Applicants must be:

1. Emerging or established artists.
2. Minimum 21 years old.
3. Citizens of the State of Qatar.
4. Fluent in English, spoken and written.
5. Fully vaccinated (3 shots).

We are a non-profit community-based project and none of our programs has a cost. For our Artist in Residence Program, only three applicants will be selected by our official jury and will be awarded with all the program’s benefits.

The Artist in Residence Program is an opportunity for Qatari artists who want to expand and upgrade their professional outreach through an intercultural exchange and by being introduced and exposed to the Latin American market.

The four-weeks program will provide three Qatari artists the opportunity to travel to Mexico in June 2022, offering them the chance to focus on their projects by providing flight fare, accommodation, studio space, mentorship, art supplies allowance, travel insurance and cultural tourism related activities.

All artistic work developed must follow the artistic direction of our 2022 edition: People, Places and Spaces.

The final work and research will be displayed in an exhibition celebrated in Doha, Qatar.

Creatively speaking, the work will vary depending on your skills and the locations you may visit.

In terms of deliverables, we provide this art direction and the following framework for our 2022 edition:

• Visual Arts
  5 art pieces

No. The Artist in Residence Program is designed for emerging and established creatives who are already able to work on their projects by themselves. However, mentoring sessions and the ABLA Speaker Series will be provided as part of the program.