Photo: Per Stian Monsås
From Exhibition TEMPE #1 – Håkon Bleken, Anne-Karin Furunes, Carlos A. Correia, Per Stian Monsås, Agnieszka Foltyn, Ørjan Amundsen, and Anna Marie Sigmond Gudmundsdottir.

APPLY FOR ATELIER IN TEMPE HEALTH AND WELFARE CENTRE

Tempe studio – 39 m2 – 0,-/month
Two-year contract starting 1 February 2025

Application deadline: 1 November 2024
Application form: https://www.lkv.no/open-call-studio-tempe/

Crafts artists and visual artists are invited to apply for studio space at the Tempe Health and Welfare Centre. The centre is linked to nursing and residential care homes, but also functions as a community hub and cultural centre for the neighbourhood. 

The studio is purpose-built with a mezzanine and high ceilings. The floor area is 39 m2. There is good daylight from the north. The centre has a ballroom that can be used for community projects, meetings or exhibitions. 

The studio will be rented from 1 February 2025 for a period of two years. The artist will pay no rent, but will be required to make their work available to the residents of the Tempe Health and Welfare Centre. This can be through various forms of collaboration and engagement such as open studios, exhibitions, talks or other types of community projects. Collaboration with the cultural unit, Senior Culture, is also a possibility.

Priority will be given to artists working on projects that are suitable for collaboration with, or dissemination to, the Health and Wellbeing Centre.

The applicant must use the digital application form. If your application includes audio or video, please include this as an online link in the portfolio section of the application. The application must be submitted in one of the Scandinavian languages or in English.

The application must include:

Completed form: the applicant’s full name, registered address, home address, email address, telephone number, organisation number and any other relevant contact information.

Attached PDF: max 13 pages, 20 MB, name file: TEMPE_Surname with the following:
– CV and portfolio
– Motivation for application
– How the studio will be used for artistic production
– Thoughts on how collaboration with or dissemination to the Health and Welfare Centre and its residents can take place

Applications will be processed by the City of Trondheim’s Studio Allocation Committee. The award criteria can be read here: www.trondheim.kommune.no/atelier/

The General Manager of Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV) is the secretary of the Allocation Committee for the Trondheim Municipality Studio Programme and receives all applications.

Members of the award committee:
– Anniken Elisabeth Storhaug, representative from Trondheim Municipality for the field of visual arts
– Solveig Lønmo, representative from Trondheim Municipality for the field of crafts
– Anne-Karin Furunes, representative from NTNU, Academy of Fine Arts
– Jørgen Moe, representative from Norske Kunsthåndverkere Midt-Norge
– Annika Borg, representative from Trøndelag Visual Artists
– Lill-Kristin Bjørnstad, unit manager at Tempe Health and Welfare Centre (for awards at Tempe)
– Øyvind Rongevær Kvarme, advisor to the director of the municipality’s professional staff (for awards at Tempe)
– Thea Meinert, representative from Gregus Kunstnerverksteder (for awards at Gregus)
– Ellen Sofie Griegel, representative from Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (for awards at LKV)

For practical questions regarding Tempe Health and Welfare Centre, please contact the Unit Manager Lill-Kristin Bjørnstad, tel.: +47 97 99 62 40