Who can apply? Saari ResidenceFor residency applicants Working at the Saari Residence Who can apply? What we offer? Accommodation and workspaces Instructions for the online grant service Selecting the evaluator of the application Required attachments Appending a reference to the application Evaluation and decisions Frequently asked questions For Saari residents Accepting the residency and arriving at the Saari Residence Use of the residency grant and rescheduling Payment of residency grants Living and working at the Saari Residence Residency programmes Taxation and grant certificate Residency report The Saari Well Communication and social media Mentioning Kone Foundation and Saari Residence and the logos Saari Alumni Previous Residency Artists Community artist Ecologically sustainable residency programme The Saari Invited Artist About Saari Residence History of Saari Manor Saari Residence co-operation The Advisory Board of the Saari Residence Saari Residence staff Apply for a residency by submitting your application and attachments using the Online Grant Service. The service is open during the annual application period in March. Applications cannot be submitted after the deadline. WHO CAN APPLY The residency places are intended for individual professional artists, fiction writers, poets and novelists, translators, composers, sound artists, curators and critics and artistic collectives (i.e., a workgroup or established organisation with a Business ID) of all disciplines and all nationalities for the purpose of carrying out a project proposed in advance. Individual residency can be applied for with a work partner in a joint application; the details of both applicants must be included in the same application. Non-fiction writers and researchers are not eligible for a residency. The two-month work periods for individual residencies take place during spring, autumn and winter, and group residencies for 2–4 weeks take place in June, July and mid-August. The minimum group size is three people. We grant a one-week residency period only in special cases; for example, for a translator workshop or for groups that need to assemble for a small-scale seminar. WHAT ARE RESIDENCIES FOR? Residency places are for artistic work. We favour fields of art and subjects that are multidisciplinary, new and emerge from outside the mainstream. Individual residencies For each two-month residency, diversity is emphasised: we choose Finnish and foreign and young and more experienced artists and artists representing different artforms. Another central criterion is that the artist’s work is innovative and current. The objective is that at least some residents represent new or marginal art forms. Group residencies In group residencies, we emphasise work that is innovative, current and represents new or marginal artforms. We favour subjects and themes that are cross-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary or outside the mainstream. We especially welcome applications for projects involving cooperation between Finnish and international artist groups. These groups should select a Finnish team leader – if possible – to complete the application form and act as a contact person. RESIDENCIES FOR RESEARCHERS AND NON-FICTION WRITERS WORKING UNDER A KONE FOUNDATION GRANT Researchers and non-fiction writers working under a Kone Foundation grant can work in the Residence during the two-month individual residencies. In such cases, they do not need to apply during the application process but should instead contact Executive Director Leena Kela directly. Unfortunately, we cannot offer accommodation for research projects supported by the Foundation for short, intensive periods due to long-term renovations underway on the premises. The requirement for a residency period offered to a researcher funded by Kone Foundation is that the research is performed in an academic context. This includes artistic research (at Uniarts Helsinki, Aalto University, etc.). Unfortunately, artists whose work contains some research elements but is not performed in an academic context do not fall within the scope of residencies intended for researchers. They may, however, apply for a residency during our annual application period in March. The two-month work periods for researchers and non-fiction writers working under a Kone Foundation grant are the same as in the individual residencies. Return to the residency applicants’ main page