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  • Overview
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    IMMA welcomes applications for Dwell Here 2026: One Year Studio Residencies for locally based practices. This opportunity invites applications across disciplines of the visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities fields. Successful applicants will be supported to undertake independent site-responsive research.

    IMMA’s Dwell Here programme is structured around seasonal Research Assemblies delivered together through week-long forums with an expanded community of mentors, peers, and fellow residents gathering onsite for communal engagement and interdisciplinary dialogue.

    A one year studio residency includes a requirement to engage with and share process-based research with the expanded community participating in each Research Assembly, the dates of which are:

    Spring: Wednesday 18 – Tuesday 24 February 2026

    Summer: Wednesday 10 – Tuesday 16 June 2026

    Autumn: Wednesday 23 – Tuesday 29 September 2026

    Dwell Here Research Themes (see further down) will inform assembly planning with residents. Engagements may surface as a workshop, a temporary exhibition, a reading group, a walking tour, an open studio, a talk, a site visit, a performance, or other studio related activities for the onsite community and invited guests. In addition to these contributions Research Assemblies will be informed by:

    • Methods of presenting self-directed research and studio practice
    • Discussions and studio visits with mentors, peers, and fellow Dwell Here residents
    • Interaction with IMMA programming, staff, collections, archives, and site
    • Off-site visits (local and further afield)
    • Engagement with Ireland’s arts communities and infrastructures
    • Informal knowledge exchange synonymous with the residency experience such as co-hospitality, co-working and co-living.

     

    IMMA welcomes Expressions of Interest from artists and thinkers who are:

    • Based within a reasonable commute to IMMA (accommodation is not provided with a Dwell Here 2026: One Year Studio Residency, if you require accommodation please look at the two other residency opportunities)
    • Committed to research excellence within their chosen discipline
  • Research Themes

    • Research Themes

    Dwell Here offers participants a simple proposition: to commit to this time and place while thinking deeply about its urgencies. Together we are curious to learn what can be activated or challenged through the process of dwelling. IMMA encourages reflection across the following themes to consider geographical, historical, political and cultural concepts of Ireland as a starting point to expand and connect international contexts through similarities and differences:

    Technologies of Peace – We invite participants to consider commemorative landscapes and memories of peace (as a dream, movement, or value) while generating perspectives on sustainable coexistence.

    The Irish Paradigm – We welcome artistic research that can create intimacy and connections, while celebrating the perceived agility and freedoms of operating on the periphery. As a small island on the edge of Europe, Ireland often has a challenging relationship with ‘the centre’.

    The Museum as a Site of Vibration – We wish to consider how the museum and site can create new vibrations and rhythms within the built legacy of empire. How can museums make visible cultural shifts, including erased, censored or marginalised histories, as well as sustainability, planetary care, sharing and hospitality.

  • One Year Studio Supports

    • One Year Studio Residency Supports

    • Access to a free onsite IMMA studio
    • Amenities such as electricity, heating, Wi-Fi, parking etc
    • A bursary of €4,000 for the year
    • Pre-agreed material/programming expenses related to the Research Assemblies
  • One Year Studio Key Dates

    • One Year Studio Key Dates

    Dwell Here Application Timeline:

    • Deadline: Tuesday 22 July 2025, 17:00 GMT
    • Notification: mid September 2025
    • Residencies Commence: between January – December 2026
    • Duration: 10 months minimum / 11 months maximum
    • All residencies finished by: Wednesday 16 December 2026

     

    Dwell Here Seasonal Research Assembly Dates:

    • Spring: Wednesday 18 – Tuesday 24 February 2026
    • Summer: Wednesday 10 – Tuesday 16 June 2026
    • Autumn: Wednesday 23 – Tuesday 29 September 2026
  • APPLY HERE

    • APPLY HERE

    IMMA uses Submittable for online applications. The website will prompt you to create a free account in order to apply. A draft of your application can be saved and returned to at any stage for completion before the deadline on Tuesday 22 July. Once submitted your application cannot be changed. Applicants must select one of the three Dwell Here opportunities to apply for, multiple applications will not be accepted.

    APPLY HERE

  • Other Dwell Here Open Calls

    • Other Dwell Here Open Calls

    There are two other open call opportunities for 2026 Dwell Here programming which offer one year and one month residencies. Applicants can only apply for one Dwell Here Residency, whether it’s for a year or a month.

    Dwell Here: One Month Residency Open Call / 2026

    Now until 22 Jul 2025

    Dwell Here: One Year Residency Open Call / 2026

    Now until 22 Jul 2025
  • FAQ's

    • FAQ's 

     

    FAQ's

    DWELL HERE 2026 FAQ's PDF