Davidoff Art Initiative
The centerpiece of the Davidoff Art Initiative is the Davidoff Art Residency. In offering emerging and mid-career artists an opportunity to spend an extended period of time working in a different social and creative environment from their own, the Davidoff Art Residency serves as a conduit for professional mobility, cultural immersion, and creative exchange.
Davidoff Art Residency positions in international residency programs worldwide are offered to emerging and mid-career contemporary visual artists from the Caribbean, with an emphasis on artists from the Dominican Republic. Some residency program partners may accept applications from art writers and curators.
The Davidoff Art Residency is for individuals who are pursuing visual arts as their primary professional activity.
Candidate artists for the residency may work in any field of art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, film, video, digital art, and performance, or a combination of media.
Each year, when fully operational, the Davidoff Art Residency will offer residency positions for approximately five Dominican and Caribbean artists who will participate in selected artist-residency programs worldwide, and for approximately five artists from outside the Caribbean region who will spend ten weeks in the Dominican Republic.
To date, Davidoff has announced three international partner residency hosts for Caribbean and Dominican Artists:
- the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York (USA)
- Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (Germany)
- Red Gate Gallery Residency, Beijing (China)
More information about the operational details of the Davidoff Art Residency in the Dominican Republic, which will host artists based outside the Caribbean, will be announced soon.
Depending on the program
Depending on the program
For Caribbean and Dominican Artists:
- ISCP New York
- Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin
- Red Gate Residency Beijing
For international mid career artists:
- Altos de Chavon, La Romana, Dominican Republic ( Starting in 2015)