There is worldwide interest in artist residencies, and many government agencies are involved in supporting residency programs and/or the artists that take part in them.
In order to gather information about ?government support for artist residencies‘, IFACCA distributed a
survey in September 2012 to arts councils and ministries of culture worldwide.
IFACCA received responses to the survey from 18 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Cook Is, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, NZ, Scotland, Singapore, Tunisia, United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The report considers:
Gardner, S, (ed.) 2013
International perspectives on artist residencies [PDF 655.4 KB]
D'Art Topics in Arts Policy, no 45
Source: International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, Sydney (IFACCA)