G.A.S. is delighted to partner with the Finnish Cultural Foundation to provide two fully funded, eight-week residencies, which will be awarded to Finnish or Finland-based artists, curators, or writers. The selected residents will reside in Lagos as well as the G.A.S. Farm House in Ijebu. The opportunity is open to practitioners across various career stages, working in the visual arts, literature, curatorial practice, or intersecting disciplines, who engage with themes of material culture, ecology, and archives within a dynamic transnational context.
The Finnish Cultural Foundation’s residency programme was launched in 2017 and has since become one of the largest in Europe, both in terms of the number of residencies and their geographical locations. In the last few years, the programme has had around ten international residency locations, and in 2026 will add Africa to the mix through G.A.S. Foundation.
Applications for the 2025 residency grants should be submitted from 10th to 29th August 2025, closing at 16:00h (Finnish time). Selected practitioners will undertake residencies at G.A.S. Foundation, with working periods scheduled for 6th April – 31st May and 24th August – 18th October 2025. The Finnish Cultural Foundation will manage the application and selection process in alignment with its broader international programme.
Further details and application guidelines can be found via the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s website.