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Guest accommodation in Paris, Swedish Institute

The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual and Applied Artists, IASPIS, collaborates with Institut Suedois in Paris to provide guest accommodation and stipend support for visual arts practitioners. The grant holder receives access to housing in a renovated 16th-century building in the Marais district and a stipend to cover travel and living expenses during their one-month stay. The Swedish Institute in Paris hosts programme activities involving music, literature, performing arts, design and visual arts. The purpose of this collaboration is to support artists' opportunities to create, develop and nurture contacts abroad. The six guest flats were renovated and furnished in 2019 by leading Swedish interior architects and designers. The one-room flat has two beds and a small work area, though it is primarily residential and cannot be used as a studio or rehearsal space.

Residency in Bangalore, 1 Shanthiroad

The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual and Applied Artists, IASPIS, offers a two-month residency at 1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery in Bangalore, India. The residency is designed for professional artists in visual and applied arts to create, develop and nurture their contacts outside Sweden. 1Shanthiroad is the oldest and most established residency in Bangalore, founded in 2003, and provides a workspace, studio apartment, and integration into the local artistic community. The residency includes a stipend of SEK 45,000 to cover travel, living expenses and material costs. The studio apartments are best suited for desk work, with shared meals being a regular feature. Artists will have access to Bangalore's vibrant arts scene, including connections to artists working with gender, sexuality, and new media technology, as well as opportunities to collaborate with other artists and engage with the city's rich cultural resources including museums, galleries, botanical gardens, and craft traditions.

Assistant grant

An assistant grant makes it possible to develop your work together with a more experienced colleague for a period of 5–10 months. You yourself contact the artist you want to assist and agree on the tasks. With such a grant, you work 50 percent as an assistant and can use the remaining time for your own artistic work. The grant is designed for professional artists in the field of visual arts or design who want to develop their artistic practice through mentorship and hands-on learning from an established artist. Recipients must be residents in Sweden or practice most of their art in Sweden, and cannot be students for more than 50 percent of their time when the award decision is made. The assistant grant provides financial support to enable emerging artists to gain valuable experience while continuing their own creative work.

Residency in New York, ISCP

The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual and Applied Artists (IASPIS) offers a residency programme at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York. The residency provides a three-month opportunity for Swedish-based practitioners in visual arts, photography, design, crafts, illustration, textile art, or architecture to live and work in New York. The programme includes a furnished two-room apartment on Hudson Street in Manhattan and a studio space of approximately 25 square meters at ISCP. The residency aims to support artists' opportunities to create, develop their practice, and nurture international contacts outside Sweden. Recipients receive a grant of SEK 90,000 to cover travel, living expenses, and certain material costs during the residency period. Four three-month residencies are offered annually for 2027, covering the periods of January-March, April-June, July-September, and October-December.

Working Grants and Long-Term Grants - Visual and Applied Arts

Working grants provide practitioners in the visual arts, photography, design, crafts, illustration, textile art or architecture with the opportunity to pursue and deepen their artistic practice. The grants are available for periods of one, two, five or ten years. One and two-year working grants are tax-exempt, while five and ten-year grants are taxable. The Swedish Arts Grants Committee determines the appropriate grant period based on the applicant's experience and artistic development. Grant recipients are selected based on the quality of artistic activities and the applicant's financial need, with the goal of distributing grants to artists in different parts of the country and across a variety of artistic expressions. Applications are accepted once per year and require submission of work samples demonstrating current artistic practice.

International Exchange and Travel Grant - Visual and Applied Arts

The Swedish Arts Grants Committee provides international exchange and travel grants to support artists in visual arts, photography, design, crafts, illustration, textile art, and architecture. The program supports artists' opportunities to create, develop and nurture contacts abroad through exchanges and travel. The grants support two main types of activities: international exchanges and travel abroad (including guest performances, exhibitions, residencies, workshops, conferences, and professional development trips) and international exchanges in Sweden (inviting foreign artists for collaborative work). Grants typically cover travel and living expenses, and in some cases transportation and participation fees. The program operates on a rolling basis with decisions made four times per year. Recipients must be professional artists resident in Sweden or primarily practicing their art in Sweden, earning a living entirely or partly from artistic activities and regularly presenting their work to an audience.