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title: Food Lab Fellowship 2027
description: Year-long fellowship at Jan van Eyck Academie in the Netherlands for food artists/designers exploring global food systems and sustainable practices.
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updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Residency
organization: Jan van Eyck Academie
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/jan-van-eyck-academie
deadline: "2026-06-04"
entryFee: 58 USD
location: Jan van Eyck Academie, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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disciplines:
  - food art
  - design
  - mixed media
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# Food Lab Fellowship 2027

**Hosted by:** Jan van Eyck Academie

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Jan van Eyck Academie, Eindhoven, Netherlands | **Deadline:** June 4, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $58

## About This Program

> "Global food systems, communal histories around food, sustainable and regenerative approaches to food"

The Jan van Eyck Academie welcomes applications from food artists or designers for a Food Lab Fellowship from 15 January to 15 December 2027. We are seeking artistic practitioners whose creative work critically explores global food systems and the communal histories around food. Candidates will demonstrate radical imagination and present evocative research, cultivating sustainable and regenerative approaches to food. For this Fellowship, the Jan van Eyck Academie is teaming up with System Earth Science (SES) at Maastricht University, located in Venlo. The SES focuses on understanding how Earth's environmental systems support sustainable and healthy food production. The selected candidate will have access to the expertise and facilities of SES in Venlo such as advanced research methodologies, analytical tools, and interdisciplinary knowledge on the interactions between ecosystems, food, and human wellbeing. The Food Lab Fellowship is in the framework of the European cooperation project Institution(ing)s.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** food art, design, mixed media, intervention
- **Note:** Open to food artists or designers whose creative work critically explores global food systems and communal histories around food. Candidates must demonstrate radical imagination, evocative research, and cultivate sustainable and regenerative approaches to food.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** May 6, 2026
- **Deadline:** June 4, 2026
- **Program Start:** January 15, 2027
- **Program End:** December 15, 2027

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://janvaneyck.nl/calendar/food-lab-fellowship