Visual Arts Residencies in Belgium

Boghossian Foundation Residency

Villa Empain, 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.

Culture Moves Salone Mobility Fund Grants for Sierra Leonean Artists

Brussels, Belgium

Organizer Information Kɔlchɔ de muv Salone / Culture Moves Salone is an EU-funded programme dedicated to supporting the development of Sierra Leone’s cultural and creative sectors. The initiative strengthens professional skills, networks, and market access for local artists, cultural organisations, and creative businesses through structured mobility and learning opportunities. The programme prioritises decentralisation beyond Freetown,

Destelheide

Dworp, Belgium

A youth, arts and creation centre in the green outskirts of Brussels, offering inspiring spaces and overnight accommodation for creative activities and educational groups.

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.

HECTOLITRE

Brussels, Belgium

Experimental art space and living-working residency in the Marolles, supporting transdisciplinary practice and community exchange.

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.

LIBITUM

Brussels, Belgium

A Belgian non-profit residency network supporting research, experimentation, and artistic creation across disciplines, including writing residencies in Brussels.

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens

Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium

The Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens residency program, hosted in the iconic Woning Van Wassenhove modernist house in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium, offers Europe-based practitioners in visual arts, art & architecture, or writing up to 4 consecutive weeks for reflection, research, and limited production while respecting the heritage site. Residents receive institutional support, organize a public presentation, and benefit from funding including travel, per diem, and production budget. The program emphasizes solitary practice in this architecturally significant space designed by Juliaan Lampens.

Nadine

Brussels, Belgium

Brussels-based laboratory for contemporary transdisciplinary arts offering residencies, research projects, and workshops for artists developing work across performance, public space, and multimedia installations.

Residency Grants Finnish Cultural Foundation (Various International Locations)

Antwerpen, Belgium

Organizer Information: The Finnish Cultural Foundation. The Foundation awards grants for international artists’ residency programs each year, supporting scientific and artistic work through working and mobility grants. Title & Description: Applications will open for the August Round: Grants for Artists' Residencies. Artists can apply for grants for international work through two different forms of support:

Tamat

Tournai, Belgium

Museum and creation space dedicated to tapestry and textile arts, with a programme for artists and researchers in textiles.

Timelab

Gent, Belgium

A citylab and makerspace in Gent focused on art, technology, and society, with artist residencies, open workshops, co-creation, and research.