Dwell Here: One Year Residency Open Call / 2026

About the Open Call

IMMA welcomes applications for Dwell Here 2026: One Year Residencies for nationwide and internationally based practices to reside for one year at the Museum. This opportunity invites applications across disciplines of the visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities fields. Successful applicants will be supported to undertake independent site-responsive research. IMMA’s Dwell Here programme is structured around seasonal Research Assemblies delivered together through week-long forums with an expanded community of mentors, peers, and fellow residents gathering onsite for communal engagement and interdisciplinary dialogue. The Dwell Here Research Themes (Technologies of Peace, The Irish Paradigm, The Museum as a Site of Vibration) will inform assembly planning with residents. Engagements may surface as a workshop, a temporary exhibition, a reading group, a walking tour, an open studio, a talk, a site visit, a performance, or other studio related activities with the onsite community and invited guests. In addition to these contributions Research Assemblies will be informed by: Methods of presenting self-directed research and studio practice; Discussions and studio visits with mentors, peers, and fellow Dwell Here residents; Interaction with IMMA programming, staff, collections, archives, and site; Off-site visits (local and further afield); Engagement with Ireland’s arts communities and infrastructures; Informal knowledge exchange synonymous with the residency experience such as co-hospitality, co-working and co-living.

What is Offered

Free onsite accommodation (separate to studio), access to an onsite IMMA studio (if required), amenities such as electricity, heating, Wi-Fi, parking etc, a monthly bursary of €1000 for pre-agreed contracted months, one return journey for residents living outside of Ireland, and pre-agreed material/programming expenses related to the Research Assemblies. Some of onsite accommodation is suitable for partners or small families, however, these provisions need to be discussed with the residency programmer. IMMA’s residency is a self-catering facility, occasional hospitality is provided.

Requirements

IMMA welcomes Expressions of Interest from artists and thinkers who are: Based in Ireland or internationally; Committed to research excellence within their chosen discipline. A one year residency includes a requirement to engage and share process-based research with the expanded community participating in each Research Intensive. Engagements may surface as a workshop, a temporary exhibition, a reading group, a walking tour, an open studio, a talk, a site visit, a performance, or other studio related activities with the onsite community and invited guests.

How to Apply

IMMA uses Submittable for online applications. The website will prompt you to create a free account in order to apply. A draft of your application can be saved and returned to at any stage for completion before the deadline on Tuesday 22 July. Once submitted your application cannot be changed. Applicants must select one of the three Dwell Here opportunities to apply for, multiple applications will not be accepted. Apply here: https://imma.submittable.com/submit/329192/dwell-here-imma-residency-open-call-2026