Jerwood Somerset House Studios Residency

A new programme supporting early-career visual artists

Residency programme developed in collaboration with Jerwood Arts and defined to support two cohorts of early-career visual artists over a three-year period.

The programme offers studio space in central London, a bursary and project budget to develop a new work to be presented in the Somerset House programme. In addition, artists receive support and mentoring from the artist community along with wider Somerset House Studios residency benefits, all focused towards developing a sustainable professional practice for the long term.

WHAT THIS RESIDENCY INCLUDES
•   £3,000 bursary per artist
•   £3,000 project budget per artist to develop a new work
•   Dedicated studio space for both18-month cohorts
• Mentorship from the wider Somerset House Studios artist community
• In-kind budget to experiment with in-house facilities such as our recording studio (unfacilitated), rehearsal studio, meeting rooms and project spaces.
•   Access to Makerversity workshops at significantly reduced artist rates
•   Support from the Studios team to set goals and objectives for your practice
•   Access to wider development and social programmes
•   Final presentation of works in the Somerset House programme
•   Support for reasonable adjustments to assist with access requirements