Design Residencies in Belgium

Boghossian Foundation Residency

Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium

The Boghossian Foundation Residency, nestled in the Villa Empain's serene gardens in Brussels, offers a unique retreat for artists from diverse backgrounds. Established in the refurbished housekeeper’s building, the residency has been a creative sanctuary since its opening in 2010. Dedicated to fostering Eastern and Western cultural dialogue, the Foundation annually welcomes award winners from the Boghossian Foundation Prize in Lebanon and collaborates with Creative Armenia to host three Armenian artists each year. This vibrant residency serves as a laboratory for contemporary ideas, facilitating international interactions among artists, curators, writers, and scientists. Located in the Villa Empain, the residency provides a common living area, individual bedrooms, and a shared studio, available 24/7, for stays of two to three months.

Designers in Residence Kortrijk

Kortrijk, Belgium

Designers in Residence Kortrijk is an annual 3-month intensive residency program that invites three recently graduated designers and makers from diverse creative disciplines to develop experimental projects in Kortrijk, Belgium. Participants work within the region's creative community, engaging with citizens, entrepreneurs, and educational institutions while having access to maker facilities and expert support.

Fondation Thalie

Brussels, Belgium

Fondation Thalie is a multidisciplinary artist residency in Brussels founded in that supports contemporary creation through exhibitions, artist residencies, and patronage. The residency program welcomes visual artists, writers, and performers to work on projects in a modernist building in the heart of Brussels's gallery district, with residencies typically lasting two months.

Kunsthal Gent

Ghent, Belgium

Kunsthal Gent, located in a 14th-century Carmelite monastery in Ghent, Belgium, offers residency programs including approximately six mini-residencies per year (up to 1 week with apartment access and €500 budget) and a Development Fellowship for up to 3 months with up to €5,000 budget for research and practice development. These programs support artists, collectives, and organizations in visual arts, architecture, design, audiovisual, performing arts, and public space, fostering experimentation, collaboration, and integration into the public programme. International participants receive an apartment, with irregular open calls for applications.