Call for applications: Pro Helvetia residencies 2023

Applicants from Switzerland may also apply for residencies in Southern, East, West or Central Africa. The residency programme is open to artists and cultural practitioners working in the fields of music, visual arts, design and interactive media, literature and performing arts, as well as arts practitioners with a transdisciplinary focus.

Residencies serve to gain inspiration, to establish networks and to work on projects. Pro Helvetia provides accommodation, travel costs, a daily allowance, professional guidance, a workplace (on request) and a contribution towards production/material costs (on request).

Pro Helvetia supports three residencies per person at most.

Selection criteria

• Convincing track record: professional activity with a national/transregional reach.
• Context-related motivation.
• Sufficient knowledge of English.
• Concrete exchange project with a lasting impact.

How to apply

• In order to apply, applicants should create an application and must have a user account.
• They can use the same account to create and submit all their applications.
• In order to register, they need a valid email address and a password containing at least six characters.
• After initial registration, applicants will automatically be sent an email to activate their account, and this will also explain what to do next.
• Applications may be submitted once a year, with an application deadline of 1 March.
• Application must be submitted in English, via the online portal. Applicants should choose the option ‘Residencies of the Liaison Offices’ when making their application.

“We have strong existing partner networks that can host visiting Swiss arts professionals in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Madagascar and DRC in Southern and Central Africa; in Uganda and Ethiopia in East Africa; and Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal in West Africa,” Pro Helvetia says. “In countries outside of these existing networks, applicants would need to give some consideration in their proposals to potential host partners and local arrangements for their residency.”

View the original call here.