The City of Bern is enabling two artists from all disciplines to spend six months in New York in 2014. Interested parties can apply until May 31, 2013.
The scholarship will be offered from 2014. It enables the selected individuals to live in a large first floor room (basement) with a room or an apartment in the same building in the East Village free of charge from February 1 to July 30, 2014. The scholarship is endowed with CHF 18,000 towards travel and accommodation costs.
Applications are open to artists of all disciplines from Bern or with a sufficient connection to the city of Bern. Applications (length: 2 to 6 pages A4) must be submitted to the Department of Cultural Affairs, Gerechtigkeitsgasse 79, 3011 Bern, by May 31, 2013 (note: "Atelier New York"). The submissions will be reviewed by a jury made up of representatives of the Department of Cultural Affairs and the city's cultural promotion commissions in June 2013.
