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2026 Kio-A-Thau Sugar Refinery Artist Village ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM

2026 Kio-A-Thau Sugar Refinery Artist Village ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Deadline 2026.06.30
Results Available Date July. 15, 2026
Website 2026 Kio-A-Thau Sugar Refinery Artist Village ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM Facebook
2026 Kio-A-Thau Sugar Refinery Artist Village ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM website
2026 Kio-A-Thau Sugar Refinery Artist Village ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM Application Guidelines and Application Form
More About Residency Kio-A-Thau Sugar Refinery Artist Village
In the 1990s, Kio-A-Thau (Ciaotou) Sugar Refinery and its surrounding area were incorporated into Kaohsiung’s New Town Development Plan, a project that changed the urban landscape and topography on a large scale. Turning back the clock, this year, we try to look for what spatial landscape that Ciaotou District presents “before the new town was built" in the rolling tide of history.
Theme of 2026: "The Boundary of Old Towns". Boundaries can be geographical, conceptual, relational, etc. "The space intertwined by boundaries" is a carrier, also a field consisted of visible and invisible reproduction, therefore, we should define the boundaries of ourselves and the space, searching for the multi-layered boundaries constructed through sound, vision, material and settlement.
Duration September 11, 2026 – November 10, 2026
Fields and Media Comic, Community Development, Craft, Cultural Heritage, Independent Curator, Literature, Movie and Pop Music, Museum, Other, Visual Art
Funding a. Selected artists have free dormitory provided by this project organizers, NT$ 24,000 each month for production costs. (This amount is subject to applicable deductions, including individual income tax and Second-Generation National Health Insurance fees, in accordance with the tax regulations of the Republic of China.)
b. For foreign country artists, NT$ 30,000 each for flights costs.
How to Apply Please download the document "2026 KAT Program Application", fill it out, and send it to "bywood999@gmail.com" during the application period.
Selection Procedure 4 (individual artists/groups) for individual applied.

I. Visions of artistic creation (40%)
II. Capability of execution (40%)
III. Status of implementation of feedback programs (20%)

Evaluation Team: The organizers will recruit 3-5 experts, scholars and artists to form a temporary committee to do the screening.
Expected Outcome a. Resident at least four days a week, and regularly participate in the artist-in residence meeting to promote interaction of artists.
b. Present your achievements while at the village, and donate one representative piece of artwork to Kio-A-Thau collection.
c. Hold an art lecture or a workshop to promote culture and art education for community art interaction.
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