Jon Schueler Visual Artist Residency, 2015

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the National Centre for Gaelic Language, Culture and the Arts (Scotland) in partnership with the Jon Schueler Charitable Trust are announcing the third Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence that will take place in the isle of Skye, Scotland, from 20 July – 9 October 2015.

The annual (2013 -2016) visual arts scholarship has been set up in celebration and in memory of the life, work and artistic influence of internationally renowned artist and abstract expressionist, Jon Schueler (1916-1992), in recognition of his very special relationship with the landscape and environment of the Sound of Sleat.

The aims of the residency are:
- to provide a visual artist working to the highest level of contemporary practice a period of research, development and production in a unique environment;
- to promote Skye, The Gaeltachd and Scotland as an exciting, distinct and inspiring place to work for a contemporary artist, and to promote the exchange of ideas.

Eligibility
The Residency is open to international artists working to the highest level of contemporary professional practice in a visual medium and with a particular interest in landscape and the environment. Artists must have completed formal arts education at least 3 years previously.

Further details:
http:///www.mladiinfo.eu