IMMA welcomes applications for Dwell Here: One Month Residencies for nationwide and internationally based practices to reside for one month at the Museum. 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 in addition to their participation in a week long seasonal Research Assembly.
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. One month residents are invited to undertake independent, site-responsive research for three of their four week residency. The fourth week (whether at the beginning, middle, or end of their contracted residency) must overlap with a selected Research Assembly week. The Research Assemblies are scheduled for the following dates in 2027:
Spring Assembly: Wednesday 03 – Tuesday 09 March 2027
Summer Assembly: Wednesday 09 – Tuesday 15 June 2027
Autumn Assembly: Wednesday 22 – Tuesday 28 September 2027
A one month residency includes a requirement to engage with the expanded community gathered for their selected assembly week. The Dwell Here Research Themes (see further down) will inform intensive 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 with the onsite community and invited guests. In addition to these contributions Research Themes will be informed by:
One month residencies offer participants deeper insights into the context of visual arts practices in Ireland, strengthening international connections and communities with the potential to prompt ideas for research to emerge as proposals for return residencies/programming following the one month sited experience at IMMA.
IMMA welcomes applications from artists and thinkers who are:
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.
Dwell Here Application Timeline:
Dwell Here Seasonal Research Assembly Dates:
IMMA uses Submittable for online applications. The website will prompt you to create an account and there is a nominal fee of €10 to submit a proposal. A draft of your application can be saved and returned to at any stage for completion before the deadline on Monday 22 June 2026. Once submitted your application cannot be changed. Applicants must select one of the three Dwell Here opportunities, multiple applications will not be accepted.