Seventh and the Women’s Art Register (WAR) are excited to announce a collaborative residency program dedicated to exploring the WAR archive. This residency will run from Wednesday, February 5, to Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

To celebrate WAR's 50th anniversary, we are inviting applications from artists aged 50 and over.

The residency will begin with a guided research period in the feminist archives at WAR. This research will coincide with a studio residency at Seventh, allowing the selected artist to integrate their research into their studio work. The residency will culminate in an exhibition across Seventh's gallery spaces, scheduled from Wednesday, July 9, to Saturday, August 16, 2025.

Applicants must be available for the residency and exhibition dates. These are fixed and cannot be adjusted.

We have compiled a reader featuring an array of different resources related to notions of 'the archive'. We have featured some general texts as well as some resources with a specific focus on the WAR archive. This reading list is not meant to establish rigid criteria or dictate an approach to the project you may wish to develop. Instead, it serves as a starting point — a source of inspiration to encourage you to explore archives and consider ways to engage with them creatively.

Artists, as well as non-traditional researchers are encouraged to apply. The resident will receive a stipend of $3,000, as well as guidance from both WAR and Seventh. The outcome does not need to be proposed in your application, and we are very happy for its form to unfold organically during the residency. In your application we would like to see examples of your work and gain an understanding of how you might engage creatively with the WAR archive.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday, 19 January.

Applicants notified on Tuesday, 28 January.

If you would like to sign up for the information session, or if you have any questions about this EOI, please reach out to Lucie, at lucie@seventhgallery.org

Apply Here