Since 1992, the Thami Mnyele Foundation has hosted a unique artist-in-residence programme in Amsterdam. The residency promotes cultural exchange between artists from Africa, the African diaspora, the Netherlands, and Amsterdam, offering space for artistic development and collaboration. Open to African artists working in contemporary disciplines such as painting, performance, photography, video and multimedia, the three-month

Founded by artists in 1963, De Ateliers is the oldest artists’ workspace in the Netherlands. De Ateliers offers a two-year work period with an intensive coaching programme for about twenty starting artists. Participants are tutored by renowned artists.

For over 150 years, the Rijksakademie has been invested in artistic development and forward-thinking art. The Rijksakademie houses an artist community that is highly international, multi-disciplinary, experimental and critically engaged. In the two-year residency programme, up to 50 artists are open to challenging themselves, and to working alongside positions that are vastly different from their

BijlmAIR (Bijlmer Artist-in-Residence) is the residency programme of CBK Zuidoost in collaboration with Bradwolff Projects and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. International and Dutch artists are invited to temporarily work and live in the Bijlmer. The programme offers artists a working period, living and working space, an exhibition space and a modest working budget. For more