TED, the global platform for ideas and storytelling, and POSCA, a creative brand by uni Brands Corporation, are launching a new kind of artist residency: a globally distributed cohort of artists working across different geographies, cultures, and communities, united by a shared drive to shape public life through art. Fine Acts, the external curatorial partner selected by TED and POSCA, is leading the curation, creative direction, and coordination of the initiative.
This year’s residency theme, Visible Mending, explores repair as a creative and civic act. Across communities around the world, people are finding ways to mend relationships, restore ecosystems, strengthen social bonds, and rebuild trust. The open call invites artists to investigate these processes of repair and make them visible through public interventions that spark reflection, dialogue, and collective imagination.
Selected artists will participate in a shared international cohort facilitated by TED, POSCA and Fine Acts. Artists will also receive non-financial programme support, including periodic curatorial check-ins, feedback sessions on project development, and collaboration on documentation/storytelling materials related to the residency. Documentation is a central component of the residency.
In 2026, four artists will be selected to develop community-rooted public interventions to be implemented in 2027. Each selected artist will receive a total of 15,000 USD to cover artist fees, production costs/community activation, and documentation of the work.
