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Analytical Report March 2021
COVID-19: Second Impact Survey on the Arts Residency Field
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65% of artists have been forced to pursue non-arts work, while 12.2% are considering leaving the sector entirely. 68% of artists and 61% of arts residency operators have been unable to access emergency funding. 88% of artist respondents have had their mental health impacted by the pandemic, with 57% saying it has affected their ability to produce new works. More than a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, creative sectors around the world are still struggling. By our nature of facilitating arts and cultural exchange across national and international borders, the field of arts residencies is one of the hardest-hit. This continuing partnership between Res Artis and University College London (UCL) aims to document the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector in the short, medium, and long term. Our first survey of artists and arts organisations found that by September 2020, a majority (54%) of planned residencies had been cancelled, modified, cut short, or postponed. One in 10 arts residency operators reported being forced to close indefinitely, and just 17% of respondents were able to access emergency funding support. The Survey I report, published in November 2020, explains these and other findings in more detail. This, the second of three survey reports addressing the impact of COVID-19 on the arts residency sector, reveals further troubling statistics and anecdotes from artists and residency operators about the medium-term impact of the pandemic. This report addresses the financial state of the sector one year into COVID-19, what funding support has been available to the sector, the mental health impact on artists, and anticipations for the future of the sector in the coming year. By illustrating the changing situation of the artist mobility sector through quantitative and qualitative data, we hope to inform artists, sector funders, and researchers, and make policy recommendations to encourage a strong recovery for the sector world-wide.
Read the report here: ResArtis_UCL second survey report_COVID-19 impact on arts residencies
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Res Artis Conference 2021 Bangkok: Defining the Next Decade
8, 10-11, 14, 16-17 September 2021
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| Res Artis is excited to announce our first ever fully digital Res Artis conference hosted by SAC Gallery, Bangkok and supported by the French Embassy in Bangkok and EUNIC. Titled Defining the Next Decade, the conference will examine the tremendous impact of COVID-19 and the future of the international arts residencies field. The conference will present the results of Res Artis survey data and examine new models of arts residencies that have evolved in response to the pandemic. This includes the rise in local exchange, virtual residencies, and digital residency activity that has occurred while physical exchange is paused. Taking place during diverse time zones spread over two weeks in September, the virtual nature of this conference will reflect new digital residency activity emerging in the field and will offer greater accessibility for attendees and contributors alike. We will offer workshops and presentations from members of the art residency field throughout the world with a particular focus on those based in South East Asia and Thailand. The conference will include physical elements such as care packages sent to participants; opportunities for facilitated small group interactions; artistic offerings in performance, music, dance, and culinary lessons; and Bangkok gallery and residency tours. This promises to be a digital event unlike any other that through its programming and format will address the importance of meaningful “hosting” in the virtual realm. |
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Beyond Distance: How Arts Residencies are Migrating Online and Virtual Residencies - Shortening the Distance
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 | This video was produced as part of the Goethe-Institut St. Petersburg : Гёте-институт в Петербурге “Kulturcafé” series. |
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Res Artis member Anastasia Patsey, director of the Музей нонконформистского искусства / Museum of nonconformist art and head of the SPAR program in St. Petersburg has kindly shared this video VIRTUAL RESIDENCES – SHORTENING THE DISTANCE where she talks about the concept of virtual residences and their concrete implementation.
Anastasia also convened the virtual panel discussion on 11 November 2020 for "Beyond Distance: How Art Residencies are Migrating Online" with various international participants including Res Artis Executive Director Eliza Roberts. The discussion has been captured in a limited edition zine and you can read the transcript here. |
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Artists At Risk Connection have released a
new Safety Guide for Artists
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Image and text courtesy of Artists At Risk Connection
Artists take risks, but they should not have to risk their lives. Nevertheless, global watchdogs document hundreds of cases each year of artists who are attacked, imprisoned, and even killed for their work––and countless more cases go undocumented. In response to these realities, ARC has developed A Safety Guide for Artists, a first-of-its-kind manual that offers practical strategies for artists to understand, navigate, and ultimately overcome risk. While such tools have been developed for journalists, human rights defenders, and cartoonists, no guide has been designed specifically for artists. The Safety Guide for Artists fills this crucial gap in providing artists with a resource tailored to their needs. When an artist first faces risk, there are not a lot of roadmaps: the experience can be incredibly isolating and disorienting. A Safety Guide for Artists explores topics such as defining and understanding risk, preparing for threats, fortifying digital safety, documenting persecution, finding assistance, and recovering from trauma. Tips and strategies were drawn from testimonies of artists who have faced persecution, including Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera, Lebanese singer Hamed Sinno, American visual artist Dread Scott, and Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, as well as the research and expertise of ARC’s vast network of partners. The guide is available in English, Spanish, and French and you can find it at:
https://artistsatriskconnection.org/story/new-safety-guide-for-artists |
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Open Calls Closing Soon:
new Res Artis weekly newsletter coming soon!
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Image courtesy of The Arctic Circle.
Res Artis will shortly be launching a new weekly newsletter called 'Open Calls Closing soon'. This free newsletter will include all Res Artis open calls closing in the upcoming seven days.
You will have the opportunity to subscribe to to the Res Artis Open Calls Closing Soon newsletter soon. Opt in and never miss an open call application deadline again! |
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Call out: What is helping you navigate
your residency program through COVID-19?
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Res Artis is collating examples of tools and strategies that arts practitioners and arts residency program managers have implemented to help them navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. Have you used new technology to go digital? Have you reimagined your programming to include non-arts sectors? Have you created new international partnerships to pool funds? If you’re happy to share your innovative workings with the Res Artis community, please complete this short form. We look forward to hearing from you! |
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