General information

General information

WIELS Residency Program in Brussels is an international laboratory for talented emerging artists from all over the world. WIELS provides a unique framework for artists to pursue their practice and engage in current debates and researches that examine the potentials of contemporary artistic production. WIELS Residency Program provides  the residents with a working studio (+/- 45m2) and a training program (with collective and individual tutorials) for 1 year for international residents and 6 months for Belgian or Belgium-based residents. During each residency, an optional public presentation is organized. The residency program is part of the larger WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, of which it forms an essential and complementary part. 

Residency Program Overview

1. Nine working studios are accessible 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Studios are furnished and have Internet access.

2. Weekly meetings and regular evaluations with the artistic tutors of the programme

3. Assistance in the creation and development of new projects. Outside technological and creative resources can be brought in as needed.
 
4. A program of studio visits by curators, critics and professional artists 

5. A program of exhibition/gallery visits in Belgium and the neighboring countries

6. An online archive of the residents projects on the residency blog: http://residency.wiels.org/

7. Exhibition & performance: WIELS makes every effort to exhibit or perform the projects created by the residents during their stay.
 
WIELS Residency Program is coordinated by Devrim  Bayar and supported by La Communauté française de Belgique, De Vlaamse Gemeenschap, De Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Fonds BKVBOffice for Contemporary Art NorwayEXKICECOFORMAPro Helvetia, The Agency for Cultural Affairs (Government of Japan), Goldschmidt Family, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Nicole Marian - Almine Ruiz-Picasso - Cathy Vedovi, Sylvie Winckler, Biscuiterie Dandoy, Leo Van Tuyckom, Kunstkring Roger Vanthournout, Olivier Gevart, Suzon Ingber and Philippe Aisinber, Nathalie Guiot.