Open Call: 1 Year, Full Scholarship

Diriyah Art Futures opens a digital and technology-led creative production and training programme targeting emerging artists working in new media and digital arts. If you are interested in working alongside the most prominent digital and new media artists in the world in this unique supported one-year programme, then Diriyah Art Futures is waiting for you.

Diriyah Art Futures centre, a cornerstone for new media and technology art in the region has developed its emerging artist programme in collaboration with Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France. Diriyah Art Futures is dedicated to advancing the field of digital and new media art by providing emerging artists with access to cutting edge professional equipment, a production budget, as well as a wide range of multidisciplinary learning opportunities which include theoretical, conceptual and technical learning opportunities and personal mentorship by prominent international digital artists.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

Diriyah Art Futures emerging artists programme attracts emerging creative practitioners from all over the world, with a focus on those from the Middle East and North Africa. Applicants should be 35 years or younger, at graduate or postgraduate completion stage and have experience in developing and creating digital and new media art.

Applicants can expect at Diriyah Art Futures an accessible space with exhibitions, screenings and dedicated technical labs for professional creation and innovative digital development. The centre will host throughout the year prestigious artists and international institutions engaged in new media and technology arts.

For more information read DAF Emerging Artists Programme Info and Criteria

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