Van Abbemuseum as well as with local or national institutions, organizations, communities and individuals which are concerned with issues according to the submitted projects.