Iraqi artists' Residencies: 2008, UK
The two artists Hemn Hamid and Reben Mejeed from Iraq were given the opportunity to undertake a residency in the UK to develop their work, explore British culture and contemporary art and introduce their work to a British audience.
For the first residency an Iraqi artist Reben Majeed spent four weeks at Artsadmin and at Live Art Development Agency in London in research and development, resulting in a presentation.
For the second residency artist Hemin Hamid spent four weeks at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in research and development, undertaking research centred around the host venue.
Funded by:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Art Council England/Yorkshire
British Institute for the Study of Iraq, BISI
Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust
In kind:
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Live Art Development Agency
Artsadmin