The *SCAPE Street Art Residency Programme is now in its second iteration – a pioneering initiative committed to nurturing young and emerging street artists while celebrating the street art culture of Singapore.

This six-month residency, scheduled from July 2025 to January 2026, will feature six talented youth street artists. The programme aims to leave a lasting mark on Singapore’s cultural landscape by focusing socially-driven themes, with the goal of inspiring meaningful community dialogue through socially-conscious murals.  

Participants will take part in group discussions, participatory workshops, and interactive painting sessions designed to develop their critical thinking and artistic skills. The residency also offers resident artists the chance to collaborate with established artists through various *SCAPE and Somerset Belt programmes, gaining hands-on experience in creating street art. Throughout the programme, participants will receive mentorship from the local street art collective, RSCLS.

The residency will culminate in a two-part showcase, both of which are part of Singapore Art Week 2026:

1. A series of socially-driven murals at *SCAPE presented during the COMMA Creative Arts Festival 2026 
2. A public exhibition showcased during the Aliwal Arts Centre’s Aliwal Urban Art Festival 2026

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RESIDENCY PACKAGE 

• Access to *SCAPE and Somerset Belt walls 

• Access to meeting spaces in *SCAPE 

• Monthly stipend of SGD$300 per month (for a period of 6 months) per artist 

• Mentorship support by RSCLS 

• Opportunities for artists showcase for various *SCAPE events 

*Meeting spaces and walls are subjected to request and availability. 

PROJECT TIMELINE 

The table below lists the key dates: 

All applications must be submitted by 18 June 2025, 2359hrs. You may submit your applications early, in advance of the application window. Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered. 

Residency Theme:   

‘Softer Systems’

At a time when technology shapes not only how we create, but how we connect, communicate, and dream, COMMA invites young artists to delve beneath the surface of our evolving relationship with tech and humanity.

Framed by the theme “Softer Systems”, this residency asks:

How do we hold onto the essence of what makes us human in an increasingly digitised world?

Can technology become not a barrier, but a bridge — to vulnerability, connection, and reflection?

In our open call, artists are invited to explore how systems — digital, emotional, organic, or social — can be reimagined through creative practice, and how technology can reveal, reshape, and even heal the human experience. Artists are encouraged to experiment with mediums both familiar and emerging — be it digital, sonic, choreographic, interactive — or through entirely new forms.

In “Softer Systems,” we recognise that creativity, like human experience, resists simple solutions. Inspired by ideas from systems thinking, this residency invites artists to navigate, sense, and reshape complexity — treating art itself as a living, adaptive process.

This is a space to pause at the crossroads of innovation and introspection — questioning, rewiring, and reimagining the systems that frame our lives, in search of what it means to be deeply, radically human.

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ELIGIBILITY 

Who may apply? 

• Individuals who are at least 18 years old and at most 34 years old at the time of registration 

• Applicant must be practicing artists with at least 2 years of relevant arts experience. 

• Applicant must commit to the entire duration of the Residency Period and Showcase Period. 

• Only Singaporeans or Permanent Residents of Singapore may apply. 

APPLICATION 

Required Information 

You are required to prepare and submit the following information at the time of application: 

• A short write-up about yourself and the social themes you are interested to focus on 

• A short write-up on how the residency programme can benefit your artistic career 

• Two referee contacts 

• At least two samples of past work in the last two years /a link to your online portfolio 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION 

By submission of the Residency application form, the applicant agrees to all of the above mentioned as well as the following terms and conditions: 

1. *SCAPE reserves the right to record all or part of the proceedings of the Residency and related activities for broadcast and promotional purposes without payment to the applicants or the applicants’ consent. *SCAPE retains all rights to the recorded materials. 

1. Any applicant who knowingly gives inaccurate or misleading information will be disqualified. 

1. In case of any disputes, *SCAPE’s decision shall be final. 

1. *SCAPE reserves the right to amend the rules and terms and conditions of the Residency. 

How to apply
Interested applicants are required to register via this link and submit the necessary documents. 

If you would like to discuss your submission with us ahead of the submission deadline, please do not hesitate to contact the *SCAPE team at creativearts@scape.sg.