Art Residency Opportunities

The third edition  of The Himalayan Fellowship for Creative Practitioners , a year-long programme for creative practices rooted in the cultures, ecologies, and communities of the Indian Himalayan Region. Selected practitioners will receive up to ₹3 Lakh in project funding alongside structured mentorship, workshops, interactive sessions, and opportunities for dissemination and exhibition.  Presented in collaboration with Royal Enfield , the Fellowship welcomes proposals across all artistic mediums — from painting, sculpture, sound and image-based practices, performance and installation to writing, oral history, design and community-engaged work — that respond to cultural and ecological urgencies, explore traditional knowledge systems, and foreground sustainable, site-specific methods of collaboration with local communities.  The call is  open to individuals and collectives based in the Indian Himalayan Region (including Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Himach...

  Artist in residence: The artist studios of Last Ship are situated opposite the UNESCO World Heritage temples of Khajuraho. The Viswanath temple built in 999 AD is right in front, less than 20 meters from Last Ship. Little known prehistoric and ancient historic sites in this region tell parts of a story more than 10,000 years old, of the Mughals, the Chandelas, going back to the Guptas, the Kushans, the Shungas and the Indo-Greeks all the way to prehistoric cave-dwellers, revealing secrets of the birth of the philosophies of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism and their common Tantric spiritual traditions. The artists of the residency are invited to have their own experience of this heritage, like the sadhus, aghoris, and mystics who make solitary pilgrimages through this region, called the most powerful tantric region in the world, in search of enlightenment. The Last Ship residency program is a one-of-a-kind experience of a history, nature and culture, hidden in the chaos and turmoil...