Open Call: AHC Studios & Workshops 2025

In January 2025, AHC will relocate to Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen’s Nordvest district, where we will be unveiling 14 new studios and several workshops for artistic production. Applications are now open for studio spaces and workshop access, available for 11 months. The deadline to apply is Sunday, 20 October 2024.

Since its founding in 2019, AHC has aimed to increase the availability of workspaces for professional visual artists. During our five years at Halmtorvet, AHC has hosted artists through an ‘in-house’ residency programme. Now, with our upcoming move to Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen’s Nordvest district, we can accommodate many more artists and better address the city’s need for studios and workshop facilities.

We are offering six of the 14 studios that AHC will be managing at Thoravej 29, along with eight workshop spaces for 11 months (from mid-January to mid-December 2025). This will allow us to gather valuable insights and thoroughly evaluate the use of the new studios and workshops during the first year in our new premises together with the artists working there.

Artists can apply for either a studio and workshop space, or just a workshop space. Please note that “a workshop space” grants access to all the workshops mentioned below.

The six studios available range from 10 m2 to 37 m2 and are equipped with a table, chair and WiFi. Four of the studios also have a sink.

AHC’s new workshops comprise woodwork, metalwork, casting and assembly, as well as a digital workshop, all overseen by workshop manager Rasmus Bo Nielsen. More details on the specific facilities can be found here.

With a studio and/or workshop space, you will become an integral part of AHC’s community of artists, curators and other art professionals engaging in AHC’s programmes and exhibitions.

Move-in takes place in the second week of January 2025.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS

As an applicant, you are expected to:

• spend your daily working hours in the studios and workshops at Thoravej. Any travel plans etc. should be arranged in advance.
• have specific artistic projects and productions to complete during 2025.
• participate in at least three evaluations, each lasting one to two hours, throughout the period.
• be interested in engaging with a wider community of art professionals and actors from other fields.
• consent to having your practice presented through AHC’s various platforms.

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WHO CAN APPLY?

To be considered for AHC Studios & Workshops 2025, you must have a professional visual arts practice.

Applicants should be graduates of the Jutland Art Academy, the Funen Art Academy, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, or hold another relevant artistic qualification. Your application should clearly demonstrate your need for a studio in Copenhagen and outline one or more specific projects/productions that require access to workshop facilities.

Applications from artist duos and collectives are also welcome.

We highly value diversity and encourage all to apply, regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, identity, disability or sexual orientation.

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HOW TO APPLY:

Please complete this application form (right-click this link, select ‘Open link in new window’ and click enter to download). Forms can be filled out in either Danish or English.

Submit the completed form along with a CV including contact information (maximum 1 A4 page) and visual material with brief descriptions (maximum 4 A4 pages) as a single PDF file not exceeding 5 MB.

Applications should be emailed to ansogning@arthubcopenhagen.dk with ‘AHC Studios & Workshops 2025’ in the subject line.

The application deadline is Sunday, 20 October 2024 at 23:59.

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SELECTION PROCESS

All applications will be reviewed by AHC and short interviews will also be conducted prior to final selection.

Selection will not only be based on the artistic qualities of the applicants’ projects but focus especially on the overall composition, needs and use of facilities by the selected group. Allocation of studios will be determined by the nature of the projects and their specific facility requirements.

For inquiries about the studios and Thoravej 29, please contact Marie Braad Larsen at mb@arthubcopenhagen.dk

For inquiries regarding workshop facilities, please contact Rasmus Bo Nielsen at rn@arthubcopenhagen.dk

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ABOUT THORAVEJ 29
Thoravej 29 is more than just an address in Copenhagen’s Nordvest district. It’s also the name of a new public meeting point and professional community for a range of organisations housed in the building.

Thoravej 29 aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and events among its members, who primarily work within the arts and social sector, in order to investigate some of today’s most pressing issues. Read more here.

The building at Thoravej 29 is a 1960s industrial structure, reimagined by pihlmann architects into a dynamic space featuring workshops for artistic production, studios, an exhibition venue, a public café, a black box, a main stage and office spaces. AHC oversees the management of all studios, workshops and the exhibition space and will host weekly events on the stage.

Designed with accessibility in mind, the building has step-free access and elevators at both ends of the building, ensuring access to all floors. Additionally, each floor is equipped with wheelchair-accessible bathrooms.