MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program
Every year the MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program offers six-month residencies to international artists and architects, selected by an international jury through an annual competition. Residents live and work in the Mackey Apartments, and present projects in exhibitions at the end of their term in March and September.
The residence program welcomes a small group of international artists and architects to live and work in Los Angeles. Offering long-term support to projects working at the intersection of architecture and the visual arts, the residency aims to create new interdisciplinary opportunities and confrontations. The residency culminates in a final group project presentation at the Mackey Apartments Garage Top. Initiated in October 1995, an international jury convenes in Vienna each spring to select up to eight projects as well as two alternates per group. To date, the MAK Center has hosted more than 50 groups of international residents. This unique program is funded by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, in cooperation with the MAK — Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna.
Current Residents
OCTOBER 2024 – MARCH 2025
MACKEY APARTMENTS
Each resident is given an apartment in the R.M. Schindler-designed Mackey Apartments in the Mid-Wilshire district of Los Angeles.
Final Projects
Residents receive a monthly stipend and the support of the MAK Center staff, who work with residents to facilitate their research and projects, and to arrange meetings with relevant producers around Los Angeles. Completed works are presented to the public towards the end of each residency period in an exhibition.
Last Exhibition
FINAL PROJECTS: GROUP LIV
MARCH 8 - MARCH 10, 2024
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture is pleased to announce Final Projects: Group LIV, exhibiting three bodies of work produced by our Artists and Architects-in-Residence, Anna-Sophie Berger, Bianca Gamser, and Evan Ifekoya.
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Mackey Apartments
1137 S Cochran Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90019
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Next Exhibition
FINAL PROJECTS: GROUP LV
August 30 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
An exhibition by the 55rd group of MAK Center Artists and Architects-in-Residence at the Mackey Apartments
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Mackey Apartments
1137 S Cochran Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90019
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HOW TO APPLY
Residencies are awarded to independent projects exploring the relation between art and architecture. Projects are chosen according to their ability to: critically examine current trends in art, architecture, and society; make a compelling connection with Los Angeles as the place of implementing or continuing the applicant’s own work; and demonstrate a conceptual and experimental approach. Recipients of awards are encouraged to participate in the activities of the MAK Center as well as attend meetings, workshops and project discussions with other artists and students.
Emphasis is placed on the location of the residency in Los Angeles. Without a doubt, Los Angeles has become a primary location for critical activity in art, architecture, and urban theory, and residents’ projects often reflect, incorporate, and address specific facets of the city and its social fabric.
Residency terms run from October to March, and from April to September. The deadline for applications is in Summer 2024.
