Dates of the Internship:

August 26th– September30th

Application deadline:

Tuesday 26th of May at Midnight

Bursary:

£1800

This bursary is to support your travel and other costs you might incur whilst you undertake the Internship. You accommodation and meals are provided on site.

Info Session 

On Thursday the 17th of May at 5pm Rahel, the Residency Programme Manager will be hosting an online info session for nay questions you might have about the internship via zoom.

Register to attend via zoom here 

If you have any questions and CANNOT attend the session, you can email these to programme@hospitalfield.org.uk

About Hospitalfield  Whilst we deliver on many aims, at the core of our programme is supporting artists through the various residency programmes. The residencies are designed to support artists’ practice through providing uninterrupted time and space within a cohort of others.  Once an artist has been awarded a place of a programme the relationship is one of trust; we trust that the artist will use the time to develop their work. Sometimes outcomes will emerge immediately, often in the months and years far beyond the time of the residency. We trust the artists to manage this outcome.

The purpose of the Internship

The In The Field Internship has been devised to give an individual developing their practice within the realm of contemporary visual art experience of our residency programmes through assisting in managing our newly launching funded programme. There will also be the opportunity to support other initiatives that we are developing as archives of the programme. This includes the Pamphlet Series and the 21st Century Artist Recommended Library.

We expect this opportunity to be suitable for someone interested in expanding their practice to include artist support and organisational systems and strategy.

Hospitalfield is seeking applications from a dedicated and enthusiastic person who will join our team for the Internship this autumn which is roughly a month long. The chosen candidate will be expected to live on site for the duration, they will be provided with accommodation and all their meals. Working alongside our small, dedicated team you will be assisting with our residency programme and supporting the development of these other related initiatives.  This is an opportunity to work with a small group of artists and to an insight into the principles of supporting practice through the day to day management of a specific programme. You will emerge with a clear understanding of what a powerful impact such time can be for artists and you will be able to recognise how you have played a part in helping Hospitalfield to deliver this important programme.    You may also be asked to help with other elements of the programme including communications and events, you can find a non-exhaustive list of possible activities you may be asked to help with during the internship below.     List of possible activities: Assisting with the residencies: 

-   Liaising with other staff members to facilitate Artist’s access to the Historic  Rooms and collections were requested 

-  Responding to enquiries from the residents 

-  Preparing the Studios for residencies and making sure the resident artists have the equipment they need whilst on site. 

-  Organising group trips and activities 

-  Day today communications 

-  Documenting and participating in studio visits and intro sessions 

-  Assisting with social media and comms for the residency 

-  Assisting with hosting during the residency, including special guests   

Archival projects: 

-  Communicating with previous residents 

-  Organising digital files systems 

-  Assisting residents completing their pamphlets 

-  Researching possible digital and physical publications looking including looking into possibilities to use platforms such as Substack and podcast formats 

-  Working with volunteers to house the library and catalogue the collections

-  Organising book requests and precuring them

 Assisting with events and miscellaneous: 

-  Arranging travel for Selectors

-  Assisting with social media and comms 

-  Set up for events

-  Attending special events 

 Hours:

Everyone working at Hospitalfield is on an hourly contract 37.5 hours per week – this will be your contribution. As this role does not fit neatly into a 9-5 you will work with Hospitalfield staff to devise a schedule. The ideal candidate will be flexible to being available in the evenings and at weekends and be able to manage their own schedule.   

Expected outcomes:  This role is ideal for someone who would value this opportunity as work experience within the visual arts. You may be interested in curatorial and arts administration, teaching, artist support roles. Our aim is to ensure that a new generation of people working in the arts are sensitive to the less visible support that artists need and that is essential to the far more visible aspects of an artists’ practice, which is about the presentation of completed work. This Internship should help to answer questions relating to the challenges that artists face in finding support for process, production, research and development, and the provision of space for conscious uncertainty and the opportunity to practice and to fail in order to succeed.

