Jan van Eyck Academie residency 2028
Artists, designers, curators and other creative researchers can apply for an eleven-month residency in Maastricht. ART AFRICA reports studio accommodation, specialist facilities and a monthly stipend, with rent deducted. The programme accepts international applicants, including duos and parents, but selected participants must live in Maastricht. Application and enrolment charges apply, with an application-fee waiver for qualifying lower-income-country applicants.
Maastricht · Netherlands
Before you apply
Check residence and nationality requirements separately, confirm what costs you would cover, and allow time to prepare every required document. This listing is a guide; the organiser makes the eligibility decision.
- Status
- Open
- Organizer
- Jan van Eyck Academie
- Who can apply
- International artists, designers, curators, writers, architects and creative researchers; individuals, duos, collectives and applicants with children. Sufficient English and residence/municipal registration in Maastricht required. Former full-time Rijksakademie or De Ateliers participants are ineligible.
- Funding & support
- Reported monthly stipend of €1,500, or €2,000 for participants with children; accommodation rent and service costs are deducted. Studio apartment, laboratories and professional support supplied.
- Application fees
- Application €65 excluding VAT (€78.65 including VAT); enrolment €2,750 excluding VAT. Application fee waived only for applicants both from and living in qualifying DAC Least Developed, Low Income or Lower Middle Income countries/territories. No general enrolment-fee waiver stated.
- Travel support
- Visa application assistance is offered where relevant; travel funding is not stated.
- Accommodation
- Furnished private studio apartment; rent and service charges are deducted from the stipend. Participants must accept the offered accommodation and register in Maastricht.
- Disciplines
- Visual arts, Curating, Design, Writing, Architecture, Artistic research
- Deadline
- Application instructions specify 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET; not the separate calendar header date. Confirm current terms through the official application page.Organiser timezone: Europe/AmsterdamAccra time: 1 Dec, 22:59 GMT
- Programme dates
- Eleven-month residency, 15 January–15 December 2028.
- What to prepare
- Artist statement: 250 words/1,400 characters; motivation and proposal: each 500 words/3,150 characters. Alternatively submit combined audio/video up to eight minutes. One PDF, maximum 10 MB: recent work from the last five years (25 pages maximum) and CV (two pages maximum).
- How to apply
- Create a Dapple account, complete the English-language application, upload one PDF, pay the applicable fee and submit. Submitted applications cannot be amended.
- Selection process
- A committee assesses motivation, project purpose and critical reflection, while considering disciplinary, geographical and gender balance. Results are expected in May 2027.