Exchange Residency SAHA
SAHA and MORPHO inaugurate their collaboration in 2023 within the scope of MORPHO’s international residency programme, hosting around 20 artists every year. SAHA supports the participation of an artist based in Turkey.
The residency lasts for 2 months, in the period of August 1 – September 30, 2023.
MORPHO offers
- artistic guidance and practical assistance from the staff
- studio visits and field trips introducing you to the local art scene
- a private bedroom in the residency house, including shared kitchen, bathroom and living room
- an individual work space of 20-40 m2 in a former monastery with garden
- a network of facilities for specific productions
- online presentation of the artist’s work
- free access to most exhibitions and events at Kunsthal Extra City
Financial support
- Up to 550 euros round trip travel plus visa costs are covered. The residency also provides a 1,000 euros monthly fee and up to 500 euros project budget.
About MORPHO
MORPHO, a non-profit arts organisation working in Antwerp since 2008, is committed to the development of artistic practice. We give time, space and resources to artists with the aim of fostering a dynamic and sustainable context for artistic work. We do this by creating studio space in the city and setting up residency exchanges with partners abroad. In our artist residency, located in a twentieth-century mansion behind Central Station and the Zoo, we annually host around twenty Belgian and international residents whom we provide personal guidance in their projects and trajectories. The programme consists of weekly collective sessions in an environment that encourages critical dialogue and playful experimentation. We also regularly organise events and presentations in the adjacent former monastery where the residency studios are located. We share the monastery site and accompanying garden with our partner Kunsthal Extra City. Our operation is supported by the city of Antwerp and the Flemish government.
About SAHA
SAHA is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation established in 2011 in Turkey. The autonomy and sustainability of SAHA is secured through a model that provides collective funding through corporate and individual supporters, and self-government. SAHA’s mission is to support contemporary art from Turkey through collaborations and partnerships with local and international arts institutions on three domains: the commission and production of artworks; production of publications and artist’s books; and artistic or curatorial residency and research.
Aiming to improve the infrastructure of artists, curators, critics, and art initiatives from Turkey and to enhance their dialogue and visibility within global networks, SAHA has supports artists, curators, and art writers from Turkey in different projects around the world while granting Sustainability Funds to several independent art initiatives and publication projects across Turkey. Since 2019, SAHA also operates a residency programme, namely SAHA Studio in Istanbul that provides artists, curators, and writers a short-term studio space, resources, and mentorship to foster artistic production further with international networking opportunities.
While international artists and curators who come to Istanbul for research are hosted at SAHA Residency in Galata, SAHA supports the participation of artists and curators from Turkey in the residency programmes of internationally acclaimed institutions abroad. SAHA has ongoing partnerships with Tate St. Ives, ARTWORKS in Athens, Slavs and Tatars Residency in Berlin, Delfina Foundation in London, Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, and ISCP in New York for artist-in-residency programmes.
For further information: www.saha.org.tr