HOW TO APPLY FOR A SACATAR RESIDENCY

• Sacatar Open Selection Process: approximately twenty Fellowships to be awarded, to artists of all ages, all nationalities and in all creative disciplines. There is an application fee of USD$35.00, payable at the time of submission.  The deadline for submissions to the Sacatar Open Selection Process 2012-2013 is OVER.  These eight-week residency Fellowships will be announced by the end of March 2012 and will be scheduled starting in 2012 and continuing through December 2013. We will announce the deadline for submissions to the next Sacatar Open Selection Process in 2013. 

• Africa Centre, South Africa, awarded annually to artists residing in South Africa, www.africacentre.net;

• Bienal do Recôncavo: the Sacatar Residency Prize awarded biennially to a Brazilian artist as part of this international biennale held in the state of Bahia, Brazil organized by the Centro Cultural Dannemann in São Felix, Bahia, Brazil, www.centroculturaldannemann.com.br;
• Cultural Exchange International / Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs: One Fellowship is awarded annually to an artist in any discipline living in Los Angeles County.  The CEI program is open only to artists living in Los Angeles County.  The selected artist receives airfare, studio, room, board and a two thousand U.S. dollar stipend, part of which is received upon completion of a public presentation after his or her return to Los Angeles County. www.culturela.org

• UNESCO/Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme: three bursaries awarded annually, in visual arts, creative writing (in any language) and music composition, for artists between the ages of 25 and 35, born and living in Africa, Asia, Russia, the former Soviet Republics, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and/or the Pacific Islands. www.unesco.org/culture/aschberg

• VideoBrasil: the Sacatar Residency Prize awarded biennially to a South American artist as part of this biennale held in São Paulo, Brazil, www.videobrasil.org.br.