Artists & Scients RESIDENCE
OPEN CALL: ELEI in Mexico City (Artist Residency)
Building Bridges Foundation @buildingbridges_ax x Lagos Studios and Residencies @lagosmx invite artists to apply for ELEI in Mexico City, a production-focused residency connecting Los Angeles ↔ Mexico City.
This is a new Traveling Artists residency program under a new grant by Building Bridges art Foundation Los Angeles.
Residency Dates
January 1–30, 2027
Based at Lagos Studios and Residencies (Mexico City)
Artists must be 25 and older and Los Angeles residents.
What we’re looking for
A specific project you will develop during your stay—directly connected to the residency’s theme: the complexities of our era shaped by crises, mobility, and the restructuring of how we live, create, and inhabit the 21st-century paradigm.
Curatorial + onsite support
Curatorial support onsite and online during January 2027
Led by Olga Margarita Dávila @bordervenus(Lagos) and Marisa Caichiolo @marisacaichiolo (Building Bridges, LA)
Residency structure
Participation is individual
Each resident produces 3–8 works (free discipline/theme, aligned with the call & production needs)
What will be covered (for selected artists)
Transportation
Stay & accommodation
Curatorial study & process
Production support
Compensation / Collection
One work produced during the residency will enter the Building Bridges Foundation Collection
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