Open call: residency program / 
Simon Denny: Metaverse Landscapes

Open call 2024 
Frans Masereel Centrum is pleased to announce the open call for applications for its 2024 Artist Residency Program in Kasterlee, Belgium. 

International artists at all stages of their careers and across a wide array of disciplines from the visual arts are encouraged to apply for a five-week residency. There are four different residency periods to choose from, between January and June 2024. 

The focus of our Artist Residency Program lies on development and creation in one or more of our unique, professionally equipped printmaking workshops. Thanks to our experienced staff, and an introductory program full of demo’s, no prior knowledge of printmaking techniques is required. We explicitly welcome experimental and challenging proposals that are relevant to your artistic practice. 

Our partially-funded Artist Residency Program includes accommodation, access to our workshops, technical support and a side program. Residents are encouraged to participate in an active dialogue with other residents, as well as with visiting tutors and our staff. We expect you to work autonomously and be able to realize your project independently. 

Application deadline: May 22, 2023 (11am CET). 

For full guidelines and our online application form, visit our website here.  

Please note that due to construction work beginning in mid-2024, we will pause our residency program in the second half of 2024 and are expected to resume in the fall of 2025.​ 

Simon Denny: Metaverse Landscapes 
July 2–October 1 2023 
Preview: July 1, 2023 

Metaverse Landscapes, Simon Denny’s most recent project, connects discourses around metaverse property, NFT ownership and digital scarcity with histories of modernist abstraction and colonial painting as property claim tools.  

A significant portion of the exhibition was created in the workshops of the Frans Masereel Centrum, and will be complemented by both brand new work from the artist’s studio, as well as some historical loans. 

About 
Since its inauguration in 1972, the Frans Masereel Centrum has grown into one of the most inspiring artist residencies, where visual artists can challenge their practice in the art centre’s fully equipped printmaking workshops, together with an international and intergenerational group of peers. Located in the rural northern part of Belgium, the Frans Masereel Centrum offers space and seclusion, as well as a place to meet, learn and create. Partners and children of residents are welcome as well. The campus also comprises an exhibition space, a library, a bookstore, a communal garden and is home to a collection of more than 20,000 works of art by former residents. 

The Frans Masereel Centrum is funded by the Flemish Government.