If selected for artistic commission, the artist will bear the responsibility for producing their own work, including budget and administration tasks. Artistic commissions can often extend over several years. The artist is contractually bound to follow Region Stockholm’s environmental sustainability requirements. Solutions for how the artwork should be managed and maintained after its production, will be provided by the artist, in dialogue with the Cultural Administration. The Cultural Administration bears the responsibility for maintenance of the artwork.
visaYes, we accept applications from professional artists based in Sweden and abroad.
visaRegion Stockholm’s healthcare services are located in Stockholm. We warmly welcome applications from artists based in other parts of Sweden and abroad. If you are awarded a sketch assignment, many of the contacts can be done digitally. However, in certain situations, you must be prepared to travel to Stockholm to learn about the specific context of the project, and in certain cases to deliver your sketch assignment. If you are awarded a commission, you will also have to travel to Stockholm for installation of the artwork.
visaMost of the Open Calls are for sites or spaces that are yet to be built. Therefore we are unable to provide images of the site. When architectural drawings or renderings are available they are usually published in the Open Call.
Please note, we do not require sketches to be submitted with the application for Open Calls. Detailed information on the site will be provided to artists selected to submit a sketch assignment.
visaAll Open Calls are published on the Culture Administration’s website, www.kultur.regionstockholm.se
Members of Konstnärsbasen, the Culture Administration’s database for artists, receive email notifications when we publish Open Calls.
The Culture Administration also has a Facebook page where Open Calls are published (in Swedish only).
visaApplications for Open Calls are first reviewed and assessed by the Art Department, in collaboration with external independent art advisors. The selection is then presented to representatives of the hospital, construction project managers and architects for comments connected to their area of expertise.
The decision on which artist(s) will be selected will be taken by the Head of the Art Department, delegated by the Region Stockholm cultural committee.
Names of the artists will not be revealed until a decision on artistic commission is made.
visaIf you applied for an open call, you will be contacted via email when the selection is made.
Results of the Open Calls are also published on the webbsite kultur.regionstockholm.se, via the communication service MyNewsdesk, and on the Cultural Administration’s Facebook page. Please note that this information is published in Swedish only.
visaThe artists work together with the art project manager, as well as other staff from the Cultural Administration. The commissioning process require close collaborations with the project organisation. The extent of the public or private character, as well as the openness and the privacy of the sites, may vary widely. The art commission is always produced specifically for the location and its context. When working with the Cultural Administration, artists create art in public spaces, either in healthcare environments or adjacent thereto.
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The healthcare environment often presents unique opportunities while demanding specific considerations from the artist, including, for example, hygiene requirements that impact material choices and patient experiences that may influence the content of the commission.
visaConstruction projects often extend over several years. As a consequence of the Cultural Administration’s early involvement in the construction process, the commissioning process can also extend over several years, and be impacted by changes in the construction process. Time schedules, processes and deliveries are coordinated with the construction project.
visaThe art is an element of an architectural context which implies collaboration with many different actors, including the Culture Administration’s project managers, art advisers, construction project supervisors, architects and representatives of the healthcare provider.
With its extensive experience of producing art projects in the healthcare environment the Cultural Admininistration will support the artist throughout all stages of the commission.
visaTo be eligible for a public art commission, you must fulfil the following requirements:
We are open to working with artists who are not self-employed or have their own companies. If you are awarded a sketch assignment, please let us know how you plan to send us legally valid invoices.
visaYes. You can provide information on your co-applicant in the application of Interest.
visaThe web application form for the Open Call, your CV and visual reference materials.
In the application form, you can submit your CV and visual reference materials by referring to your account at Konstnärsbasen,
You need to submit an application of Interest, and refer to your CV and visual reference materials from earlier works.
To do so, you can submit your CV and visual reference materials by referring to your account at Konstnärsbasen, or by providing a link to a website where we can access these reference materials.
You can find our open calls under Art Commissions.
visaThe Culture Administration has a database for artists called Konstnärsbasen.
Once you create an account, you can upload your CV, showcase your work and receive information on Open Calls. Please refer primarily to your account in Konstnärsbasen in your application.
If you do not wish to create an account in Konstnärsbasen, you can refer to a website where we can find your CV and visual reference materials.
If neither Konstnärsbasen nor web references work for you, you can submit physical materials. In such case, please make sure both your CV and visual reference materials are included.
visaOnce you create an account, you can upload your CV, showcase your work and receive information on Open Calls. Please refer primarily to your account in Konstnärsbasen in your application.
If you do not wish to create an account in Konstnärsbasen, you can refer to a website where we can find your CV and visual reference materials.
If neither Konstnärsbasen nor web references work for you, you can submit physical materials. In such case, please make sure both your CV and visual reference materials are included.
visaYou can upload images of the artworks, and related materials, such as the artist’s CV, to Region Stockholm’s Cultural Administration’s digital database Konstnärsbasen.
This information will be available and searchable for the cultural administration’s art project managers, as well as external independent art advisors, who work together to acquiring artworks for the Region Stockholm’s healthcare and administration environments. If your artwork(s) are considered for acquisition for a project, you will be contacted.
Please note that the contexts of our projects vary. Artworks that are suitable for one environment may not work so well in another.
visaHere you will find questions and answers about working with kulturförvaltningen and working with artprojects within the Region Stockholm.
Link to Konstnärsbasen / Artist database
