Artists residencies have become essential to many artistic vocations. They play an important role in facilitating and muster artists’ ability to move across the world.

1. Art Residency India
Artists’ residencies have become essential to many artistic vocations. They play an
important role in facilitating and muster artists’ ability to move across the world.
Artist – in – residence is a term used that matches the variation of its use and practices. This
is the way Dutch Culture / Trans Artists has approached and still approaches the
phenomenon. The meaning denotes that artist and other creative professionals like
academicians, curators can stay and work elsewhere temporarily by participating in artist-in-
residence programs and other residency opportunities. Art Residencies are provided with
opportunities such as, an organized opportunity for artists to stay and work elsewhere,
temporary time and space etc.
The first wave of artist-in-residence programs came at the beginning of the last century,
Take The Corporation of Yaddo, founded in 1900.
India is a complex country, a land full of contrast, beauty and surprises. In the current
century, artist participating in residency programmes build bridges between cultures and
diversity of different countries, thus can increase understanding between countries. Also
the new technologies are providing new experiences including residencies in the digital
space.
Fields under the Artist Residency include Literature, Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, Journalism
and Social/Cultural Achievement. Residencies have been the most creative as it gives
enough time to absorb the Indian experience, travel and create work. Residencies are not to
be seen as restrictive to what they illustrate.
Some of the residency programmes in India offer the artist an opportunity to travel around,
see interesting places of the area, enjoy local festivals, nature, food, communicate with
native people and know more and deeper about the culture of the place. Creating such vast
knowledge and skills can be incorporated into an individual’s practice producing
contemporary artwork and forms of traditional craft.A significant number of artists, culture
professionals and artists’ residencies programmes are engaged with creating new models of
work that contribute to environmental sustainability.
The phenomenon of artists’ residencies is thriving, changing and continuing to provide
excellent opportunities for creative work and collaboration for artists hence providing more
opportunities in this field.