  We are looking for applicants who can show within their application statement, that they understand these principles and that they will use the experience gained in this role to go to develop their own practice.    How to Apply:     We have tried to keep the application process simple and quick.     Please apply via submittable.      You will be asked to upload a CV, a short statement on why you would like to be considered for this role and the contact details for one reference.   Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 24th of May.    Eligibility and Equalities:   You must have the correct visa to work in the UK to undertake this Internship.      The Intern is not an employee of Hospitalfield and is therefore responsible for paying all tax arising on the fees or other payments made under this agreement and for the payment of all national insurance and other similar payments.     We are keen to hear from applicants from unrepresented backgrounds who might not have had access to similar opportunities before.

Hospitalfield believe in human rights for all those connected with this organisation and all members of society. We are committed to providing a welcoming environment for everyone, regardless of gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, or religion or belief. We ask artists and audiences to commit to this with us. Hospitalfield will not support work which we feel to be derogatory to any person or group on these grounds.

Image of Hospitalfield Studios from across the fields, courtesy of Ruth Clark

 

OPEN CALL - Hospitalfield Autumn Residency 2026

Dates of Residency: August 31st – September 27th

Application Deadline: Tuesday 26th of May, Midnight 

Places: 6

Artist Residency Bursary:  £2200

Travel Budget:  £100

Selectors:

Caspar Heinemann, Artist

Laura Clarke, Curator

Eligibility: UK-based Contemporary Visual Art Practitioners, two years or more out of education. 

Online Q&A:

On Thursday 14th of May  6pm Hospitalfield Programme Manager Rahel Levine will run an online Q&A about the Programme and application Process via zoom.

Register to attend via zoom here 

If you have any questions and CANNOT attend the session, you can email these to programme@hospitalfield.org.uk

About The Residency:   The Autumn Residency is a four-week funded programme with 6 places available for UK-based Contemporary Visual Art Practitioners. Selected artists receive a bursary that supports them and the development of their work during the residency.  This residency is devised for those developing their working lives within the scope of contemporary visual art practices.

Artists are invited to submit an application that describes an urgent project, or specific focus of work, that they will address during the month-long programme.  Pressure on places is high and applicants are advised to articulate why this is the right time for them to be working on this project, and how this will impact the development of their work going forward.

It is important that residents can commit to the entire residency period, to provide consistency for the group and to make sure you can immerse yourself in the situation and your work.

The residency includes studio visits with the selectors and peer to peer discussion facilitated by Hospitalfield, full board catering, 24 hours access to studio space.

Artists in residence on funded programmes are invited to contribute to our pamphlet series as a way of documenting their time at Hospitalfield. More information on this can be found HERE.   

How to Apply:   Selectors are looking for applicants with urgent projects that can demonstrate clearly what their project or focus for the residency will be. We anticipate a high number of applications to this funded residency. Applicants are advised to articulate their project proposal clearly and demonstrate why this is the right time for them to be working on this project, and how this will impact the development of their work going forward. Artists are discouraged from making a site-specific proposal in relation to Hospitalfield.  Application should be made via the online form on submittable linked at the top and bottom of this page.

 Eligibility: You must be two years out of education to apply for this residency, please join our mailing list to hear about other residency news and deadlines including our Graduate Programme.   

