Jerwood Somerset House Studios Residency

A residency programme in collaboration with Jerwood to support early-career visual artists.

The Jerwood Somerset House Studios Residency programme is designed to support two cohorts of early-career visual artists over the course of a three-year period.

The programme offers studio space in central London, a bursary, and a project budget to develop a new work to be presented in the Somerset House programme. In addition, artists receive support and mentoring from the resident artist community along with wider Somerset House Studios residency benefits, a focused programme aimed to help artists develop a sustainable professional practice for the long term.

What does this residency include?

  • £3,000 bursary per artist.
  • £3,000 project budget per artist to develop a new work.
  • Dedicated studio space
  • Mentorship from the wider Somerset House Studios artist community.
  • In-kind budget to experiment with in-house facilities such as our recording studio, rehearsal studios, meeting rooms and project spaces.
  • Access to Makerversity workshops at significantly reduced artist rates.
  • Support from the Studios team to set goals and objectives for your practice.
  • Access to wider development and social programmes.
  • Final presentation of works in the Somerset House programme.
  • The Jerwood Somerset House Studios Residencies are supported by Jerwood.