Delfina Foundation – Spring 2026 Residency (Making and Materiality)
- September 4, 2025
- 109
- Photography Grants
Opportunity type: Residency
For: Different artists
Deadline: 14/09/25
Rewards: Residency + £1k + mentorship + travel
Location Eligibility: Worldwide
About this opportunity
Delfina Foundation announces an open call for its Spring 2026 residency season (26 March – 19 June 2026), under the new theme Making and Materiality. This programme brings together artists, makers, designers, and those working across disciplines to explore the intersections between craft and contemporary art.
Historically, craft and art have often been separated by institutions, markets, and hierarchies. This programme challenges that division, framing making as a form of knowledge in itself, deeply tied to cultural memory, ecological responsibility, and political realities.
Over three months, 10 to 12 practitioners will share Delfina’s Project Space in London as a site for experimentation, research, and dialogue. The programme encourages collaborative inquiry rather than finished outcomes, supporting process-driven exploration, peer-to-peer exchange, and public engagement.
This first edition of the theme is particularly interested in practices that:
- Engage with materials carrying cultural, ecological, or political meanings
- Critically reflect on origins, responsibilities, and techniques tied to those materials
- Demonstrate sustained, hands-on engagement with making
- Commit to ethical, collaborative, and/or community-informed practice
Rewards
- Fully funded 12-week residency for international participants, including:
- A return economy-class flight
- Airport transfers in the UK
- Reimbursement of visa fees (if required)
- Per diems of £35 per day
- A materials budget of £1000
- A travel pass for London’s public transport network
- A single bedroom with a desk at Delfina Foundation, a house which hosts up to 8 residents with shared facilities, including: bathrooms, laundry rooms, a kitchen, a library and a dining room.
- £3,000 fee and support for UK participants
- Professional mentorship and peer exchange
- Access to Delfina’s networks of artists, curators, academics, researchers, and institutions
- Participation in workshops, talks, screenings, and public programmes
- Opportunity to be part of an international cohort and long-term alumni network
Eligibility
- Be an artist, maker, designer, or practitioner working across these boundaries
- Show alignment with the Making and Materiality theme
- Be proficient in English (the working language of the programme)
- Apply as individuals (collectives may apply but usually only one member can be hosted)
- Submit a clear proposal for how they will use the residency
- Both early-stage and ongoing projects are eligible. Finished outcomes are not required.
Entry Fee
Free to apply
How to Apply
Apply using the link: Delfina Foundation Open Call
All questions regarding this award should be sent to info@delfinafoundation.com
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