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Laura Carderera

Residencies Programme Manager, Learning

I oversee the V&A's residency programme, supporting artists, designers and other creative practitioners who are invited to undertake research, develop public programmes and create work inspired by the museum’s collections.

Celebrating 10 years of residencies at the V&A during LDF

It’s that time of the year and with London Design Festival around the corner, we are delighted to share an exciting programme of tours and talks by former V&A Residents...

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New open call for a Design Thinker in Residence

We are delighted to announce a new yearlong residency opportunity for a Design Thinker in Residence at the V&A starting in November...

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Open call for sustainable fashion and textile design residency

We are delighted to announce our second residency open call of the year, this time for a UK-based fashion or textile designer working with sustainable materials or processes (eg....

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Open call: inviting applications for new V&A Videogames Residency

Our first open call of the year for a nine-month videogames residency, coinciding with our upcoming exhibition Videogames:...

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Juree Kim and Neil Brownsword begin their V&A Korea UK Ceramics Residency

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New open call for Danish ceramic artists

We are delighted to announce a new open call for applications targeted at Danish ceramic artists as part of a new collaboration with the Danish Arts Foundation. The residency...

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New VARI international residency opportunity in partnership with Create London

The V&A Research Institute (VARI) and Create London are seeking nominations for a four-month residency based at Create’s The White House in Dagenham’s Becontree...

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New open call for nominations & applications: VARI Embedded Residency for practitioners working with data

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Close to the Skin, new display and short film by Noor Ali Chagani

Close to the Skin is a display and short film by our previous V&A Jameel Resident Noor Ali Chagani. It will be on display in Gallery 47 c for one week only (until 1...

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New ceramics residency open call for applications

We have just issued a new open call for a ceramics residency for mid-career and established UK-based studio ceramicists. The deadline for applications is 8 January 2017. We...

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New Open Call for Gilbert Collection Residency

Gold and enamelled beaker, made in Europe, c. 1600-1620, Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.28-2008. © The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum,...

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New Jameel Prize Resident at the V&A starting next October

We are delighted to announce the appointment of our first Jameel Prize Resident, Noor Ali Chagani, who will be in residence at the V&A between October 2016 and early January...

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Co-designing sound art: call for participants with Cochlear Implants

Co-designing sound art is a V&A Adult Learning Communities Programme co-designed with artist Tom Tlalim in partnership with Action on Hearing Loss. Tom Tlalim is an artist,...

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Short film about Matt Smith’s project Spode: a 31 Note Lovesong

Hear from Matt Smith, V&A Ceramics resident October 2015 – March 2016, about how his visit to the Spode factory in Stoke-on-Trent inspired him to create a new...

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New Open Call: Residency for early career UK-based ceramic artists

We have just issued an open call for early-career UK-based studio ceramicists (around 2-5 years since MA, or 5-10 years since BA). The residency will be based in a purpose-built...

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New Open Call: Exhibition Road Engineering Residency

We have just issued a new open call for a one year residency targeted at UK based engineers, makers and designers who wish to develop their practice by responding in their own...

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New Open Call: Goethe V&A Photography Residency

We are delighted to announce that we have just issued an open call for a residency in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut London. This residency is the inaugural...

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Film of Liam Byrne’s Inside Voices

For those of you who were not able to experience this performance project first hand last June, do have a look at our newly published short film on Liam Byrne’s Inside...

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Upcoming Open Studios and brief overview of V&A Residencies

I am often asked by museum visitors to provide some background about our residency programme so I thought I would post a short overview of our residencies. Set up in 2008, the...

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New open call: V&A Finnish Institute in London Ceramics Residency

We are delighted to announce a new open call for a Finnish ceramic residency in collaboration with the Finnish Institute in London. The Residency will be based in our...

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Liam Byrne’s Ambrophonic Lyre

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Tryst: Industry Meets the Studio Maker

Head up to the ceramic galleries in Level 6 and don’t miss Amy Hughes’ presentation of Tryst, the culmination of her collaborative project with the V&A and 1882Ltd. Taking...

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Heavy Space Utilisation

Keep an eye out for Matthew Raw’s and Thom Swann’s Heavy Space Utilisation on the ground floor, at the bottom of our glass lift in Gallery 10b of the Medieval &...

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Our residents projects during LDF

London Design Festival (LDF) is taking place this week and our residents have been keeping busy installing several great projects throughout the museum galleries! Our ceramic...

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Open call for residency at the V&A Museum of Childhood

We have recently issued an open call for applications for a residency at the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green. This new residency opportunity is targeted at artists,...

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Historical Interventions

On the 17th and 18th of July, a group of students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama will be taking over the museum with a series of performance interventions involving...

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Liam Byrne interview on BBC Radio 3

Our music resident Liam Byrne was interviewed and performed in BBC Radio 3 yesterday. He talked about his residency and his relationship to the V&A collection – and of...

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Inside Voices, a performance in process by music resident Liam Byrne

Booking has opened for Inside Voices, Liam Byrne’s performance in process inside Trajan’s Column! Between 23 and 28 June, Liam will invite members of the public...

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Residency Programme Upcoming Events

Have you met our resident artists yet? Do come and meet them at the fantastic events that they have lined up in the Museum in May and June! May Thursday 21 May at 13.00...

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New updates from the Residency Programme

We are delighted to welcome three new residents to the Museum this month – and a new residency programme coordinator (me!). All three residents have fantastic project ideas...