Danish Arts Foundation — Grants for Residencies Abroad 2027 for Visual Artists and Curators (1–6 Months, up to DKK 10,000 a Month)
A grant programme of the Danish Arts Foundation's committee for visual arts for stays at residencies abroad.
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A grant towards a stay at a foreign residency: travel to and from the residency, housing if the residency does not include it, the cost of the residency programme itself, and a living grant of up to DKK 10,000 a month (DKK 2,000 a week). The committee may award less than the amount requested. The aim is to strengthen the applicant's professional network and practice. Answers within 12 weeks of the deadline.
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Visual artists, curators and art mediators who work professionally with contemporary art and have a substantial connection to the Danish art scene. The stay must last 1 to 6 months at a professionally run residency with an art programme and access to a network of curators and critics. Not funded: stays under one month or over six, residencies that only offer a studio or housing (including refuges and retreats), stays focused only on producing work, material or production costs, fully financed stays, stays that began before the deadline, and insurance, visa and vaccination costs. Only costs from the current or the next calendar year count.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- 14:00. The page marks the 2027 deadline as provisional ("FORELØBIG FRIST - AFVENTER"); the application guide is updated at the latest a month before the deadline
- Programme dates
- Stays of 1 to 6 months, starting after the deadline
- Results
- Within 12 weeks of the deadline
- Costs to the artist
- Residency costs not covered by the grant; fully funded stays are excluded
- Language
- Danish; the grants portal needs MitID