About the Selectors:  Caspar Heinemann (b. 1994, London) is an artist and writer living in Glasgow. Solo exhibitions include Cabinet, London (2026, 2022); Studio Voltaire, London (2025); Édouard Montassut, Paris (2024); Outpost Gallery, Norwich; Almanac, London (2017); and Kevin Space, Vienna (2016). His work has been included in group exhibitions at the Warburg Institute, London (2026); Casa di Goethe, Rome (2024); Maureen Paley: Morena di Luna, Hove (2024) EACC, Castellón (2023); ICA, Los Angeles (2022); and ICA, London (2019). Heinemann participated in the 2017 Baltic Triennial, the 2019 Bergen Assembly, and has read his writing at the Horse Hospital, London; Spike Island, Bristol; Camden Art Centre, London; Partly, Copenhagen; Sussex Poetry Festival, Brighton; and Tate Modern, London. His poetry collection, Novelty Theory, was published in 2019 by The 87 Press.    Laura Clarke (is a curator based in Sheffield. She currently works as Head of Programme at Site Gallery and was previously Artistic Director at Arts Catalyst (2019-2024). Her practice is grounded in social, artistic and political research and she has commissioned projects by Rehana Zaman, Resolve Collective, Ilona Sagar, Harun Morrison and Rachel Pimm, amongst others. She has worked in arts organisations for over a decade, including S1 Artspace, Hayward Gallery, the Barbican Centre and Nottingham Contemporary. She was previously an Associate Lecturer in Contemporary Art at the University of Huddersfield and holds an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art (2012)    

About Hospitalfield:  Dedicated to contemporary art and ideas, Hospitalfield has an international reputation in the visual arts for our artist development programmes through residencies and commissioning. Over the last ten years our programmes have given time and space to artists to develop new work at a pivotal time in the development of their careers.

Participants in the programme live and work in the house, studios, gardens and courtyards of the estate. The location, overlooking the North Sea, provides an extremely peaceful place to work. Hospialfield is situated on the edge of the small town of Arbroath, once off the threshold of the estate you are within walking distance of useful amenities and the beach. Arbroath station is on the east coast train line from London to Aberdeen and is linked to all of the main Scottish towns and cities by train and buses. The long daylight hours in the spring and summer, beautiful coastline and high percentage of sunshine hours defines this part of Scotland.

Access:  Your residency proposal can be submitted either as text or as an audio file via the online form, please get in touch if you have questions regarding the application process.

On the application form there is space for you to include any access requirements, mobility, or health factors you would like to inform us about.  Hospitalfield is a 19th century artists’ house and there are several steps and stairs up to many of the rooms in the house and between the House, and around the Grounds.

After you are awarded a place, you are given the option of completing a more detailed access rider where you can raise access requirements.

The studios are fully accessible and have fully accessible bathroom facilities. There is access to shared and private working spaces.

Dining at Hospitalfield happens together and the residency involves being part of a group. There is space in the application form to tell us about any dietary requirements you have.     

Image of Hospitalfield Studio Courtesy of Ruth Clark 

Application Deadline: Sunday June 7h at 11.59pm Applicants will be informed by June 19th of the outcome of their application.

Residency Period: Applicants can select up to ??? days during the following dates: 28th August –1st September and 7th – 30th of October

Eligibility: Artists based in the DD postcode region (this includes Angus and Dundee) over the age of 18 and not currently enrolled in formal education.

Selector: Pernille Spence 

About The Residency: 

The DD Studio Time Residency offers non-residential use of Hospitalfield studios for Practitioners living in the DD post code area.

In October 2026 we are inviting practitioners who live in the DD post code area to spend up to ?? days of studio only residency time in the Hospitalfield Studios. This time can be used to test out ideas, think and make big, or dedicate a few days to a specific project with the support of Hospitalfield. Practitioners applying for these residencies could be artists, illustrators, designers, musicians, choreographers, singers, writers, dancers and those working within the arts or culture at large.   Whilst the offer of The DD Studio Time Residency is aimed at individuals or small collaborative groups of artists, we aim to host multiple artists onsite at any given time during the residency period. We hope that this will give practitioners access to a new community of artists to form connections with. To aid this there will be optional group programming that residents can participate in including end of residency presentations and a celebratory meal.

Available Spaces: Our studios consist of 20th and 21st century spaces. The 1901 studios are two large purpose-built studios with north facing light. They are suited to drawing, painting, clay, plaster, collage as well as research and reading. They are shared studios spaces and usually host 2-3 artists at a time. 

