NB! Would you like to apply for this residency? Go back to Residency (international) for the terms and conditions, assessment and checklist for your application.
Instituto Buena Bista, or IBB, founded by David Bade and Tirzo Martha, is a platform for contemporary arts on Curaçao. The IBB aims to be a source of inspiration for existing art forms and folklore expression on the island, while at the same time revealing new paths that art is taking on the world stage.
The social aspect of the IBB is evident in all its projects, ranging from exhibitions, lectures and art history research to workshops with the local population and with psychiatric patients – an important factor. The context of its location on the grounds of a psychiatric institution makes the profile of the IBB unique. Instituto Buena Bista currently has four studios: one for artists / curators residing in the Netherlands, one for artists from other countries and one for a local artist while the fourth studio is used on an annual basis by a young filmmaker, usually from the Caribbean region.
The Instituto Buena Bista residency is intended to highlight as broad a range of visions as possible on Curaçao. In the first place, the residency offers a working period in which the resident can develop and execute his or her new plans. The resident is asked to contribute to broadening the field of vision, the references and choices of students attending the IBB’s orientation course, annually 25 to 35 young people between the ages of 15 and 25. This can vary from organizing a series of classes, a site-specific project or an intervention in public space, to giving lectures. The IBB might ask a resident to collaborate in an exchange with other artists-in-residence in the Caribbean region. Our Junior-Senior exchanges were initiated in 2012. In close consultation with the resident in question and partner institutes on other islands in the region, a short stay at one of these institutes may prove fruitful for the IBB resident. The IBB selects one or two students to complete a site-specific project at a selected location together with the IBB resident.
Previous IBB residents include Mette Sterre, Karolien Helweg & Ruben la Cruz, Mariëlle Videler, Yasser Ballemans, Frank Koolen, Hadassah Emmerich, Pieter Joost Bruyniks, Jasper de Beijer and Steven Jouwersma.
For whom
The residency at Instituto Buena Bista can be applied for by visual artists and by curators and art observers. In the case of applications by duos or collaborative partnerships, each individual must submit their own separate application.
A duo is defined as: 2 artists, 2 curators / observers or a combination of these who structurally create work together. Collaborations can (on occasion) be considered as duos if they submit a joint plan for the working period that leads to one result. In addition, a duo must live and work together in one space during the residency. Please note, you both need to submit separate applications.
Working periods
There are 3 working periods available:
- 1 January – 30 April 2025
- 1 May – 31 August 2025
- 1 September – 31 December 2025
Applicants are asked to state their preference for a work period on the application form. Every effort will be made to honour this preference. Per period there is room for 1 artist or duo.
How much?
The Mondriaan Fund makes a subsidy of € 10.280 available for an artist and of € 7.292 for a curator or art observer to help cover travel expenses, material costs and living costs. This sum is intended for 1 person. In addition, the selected resident is expected to pay a 10% personal contribution. The Mondriaan Fund automatically takes this into account in their ultimate subsidy, you do not need to do anything.
The rent of the studio and living accommodation are paid directly by the Mondriaan Fund to the IBB. The residents stay in a simple house with a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
If a duo or collaborative partnership is selected for the residency, the total amount increases proportionally to cover the additional travel and living costs for the second applicant.
The contribution to artists based in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom can be increased to meet any higher travel costs. This is looked at per situation.
Application
The deadline for submitting an application for a work period in 2025 is Thursday March 21 2024, before 16.00 (Dutch time zone) / 11.00 (Caribbean time zone).
Before submitting an application, please see the Residency page for the terms and conditions, application procedure and assessment procedure.
Please also read the terms and conditions applicable to Mondriaan Fund contributions.
Selection
The selection is made by an advisory committee. Based on the submitted documents, the advisory committee selects the residents. A representative of IBB participates in the meeting.*
*Please note! Be aware that the processing time for this selection procedure may exceed three months
Other grants for residencies in the Netherlands and other countries
Because only 1 or 2 residents can be selected for any given residency during each application round, it is inevitable that many will be disappointed. For this reason, we point out that it is also possible to apply for an Artist Project at a different residency location. The specific Artist Project residency applied for may not be one of those already being offered in the Mondriaan Fund application rounds.