Open Call / Fully Funded Residency Program for Curators at Curatorial Program for Research (CPR)
Core Program:
CPR’s Research Program for Curators is at the core of our organization’s work. Fully funded, our annual nomadic residency provides an intensive immersion in a regional art scene. Organized by local hosts, CPR Core Programs feature visits to several cities in a region for a total of 3-4 weeks, providing an insight into their unique art, history and culture.
Through an Open Call, CPR selects 6-8 participating curators-in-residence per program. Merging academia with onsite research, our Core Program includes readings and classes about local history, arts and culture, as well as visits to artist studios, local art institutions, and cultural endeavors. CPR provides round-trip airfares, accommodation and local transport, unlike any other programs out there.
Current Open Call: Deadline March 15, 2023
CPR 2023: (RE)PRESENTATION IN THE NORDICS
August-September, 2023
Finland, Norway and Sweden
Open Call: February 15th – March 15, 2023
Supported by the Nordic Culture Fund, Frame Finland, The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, The Office for Contemporary Art, Norway, IASPIS, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual and Applied Arts, and the Visual Artists Support Center, Norrbotten, Sweden.
Our upcoming Core Program for curators. CPR 2023: (Re) Presentation in the Nordics, CPR’s 8th fully-funded research program in the Nordic region (Finland, Norway and Sweden) will take place in Summer 2023.
About CPR 2023
CPR 2023: RPN brings up to 8 international curators to Finland, Norway, and Sweden in August – September 2023 to research the regional art scene with the ambition to get a better understanding of the complex history and current political situation in the Nordics.
The Curatorial Program for Research has facilitated an international network of curators, artists and institutions since 2015. CPR 2023: RPN is a 4-week intensive curatorial research residency that will invite up to 8 international curators in August-September 2023 to visit Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The fully-funded fellowships allow curators to participate regardless of financial ability and, coupled with the open call, promotes equal access to knowledge and international networks.
CPR 2023: RPN is CPR’s eight research program for curators. Since our launch in 2015, CPR has expanded its reach with a new exhibition space in New York and residencies for Nordic artists in Buenos Aires and New York. CPR has funded over 80 artist and curatorial fellowships and has worked towards the representation of underserved artistic communities worldwide.
The open call and programming is organized by CPR Founding Director Carmen Ferreyra; Europe Director Susanne Ewerlöf; CPR2 Curator Natalia Viera Salgado with key local specialists: Ruben Steinum (Director, Office for Contemporary Art, Norway), Lena Malm (Head of IASPIS Visual Arts Program), and Ludvig Sjödin (Manager, Visual Artist Support Center, Norrbotten, Sweden), Ina Otzko (visual artist, Norway) and Jet Pascua (visual artist, Norway.)
Through the expertise of key local collaborators, and complemented by readings about local socio-political history, curators will partake in a conceptually connected program of visits to artist studios and art institutions – an immersive introduction to the artistic practice, production, and dissemination in the host locations and an opportunity to connect with peers.
The theme of the program is the complex issue of colonial history and present reality in the North today intertwined with aspects of sustainability and ecology. We will move towards an understanding of these issues together with artists working around these notions including indigenous and immigrant representation.
Curators also give back to the visited communities by giving public presentations about the work they are conducting in their home environment and by engaging in critical conversations with hosts and artists in the places we visit. The conversations that start as formal or informal chats during our program lead to actual collaborations within the next few years. Relationships formed during CPR 2022: Back to the North! resulted in three artists being invited to international exhibitions within six months of the program.
In line with our ambition to support curators and artists in our network we aim to invite one or more curators to make projects born from meetings and experiences during CPR 2023: (Re)Presentation in the Nordics at our recently open project space in NYC during 2024. All details regarding this will be announced following the completion of the program in the Fall of 2023.