Nieuwe Instituut: Tilting Axis Fellowship 2027
Nieuwe Instituut: Tilting Axis Fellowship 2027
Nieuwe Instituut is the Dutch national and international museum and institute for architecture, design and digital culture, based in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Nieuwe Instituut also looks after the The National Collection of Dutch Architecture and Urban Design. Tilting Axis is an arts platform for, from, across, and through the Caribbean.
The 2027 Tilting Axis Fellowship will be supporting two fellows in a six-week programme centred on research, exchange, and network-building between the Caribbean and the Netherlands. One fellow will be selected from the Dutch Caribbean. Applicants may also apply as a pair from different regions of the Caribbean including the Dutch Caribbean; if selected, the pair will together occupy both fellowship positions. Otherwise, the selected fellows will be paired by the organisers. Within the six-week programme, Nieuwe Instituut facilitates a one-week tailor made visit to the Netherlands. This fellowship is conceived as a period for networking, research, reflection, and dialogue.
The fellowship is open to researchers, designers, writers, curators, or cultural producers based in the Caribbean region who are interested in developing their research practice and building connections with cultural institutions in the Netherlands. Applicants may work across different cultural fields and practices, including those engaging with archives, social and ecological questions, cultural memory, spatial practices, design, architecture, or digital culture.
The fellowship is open to applicants with or without formal degrees or institutional affiliations. Equal priority will be given to those who can demonstrate creativity, critical thinking, and strong potential within their practice, regardless of educational background. There is no age limit for applicants.
Artists who are residents of and based in the following countries can apply: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Providencia, Puerto Rico, Saba, San Andrés, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands.
Each fellow will receive a stipend of €2,500 to support the broader fellowship period. In addition to the stipend, fellows may access up to €1,000 in travel support connected to their research proposal.