SEMILLERO 2024 fellowships
Open Call

In alliance with the Williams Foundation, and with the objective of supporting emerging creators both from Argentina and foreigners (living permanently in Argentina with DNI), we are launching this open call for the 2024 edition of the Semillero Programme.

This year, the Semillero Programme expands both in terms of activities and funding, hybridizing two programs that ´ace already has in place: the Production & Exploration Residencies and the Semillero exhibition programme.

On this occasion, 6 participants will receive fellowships to do residencies at ´ace, in which they will be able to research, produce work, present their work to the public, interact with the city, take advantage of the knowledge of the team and nourish themselves with the international network of affection and professional contacts that characterizes our residency programme. In addition, Semillero will provide remote curatorial accompaniment for 5 months (both before and after the on-site residencies).

The 6 selected participants will receive a participation grant to cover mobility, expenses and materials (to travel from their places of residence to CABA, buy supplies for their production or other expenses related to the program), together with the possibility of carrying out a residency in the framework of the ´acePIRAR | International Artistic Residencies Program, and present their process at the end of it. In addition, both the residency and the exhibition will take place simultaneously with international residents, which gives the fellowship holders the opportunity to expand their network of professional contacts and nurture their artistic practice with other cultural and professional perspectives.

SEMILLERO 2024 is a program aimed at emerging artists, curators and researchers working in the field of art. Proposals related to printmaking, contemporary print media, installation, performance, video, sound art, digital media, drawing, artist’s book, painting, sculpture, writing, new media and their crossings and hybridizations are accepted, as long as the proposals can be carried out within the framework of this program and the ‘ace installations.

The SEMILLERO 2024 program will offer each of the 6 residents:

• AR $500,000 (five hundred thousand Argentinean pesos) as a Participation Grant, which may be invested at the discretion of the resident to cover travel expenses, purchase of materials, living expenses not included in the residency, etc.
• 4 weeks of residency at Proyecto´ace’s studio, with access to its facilities from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm (except on holidays).
• Lodging for 4 weeks for those who live outside the AMBA (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area)
• Lunches and snacks during the workshop’s working hours.
• Curatorship and theoretical and conceptual accompaniment before, during and after the residency.
• Technical assistance and common materials found in a workshop to produce your projects.
• Accident insurance.
• Portfolio reviews by the ´ace team.
• Final presentation at the end of the residency in an open studio format.
• Promotion in social networks, websites, newsletter and other digital media
• A permanent profile in the ARTISTS section of our website