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Jan 28th 2020

Velferden centre for Contemporary Art
received almost 100 applications for the newly established annual residency program, which offers two artists a two-month working stay. The program gives artists from all over the world an opportunity to work in peace and quiet with their projects, surrounded by the unique landscape we have to offer in Sokndal. The artists are awarded a studio in Velferden, and will be living in what used to be a workers' residence on Sandbekk. The stay includes meetings with regional artists / curators, and will also provide a good introduction and integration into the local environment. The program was established not only to give artists an interesting opportunity to work in a place with a lot of historical value, but also to give Sokndal and the Dalane region the opportunity to meet artists from all over the world, and in this way discover new valuable perspectives in our time.


The jury, which consisted of Hans Edward Hammonds, Maiken Stene and Margrethe Aanestad, selected two young and relatively newly graduated artists to come to Velferden, in March and April 2020. The jury is very excited to see what the artists will get out of a stay at Velferden, and also in meeting each other and the community we have here.

Lisa Vipola (b. 1982), lives and works in Stockholm.
Lisa grew up in the village of Jukkasjärvi in ​​Lapland 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, and which name means Meetingplace. Lisa uses the idea of ​​the meeting place as a starting point to open conversations about power, weakness, authenticity and value in our society. She works with photography, video, film and text, and with various sculptural materials such as textiles, wood and hair. Lisa's artwork is autobiographical, and she often uses herself as the main character in her work.
Lisa holds a bachelor's and master's degree in visual arts from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (2018) and Umeå University of Fine Arts (2014). She has participated in the symposium The Voice and the Institution at KHiO with the publication Accessen, an autofictional novel about silence, discrimination and abuse within today's institutions. Her documentary feature film The Journey to the Miracle Man has been shown at film festivals in Sweden, Poland, Latvia and San Francisco. Lisa has exhibited at Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, the Exhibition Laboratory in Helsinki and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm.

Clare Gatto (b. 1990), lives and works in Detroit, Usa.
Clare uses 3D rendering software to create and explore simulated bodies, egg sacs, and interstitial space. These digital simulations, in the form of video and photographic works, offer the in-between as an opportunity to reconsider ideas around the body as we know it and envision the physicalized self beyond labels and binaries. 
Clare Gatto earned a BFA from Ohio State State University (2012) and an MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2017), in the interim they co-founded MINT collective, a collaborative, multidisciplinary artist-run space in Columbus, OH. A recipient of the Mercedes Benz Financial Service New Beginnings Award (2017) and the Warren and Margot Coville Scholarship  (2017), they attended Vermont Studio Center and ACRE artist residencies in 2018, and SIM Seljavegur residency in fall 2019. Their artist book Good Side, published with New Archive, is in the collection of Cranbrook Academy of Art Library and the Whitney Museum of Art Library Special Collections. Gatto is currently a member of Flex Collective in Detroit, MI, where they are working collaboratively with artists Jova Lynne, Jess Allie and Meg Kelley as directors of Bulk Space Artist Residency.

OPEN CALL for artist residency 2020, NOW CLOSED. ​

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Thankyou to all the artists who applied to our Open Call for a 2 month residency in 2020! We received between 80 and 90 applications on our first call!!! We are very proud and happy to know that this many artists would like to come and work with us at Sandbekk. Now the jury work begins, and the results will be made official before Christmas.
Stay tuned!

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We are delighted to be able to offer 2 professional artists of any discipline a working stay of two months at Velferden Centre for Contemporary Art.
The dates are March 1st - April 30th 2020.

Velferden Centre for Contemporary Art is an artist run space located in the 50´s community hall of an old mining town, in the rural area of Sokndal in southwestern Norway. At Velferden we produce and curate exhibitions, residencies, concerts and arrange dialogues in relation to the local mining history, geology, tourism and contemporary art. The art centre is located in Magma Unesco Global Geopark, and the nature is characterised by moon-like rock formations combined with an industrial landscape resulting from 150 years of mining activity. 

What you get: 
The residency offers 2 artists a chance to concentrate and develop existing or new work during their stay. Each artist will receive a stipend of 24000 NOK, and get travel expenses covered for up to 4000 NOK. 

Velferden is situated 1hr 40 minutes by car from Stavanger, and 15 minutes by bike/ 5 minutes by car from the centre of the small town of Sokndal. The town has two grocery stores, two garages and a post office i.e. The immediate surroundings of Velferden are historical and industrial with easy access to a varied nature with both mountains and forests. 

The two selected artists will share accommodation located about 5 minutes walk from Velferden. Each artist will be given a private bedroom and will share bathroom, kitchen and livingroom. The artists will be allocated a shared studio space with 24 hr access in Velferdens main gallery. Velferden is also an excellent space for working outdoors and in the surrounding landscape.

During the two months, the artists will get an extensive introduction to the area, and will get the chance to meet up with the regional art scene in Sandnes/Stavanger. 
2 guest curators/artists will present their work at Velferden and offer studio visits to the artists, and in March we will have a weekend seminar on the subject of Maps in which the artists are welcome to join. 

What we get:
We get the chance to get to know, and share knowledge and experience with two interesting artists! We look for self reliant professionals who can benefit from a working stay in the unique setting that we have to offer at Velferden. The artists are not expected to show finished work, but will be asked to share their processes with us in a public presentation. We require that the artists are present at the residency for minimum 25 days each month. If gone for longer than this, the stipend will be reduced. The artists must also present us with a valid personal insurance for the whole period. 

TO APPLY:
The application must include:
-Contact info, age, nationality, webpage.
-Maximum 700 words about your motivation for the stay, and an artist statement of maximum 700 words.
-CV
-A presentation of 6 projects from the last 5 years.
-Please indicate if you have a drivers licence. 

The application letter, CV, and portfolio must be submitted as one single PDF-file, of maximum 10 MB. The name of the file should be your own name. (First-Last.pdf)

The deadline is oct 12th 2019 at midnight (wherever you are). Remember that the residency period is set and limited to March 1st - April 30th 2020. There will not be any other dates available.

Send the application by email to velferdenscene@gmail.com. Selected artists will be invited to a phone or video interview before final decision is made by the end of november 2019. 
There will be 3 artists/curators reviewing the applications.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR APPLICATIONS! =) If you have questions, email us on velferdenscene@gmail.com.


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