Whether starting one’s art career or entering a more established stage, artist residencies can offer valuable resources and professional connections in a mostly opaque art world, not to mention time to focus on making work.Finding the right fit can depend on key factors: financial benefits, covered costs, what is asked of the participating artist, and what kind of exposure a program offers to the regional and international art crowd. Often, what may seem like an attractive place to work may end up including additional pressures to donate work or considerable time in exchange for the costs of running a program. This needs to be weighed individually by artists.
Edouard Glissant Art Fund, Residency, Martinique
This artist residency was inaugurated earlier this year to honor the writer, philosopher, and poet who lived on this island home-turned-residency from 1928 to 2011. The fund boasts an impressive scientific committee of curators and artists, including Tarik Kiswanson, Nathalie Bondil, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and the sculptor Melvin Edwards. Julien Creuzet, currently representing France at the Venice Biennale, was selected as its first participant. The seaside home can accommodate seven to 10 residents per year, with a monthly stipend of €2,000, and travel costs covered to the island.
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