Cultural Work Trainee Program South Africa – Austria 2025 (Funded) Deadline: 18 November, 2024

Applications are open for the Cultural Work Trainee Program South Africa – Austria 2025. The Cultural Work Trainee Program South Africa – Austria of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport at MuseumsQuartier Vienna supports six cultural workers/artists from South Africa to participate in internships for 2 months each at a major art institution/art project in Vienna.

The program offers an opportunity for young cultural workers (max. 40 years old) from South Africa to collect personal work experience at leading art initiatives in Austria. Apart from the internship, which is the central part of the program, the residents will be provided a personal mentoring and additionally will be supported by the team of MuseumsQuartier.

Benefits

• Two months internship in an art institution or at an art project in Vienna.
• Studio flat in the historic building of MuseumsQuartier Vienna
• Monthly scholarship of EUR 1,300,- (for two months a total of EUR 2,600,-)
• Reimbursement of travel expenses of EUR 1,000,-

Eligibility

• Applicants must have completed university degree or completed specialized education;
• At least three years of work experience in the desired field of work;
• High level of proficiency in English or German is required in order to enable participants to engage in a creative dialogue in an international context.

Application

• Complete digital application form, including the following information:
  • full contact information Application Form (PDF)
  • letter of intent explaining why you apply, what you expect and on what you would like to focus on during the residency (max. 5000 characters)
  • brief informative curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages)
  • optional: recommendation letter by a senior person in the profession
• Applications are accepted in English language
• All documents must be sent as 1 PDF, max. 10 MB

The application has to be sent exclusively electronically to the following e-mail address: southafricaprogram@focusinternational.at

For more information, visit Cultural Work Trainee Program.

Deadline: 18 November, 2024