Artist in Residence

Royal Danish Academy Bornholm
The Professional Bachelor of Crafts in Glass and Ceramics is part of the Royal Danish Academy - Design, Architecture, Conservation in Copenhagen, but is situated at campus Nexø, also called the Royal Danish Academy - Crafts in Glass and Ceramics. The program has a specific artistic development and entrepreneurial profile, that also includes new production methods, technologies and sustainability. There is also a focus on understanding the regional, national and international traditions of craft that emphasizes social significance and contemporary development. 

The academy has an ideal layout with large bright workshop facilities filled with state-of-the-art equipment in all of the working areas, including a small workshop for wood- and metalwork. The school also contains an auditorium, various classrooms and a library with professional related literature, books and magazines.

For the past three years the Royal Danish Academy has worked strategically with the 17 UN Sustainability Goals. Given our responsibility for the education of future generations of crafts professionals, architects and designers, we feel a joint responsibility for training graduates, whose competencies will contribute to a more sustainable world. The Royal Danish Academy aims to be a laboratory for the development of new, sustainable solutions and products. 

Exchange 
The AiR program is aimed at professional practitioners working in glass, who are expected to be proficient in the processes and techniques discussed in their residency application.

Residents will be operating within an educational facility working alongside a priority programmed timetable and will not be required to enter into any teaching situation. However it is expected that the AIR will engage in dialogue with the students, about their work, methods and professional experiences and to give feed back to student questions. The resident will hold a public lecture about their work, open for the students and to the interested public.

During the period of the residency it is incumbent on the resident to communicate, aid and assist his or her fellow resident in an open and friendly manner. This interaction and exchange is seen as being one of the benefits and challenges of the residence period.

The period of the residency is granted to the named resident only, partners and other makers are not allowed to work in the studios during this time.