Atelier Mondial
Grants
Atelier Mondial provides residency grants abroad to artists and cultural workers from the region of Alsace (FR), South Baden (DE), and the Basel region (cantons of Basel-City, Basel-Country, and Solothurn). Each May, announcements are issued for the grants in various disciplines for the following year. Applications generally open between early May and mid-June and can be submitted via the online-only application form on this website.
Applications are open to artists and cultural creators in selected areas as long as they demonstrably live or work within commuting distance from Atelier Mondial (the cantons of Basel-City, Basel-Country and Solothurn, South Baden up to Freiburg, and Alsace). Attestations can be provided in the form of a residence certificate from the current year or a current employment contract, alongside an artist’s dossier with work biography of max. 20 pages alongside a letter of motivation (this video provides more information on the application process). Artist duos receive a grant in addition to the regular grant and are welcome to apply to the specially designated residency destinations.
These destinations may change from year to year, as can the disciplines eligible to receive funding.
Call for Applications
for 2025
The call for applications in the fields of visual arts, literature, dance & performing arts, fashion & textile design and curation/art mediation/art critics for 2025 is open.
The application period for grants in 2025 is open from May 1st to June 18, 2024.
A total of 12 studio grants and 3 travel grants in the fields of visual arts, literature, fashion & textiles, dance & performing arts and curation/art mediation/art critics are being offered.
Below you will find the conditions of participation for the individual disciplines.
Note: The selection of grants for 2025 will be communicated at the end of August / beginning of September 2024.
STUDIO GRANT FOR DESIGNERSIN THE DISCIPLINE OF FASHION & TEXTILES
A studio grant in Oaxaca/Mexico for designers in the field of fashion & textiles.
Residence: July - December 2025
Conditions of participation: Residence or job demonstrably in the catchment area of Atelier Mondial, letter of motivation, CV and work documentation with references of max. 20 pages.
Application window: CLOSED
A detailed description and the application criteria can be found in the attached document.
Call for applications Fashion & Textile
Literature grant for authors, translators into German
Studio grant in Paris at the Cité Internationale des Arts for authors or translators into German
Residence: January - March 2025 and April - June 2025
Conditions of participation: Residence or employment demonstrably in the catchment area of Atelier Mondial, letter of motivation, CV, bibliography and manuscript of max. 20 pages.
Application window: CLOSED
A detailed description and the conditions of participation can be found in the enclosed attachment.
Call for applications in the field of literature
STUDIO GRANTS AND TRAVEL GRANTSFOR ARTISTS IN THE DISCIPLINE OF VISUAL ARTS
9 studio grants in sevendifferent destinations and one travel grant for professional artists in the field of visual arts.
Residency: in 2025
Conditions of participation: Proof of residence or work in the Atelier Mondial catchment area, letter of motivation, CV and artist*s dossier of max. 20 pages.
Application window: CLOSED
A detailed description and the conditions of participation can be found in the enclosed attachment.
Call for applications in the field of visual arts
OPEN TRAVEL GRANT FOR ARTISTSIN THE FIELD OF DANCE / PERFORMING ARTS
Open travel grant for artists in the field of dance / performing arts.
Residence: freely selectable for a project abroad in 2025
Conditions of participation: Residence or work demonstrably in the catchment area of Atelier Mondial, letter of motivation, CV and documentation with references and video links of max. 20 pages.
Application window: CLOSED
A detailed description and the conditions of participation can be found in the enclosed attachment.
Call for applications Dance / Performing Arts
Research grant for curators, art critics and cultural mediators in all disciplines
Open research/travel grant
Residence: freely selectable for a project abroad in 2025.
Conditions of participation: Residence or job demonstrably in the catchment area of Atelier Mondial, letter of motivation, CV with references of max. 20 pages.
Application window: CLOSED
A detailed description and the conditions of participation can be found in the enclosed attachment.
Call for applications in the field of curation, art criticism and cultural mediation
Currently abroad with Atelier Mondial
The following artists are currently abroad with a grant by Atelier Mondial.
Inka ter Haar
Visual arts, Berlin (January - June 2025)
Oleksandr Holiuk
Visual arts, Berlin (July - December 2025)
Julius Martin-Humpert
Visual arts, Cairo (August 2025 - January 2026, City Conference Culture SKK)
Simone Etter
Visual arts, Yerevan (July - December 2025)
Tatjana Erpen
Visual arts, Kinshasa (July - September 2025)
Till Langschied
Visual arts, Paris (July - December 2025)
Dorota Gawęda und Eglė Kulbokaitė
Visual arts, Paris (January - December 2025)
Noémie Vidonne
Visual arts, Taipei (November 2025 - January 2026)
Jennifer Merlyn Scherler
Visual arts, Tokyo (January - March 2025)
Maude Léonard-Contant
Visual arts, travel grant
Livia Kern
Research grant for cultural mediators of all disciplines
Saba Niknam
Fashion & Textile, Oaxaca (July – December 2025)
Declan Whitaker
Dance/Performing Arts, travel grant
Mascha Unterlehberg
Writer in Residence, Paris (January – March 2025)
Marina Galli
Writer in Residence, Paris (April – June 2025)
For further questions, please contact Alexandra Stäheli, Director of Atelier Mondial:
alexandra.staeheli@ateliermondial.com
Tel.: +41 61 226 33 51
Current guests at Atelier Mondial
Current guests at Atelier Mondial in Basel, Mulhouse or Freiburg:
Lux Valladolid
from Buenos Aires, Argentina (in cooperation with Pro Helvetia South America)
Nikki Middlemiss
from Montréal, Canada (in cooperation with CALQ)
AWARDING OF GRANTS FOR 2026
The application period begins on May 1. The application deadline is June 16.