The 21st century studio building was completed in 2024 and is a purpose-built facility with moving image, sound and image making practices in mind. The building is home to two studios: a screening room with cinema grade projector and surround sound speakers, a small wet dark room and an acoustic solo studio that is well insulated for sound. We also have two spaces that are ideal for writers or researchers, the reading nook in the 1901 studios and our New Scriptoirum bothy.

You can see some photos of the spaces here: Moving into the restored 19th & 20th Artist Studios and the New 21st century studio – Hospitalfield, you will be asked to note which space you would like to work in on the application form. 

Our studios are offered on a facility only basis and we anticipate that artists will bring the equipment and materials that they require to undertake their work. 

Application Guidelines:

What the offer is: 

·  Artists and practitioners must be based in the DD postcode area are given free Support from Hospitalfield's programme team

·  Practitioners can request up to ?? days of access to work in the studios from withing the following dates:28th August –1st September  and 7th – 30th of October

·  Practitioners will have access to the studios ??? from ???

·  Practitioners will be invited to optional events with other participants of the studio residencies

What the offer is not:

·  These residencies are non-residential meaning that whilst you will have access to the studio space this offer does not include accommodation or meals at Hospitalfield.

·  This offer does not include daily access to the House but we can arrange tours. 

·  It is not possible to host events as part of this studio use. 

·  We discourage site specific projects during this short period of time.

Application Tips: 

• We are keen to see proposals for work where the artists practice can really benefit from the facilities or spaces, we hold here at Hospitalfield. 
• We will invite you to participate in evaluation about the studio spaces after you have complete your use of the spaces. 
• Please note the length of time and type of space requested on your application form.

If you have questions, you can email Rahel at rahel@hospitalfield.org.uk

Eligibility: Artists based in the DD postcode region (this includes Angus and Dundee) over the age of 18 and not currently enrolled in formal education. The emphasis is on supporting artists based in the Angus and Dundee regions.

Access: 

This is a 'free' opportunity for artists and practitioners in the DD region. We are unable to provide financial support to make participation possible however can provide letters of support if it is possible to gain funding prior to the studio access. The studio spaces are level access. It is possible to park exactly outside the studios if you have access requirements in accessible studio parking spaces, there are accessible bathrooms in both studio buildings, you can note any access needs on the application form. 

About the Guest Selector: Pernille Spence is an artist based in Scotland who has been creating performances and moving image works since the mid 1990s.  She has created work for the sky, working with a team of skydivers, been lifted into the air by 22 giant weather balloons and devised a series of performances that took place in over 50 locations in the landscape alongside railway lines from Aberdeen to Glasgow.  Since 2015 Pernille has been making work in collaboration with artist, Zoë Irvine as Irvine & Spence. Exhibiting nationally and internationally her work has been shown in many galleries and festivals including the National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, the Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art, Germany, the Australian Centre for Moving Image, Melbourne and was part of “>>FFWD:Artists’ Moving Image from Scotland” in Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai Biennale, China.  Works made in collaboration with Zoë Irvine have been shown in film festivals such as Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, the Aesthetica Short film festival and the Ann Arbor Film Festival where they were awarded the Prix De Varti in 2024. Pernille is currently Head of Art in the Contemporary Art Practice department at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee. About Hospitalfield: Dedicated to contemporary art and ideas, Hospitalfield has an international reputation in the visual arts for our artist development programmes through residencies and commissioning. Over the last ten years our programmes have given time and space to artists to develop new work at a pivotal time in the development of their careers.

Participants in the programme live and work in the house, studios, gardens and courtyards of the estate. The location, overlooking the North Sea, provides an extremely peaceful place to work. Hospialfield is situated on the edge of the small town of Arbroath, once off the threshold of the estate you are within walking distance of useful amenities and the beach. Arbroath station is on the east coast train line from London to Aberdeen and is linked to all of the main Scottish towns and cities by train and buses. The long daylight hours in the spring and summer, beautiful coastline and high percentage of sunshine hours defines this part of Scotland.