Artist In Residence

mmag announces the opening of applications for the 2026 Artist-in-Residence program in its fifth edition, to take place over 5 months, from March to July 2026.

This residency offers artists a concentrated period for artistic research and development, whether to initiate a new body of work or to further an existing project. The 2026 edition places particular emphasis on how artists approach their practice within a local context, and how their work can respond to, resist, or reimagine prevailing systems often designed at the expense of human values and collective responsibility. The program welcomes contemplations on what it means to be an artist today, and how artistic practices can foster attentiveness, solidarity, and alternative ways of relating to one another and the world.

The Artist-in-Residence program creates space for experimentation, sustained reflection, and rethinking artistic paths and motivations. This edition emphasizes collective ways of working, thinking, and living, and supports practices that prioritize process, lived experience, and shared learning. Participants are encouraged to critically reflect on their realities, question dominant cultural frameworks, and explore how artistic practice can engage with and respond to its surrounding context.

At the core of the residency is a commitment to meaningful exchange through ongoing dialogue, collaboration, and feedback, among artists, mentors, curators, as well as an interdisciplinary community. The program is designed in relation to the residents' practices and includes regular meetings, encounters with artists and curators, external visits, and collective learning sessions that cultivate context-rooted knowledge exchange. Participants will also work closely with the mmag team to create and organize a range of activities such as workshops, talks, film screenings, and performances, understood as extensions of research and experimentation rather than as closed, final outputs.

The residency will host up to 10 artists selected based on their motivations, prior experience, completed works, and the strength and relevance of their proposed project. During the residency, mmag will provide private studio spaces, access to shared and specialized facilities, living accommodations, as well as a contribution toward production costs.

Applications are open to artists working across all fields and disciplines, including visual arts, writing, cultural or artistic research, sound art, moving image, and performance, with openness to all artistic forms and practices. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, or place of residence.

Artists applying from outside Jordan are expected to secure their own travel and daily living expenses; however, the foundation is prepared to provide letters of support for use in applying to external grants.

We look forward to receiving your proposals by February 9th, and to the conversations and practices that this residency will make possible.