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Intention and purpose
Artists’ residence Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral in Bad Ems, Foundation for Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate, which was founded in 1995, is a place of reflection, artistic production, discussion and meeting. It supports visual artists from the disciplines of painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, graphic arts, design, photography, video as well as from new media art and landscape art by awarding artists-in-residence scholarships.
Balmoral awards one project scholarship offering the visual artist an opportunity to develop a project at a different place. The purpose of this scholarship is to support a project of particular content to be realised within a specific time period and to recognise the artist’s previous artistic work. The project will be presented in Balmoral afterwards.
Eligibility
Eligible to apply for the project scholarship are international visual artists of any age from the disciplines of painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, printmaking, design, photography, video, new media, and landscape art.
Applicants for the project scholarship must be permanent residents of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The preconditions are a completed course of study in art (M.F.A.) and three years of continuous artistic work after the conclusion of studies until the beginning of the fellowship.
Applications are also possible for autodidacts distinguished by special artistic achievements, as documented by exhibitions and prizes.
To foster artistic dialog and interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge of German, English, or French is expected.
We expect from candidates to present projects which can be realized within the 6 month period of the scholarship so it might be presented in the annual show of the Balmoral scholarship holders.
Benefits and requirements
The Balmoral Project Scholarship is awarded for the period of six months. It is endowed with 1,200 € a month.
The yearly term of residence begins in April.
Together with the scholarship acceptance, the applicant will receive an agreement concluded with the Künstlerhaus. After the signing of the contract by the scholarship holder, the scholarship is regarded as legally granted.
Scholarship holders are required to write a report about their scholarship afterwards.
Selection procedure
The selection committee normally consists of one chairperson and seven members of the jury who are expert representatives of the following professional groups:
• an art critic
• a museum director or curator
• a representative of the studies of Fine Arts from a university or an art academy
• a member of the artists associations in the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate
• a visual artist
• the director of Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral
• an artistic adviser
• the desk officer of the Ministry for Education, Science, Youth and Culture of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz
New members of the jury are nominated on a rotational basis at 12- to 24-month intervals.
The members of the jury make their choice according to the quality of the work samples applicants have to hand in together with their application (for more details see Application documents).
Application procedure
All scholarships are announced publicly.
Double applications to the Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral and the Ministry for Education, Science, Youth and Culture of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate are not acceptable.
The decision on the award of the scholarships will be made by a panel of experts in consideration of the applicants’ capability of further developing their artistic work (see selection procedure). There is no legal claim to obtaining a scholarship. The applicants will not receive any reasons in writing for the decision made on the awarding of the scholarships, but will be informed of the result.
Applicants who were not accepted are not allowed to apply in the following year neither for the same nor another scholarship. They may apply again for a maximum of two further awards.
The awarding of a scholarship from Balmoral or the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate excludes further applications in the following five years.
An application will not be accepted if the same scholarship has already been awarded to that candidate.
Application documents
For all scholarships offered the following documents - no originals! - have to be submitted by mail in German, English or French:
- one passport photo
- a CV including your artistic career history and previous grants
- a statement of reasons why you have chosen this scholarship and an illustration of your objectives during your intended residence (maximum one A4 page)
- at least 10, but not more than 20 photos or other images of your artistic works (no slides, no photo CDs, no MAC data CDs), max A4 size
- explanations to the submitted works, one A4 page maximum (optional)
- at most three exhibition catalogues (collective catalogues only if your works cannot be presented in a different way)
- at most three video cassettes (VHS) or DVDs, each recording no longer than 15 min.
The application materials should not exceed a total weight of 2 kg incl. packing.
Applications by e-mail will not be accepted.
Please, only use the application form (pdf download).
Send your application to:
Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral
Villenpromenade 11
D-56130 Bad Ems
Germany
We will acknowlege receipt by e-mail.
Closing Date
The application period for the scholarships 2010 will be announced in time.
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