G.A.S. is pleased to partner with the Finnish Cultural Foundation to provide two fully funded, eight-week residencies, which will be awarded to Finnish or Finland-based artists, curators, or writers. The selected residents will primarily be housed in Lagos, with the possibility of spending a shorter time at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ijebu. The opportunity is open to practitioners across various career stages, working in the visual arts, literature, curatorial practice, or intersecting disciplines, who engage with themes of material culture, ecology, and archives within a dynamic transnational context.
The Finnish Cultural Foundation’s residency programme was launched in its current form in 2017 and has since become one of the largest in Europe, both in terms of the number of residencies and their geographical locations. In the last few years, the programme has had around ten international residency locations, and 2026 will see the addition of its first location in Africa through G.A.S. Foundation.
Applications for the 2025 residency grants should be submitted from 10th to 29th August 2025, closing at 16:00 (Finnish time). Selected practitioners will undertake residencies at G.A.S. Foundation, with working periods scheduled for April 6th –May 31st and August 24th–October 18th, 2025. Each residency includes a working grant of €5,500, with additional support for international travel. The Finnish Cultural Foundation will manage the application and selection process in alignment with its broader international programme.
Further details and application guidelines can be found via the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s website.