Elmo's House Holds Inaugural Artist Residency in Batan, Aklan, Philippines
Founded by Filipina-Canadian artist Kuh Del Rosario, Elmo's House Artist Residency follows a long tradition of artist spaces dedicated for the purpose of creating work, conducting research and networking with other artists from all over the world.
Nestled in a small seaside town of Batan, Aklan, Philippines artists in residence will have the opportunity to live/work in a unique environment free from city life distractions. Within walking distance to secluded destinations and with the regions' rich cultural history, artists in residence have plenty of inspiration to draw from.
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Founded by Filipina-Canadian artist Kuh Del Rosario, Elmo's House Artist Residency follows a long tradition of artist spaces dedicated for the purpose of creating work, conducting research and networking with other artists from all over the world. Each residency is structured differently with varying degrees of support for artists.
Elmo's House Artist Residency will be the first of its kind in Batan, Aklan, Philippines. Nestled in a small seaside town, artists in residence will have the opportunity to live/work in a unique environment free from city life distractions. Within walking distance to secluded destinations and with the regions' rich cultural history, artists in residence have plenty of inspiration to draw from.
In 2017, Elmo's House Artist Residency will be welcoming their first 20 artists to help them achieve this goal. With such an ambitious goal, Elmo's House needs your help to support artists.
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Filipina Artist Lou Lim Granted Prestigious Artistic Residency in Paris, France
26 year old contemporary artist Lou Lim was recently granted a prestigious artistic residency at the Palais de Tokyo, a popular contemporary art museum in Paris, France. The residency is part of the museum's "Emerging Artists from Emerging Countries" program which seeks to showcase little-known but gifted Southeast Asian artists to the French art world. Lim is one of six other artists in Southeast Asia, and the first Filipino to ever be selected for this program. Story from The Rappler.
Image courtesy of The Rappler.
Paris is a city known for producing intellectuals and artists the likes of Claude Monet and Auguste Rodin. Most artists can only imagine being exhibited in any of the city's galleries; but one Filipina is already living that dream.
Lou Lim, a 26 year old from Binagonan, Rizal, was granted an artistic residency in Palais de Tokyo – a popular contemporary art museum in Paris – as part of its "Emerging Artists from Emerging Countries" program, which runs from November until June next year.
Emerging Artists from Emerging Countries is an innovative venture that grants six artists across Southeast Asia an artistic residency in Palais de Tokyo running from November until June.
Many firsts
After applying for Emerging Artists, Lim was the first ever Filipino to be accepted.
Lim was astonished upon receiving her grant: “It is an overwhelming feeling – deeply happy, thankful, and excited; but, at the same time, [I'm] still learning to build my confidence in what I do and will be doing, and trying not to entertain anxiety.”
Though Lim had taken part in group exhibits around the country like Fundacion Broke and Xing E Jacinto, this is her first time to be exhibited internationally and is actually her first time of the country. She said of the experience: “It is actually a lot of firsts for me. First [time] out of the country, first residency, first [time] to live on my own."
Her process
Lim works closely with mixed media, particularly paint on resin, and focuses on the surfaces and skin as subjects: “I wanted to explore and suggest the masking and unmasking of things. I am intrigued by how surface would imply that there is always something else."
Regardless of the medium and materials used, this had always been recurring subjects in her artwork.
Lim said, "By changing the surface of things, or just lifting them up from their familiar context to another, I would like to interrogate or provide a comparison and contrast, or more likely a setting in which there could be a hope to look in the gaps, or in the linkage between them not from a figure of authority, but as an individual that seeks to inquire and understand."
She remarked that she is fascinated with dissecting the skin as both a surface and a symbol; which create pieces that are at once individual and interconnected.
Bay Area Artists! Apply for the Artist-in-Residence Program in Hunter's Point/Bayview. Deadline: December 14
This is a call for artists of all visual or cross-disciplinary media for an 18-month long artist studio residency. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and must work, live, or are involved or have a personal history with the Bayview/Hunters Point Community. The artist residency will take place from January 2016-May 2017. To apply or learn more, visit http://www.shipyardtrust.org/artist-in-residence-program/
Islais Creek, Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco. Image courtesy of The Point.
This is a call for artists of all visual or cross-disciplinary media for an 18-month long artist studio residency. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and must work, live, or are involved or have a personal history with the Bayview/Hunters Point Community. The artist residency will take place from January 2016-May 2017. The artist residency will take place from January 2016-May 2017 and will include:
- Large private artist studio (work-in only)
- Fee for Fall Open Studios and Spring Open Studios,
- $500 stipend for related expenses
- Access to one of the largest artist communities in U.S.
- 18-month artist studio residency
To learn more or apply, visit the Shipyard Trust for the Arts website here.