If you have tried ceramics before, you will be amazed by the wide range of facilities. If ceramics is new to you, our team of supervisors will guide you through the ceramic process.

.ekwc offers three different types of residencies:
- individual residency
- residency for young applicants
- residency related to external projects

Individual residency

For who? Professional artists, designers and architects with an academic education and who have worked as independent professionals for at least two years.

An individual residency is intended for professional artists, designers and architects who would like to learn more about ceramics as a medium or who would like to acquire more in-depth knowledge of ceramics. The individual residency at the .ekwc offers a supreme opportunity for those who want to undertake experiments with or take up the challenge of ceramics. Not only can they spend three months making use of all the facilities at the .ekwc that support the process of working with ceramics, but a technical staff is also available to provide guidance during the residency. An international selection committee will assess the applications that come in through the annual public application round. The selection will be based on documentation of the last five years' work and an activity plan / motivation.

How to apply: download the application form. Carefully read the guidelines. Send the completed application form together with work plan and visual documentation to the e-mail address below.

Residency for young participants

For who? Candidates who graduated less than two years ago from an academy of art and/or design and are under the age of thirty. .ekwc can place 8 young participants each year.

During this residency young professionals can learn about ceramics as a medium or increase the knowledge they already have. A three-month residency at the .ekwc often provides a good impulse for building up a professional career. A selection committee assesses the applications, based on documentation of the last few years' work (including the final project), an activity plan / motivation and references from teachers and/or supervisors.

How to apply: download the application form. Carefully read the guidelines. Send the completed application form together with work plan and visual documentation to the e-mail address below.

Residency related to external projects

For who? Professional artists, designers and architects with an academic education and who have worked as independent professionals for at least two years.

The .ekwc also offers the opportunity of using its studio for external projects for a residency to professional visual artists, designers and architects who want to use the facilities of the .ekwc and the knowledge available there to carry out an educational project, work on an exhibition or develop a new ceramic product, for example. This residency is included in the standard application procedure. A project must meet certain criteria to be eligible for this residency, so please read the terms and conditions carefully before you send in your proposal.

How to apply: download the application form. Carefully read the guidelines. Send the completed application form together with work plan and visual documentation to the e-mail address below.

Since 01-03-2010 there has been made a new policy according the appliction procedure, which means that:
- .ekwc no longer provides a material budget nor a stipend
- all applicants will be assessed by the selection committee
- .ekwc no longer works with recruitment anymore
- a participant can be given a workperiod only once. A comeback for the second time is only possible by renting a projectstudio. This means that participants can work in the .ekwc two times and no more.