HSC&A / satis.FACTORY Open Call
March 3 - April 7, 2025
A unique opportunity offering Latinx visual artists from Los Angeles a fully-funded, month-long residency in an experimental art-house setting in Costa Rica. Apply by April 7, 2025 for a residency between Aug 4-Sep 1, 2025
Artist-in-Residence Marilyn Boror Bor
The call for our 2025 international artist residency is now open!
Hannah Sloan Curatorial & Advisory (HSC&A) in partnership with satis.FACTORY Casa announce their first international residency program, creating a cultural bridge between Los Angeles and Costa Rica. One selected artist will receive roundtrip transportation from Los Angeles to Costa Rica, a $2,500 stipend, accommodations, meals, studio space, and comprehensive curatorial support.
For application guidelines click the link below.
satis.FACTORY gallery space / exterior
/ About The Program
Taking place from August 4 – September 1, 2025, the residency is designed to foster meaningful cultural exchange between two vibrant art communities. We provide the selected artist with a supportive space to play, produce, research, explore, and exhibit work-in-progress while connecting with the broader art community.
Residents will exhibit or present work under their preferred format: exhibition, popup, publication, happening, performance, workshop, community gathering, talk or lecture. Artists who are interested in creating, researching, and temporarily living in an independent, multidisciplinary, and experimental art house are encouraged to apply.
“This residency creates a vital connection between Los Angeles artists and Costa Rica's flourishing contemporary art scene. We're especially excited to support a unique cultural exchange and foster networking opportunities for LA artists in a new country — all within a supportive and comfortable environment.”
/ Hannah Sloan
Founder and Director, HSC&A
Above: Residency dining area; outdoor rest area & bedroom
/ Application Details
OPEN CALL / March 3 - April 7, 2025
/ Eligibility: Latinx visual artists from Los Angeles, age 25+
/ Final Selection Announcement: May 12, 2025
/ Residency Dates: August 4 - September 1, 2025
/ Residency Location: satis.FACTORY Casa, Barrio Escalante, San José, Costa Rica
This residency offers a time and place for artists to delve deeper into their research and work-in-progress methods that will expand the possibilities of their work. At the same time, it opens a space for feedback and constructive criticism and establishes networks between the residents and the local ecology.
Depending on the resident’s interests, we facilitate a direct exchange with local artists, cultural makers, educators, independent spaces, or local institutions, that will enhance their overall experience.
The main objective is to organically weave a community of artists and cultural makers who share common interests in relation to artistic, social, educational, and political action.
/ Jurors
Elena Ketelsen González is a curator, writer, and researcher based in Queens, New York, originally from San José, Costa Rica. She is an Assistant Curator at MoMA PS1, where she focuses on community-driven partnerships and exhibitions, including Regina José Galindo: Tierra (2024) and Leslie Martinez: The Fault of Formation (2023–24). Elena also organizes programming in Homeroom, a space dedicated to highlighting the work of collectives, artists, and activists. Her recent writing includes contributions to the Flow States – LA TRIENAL 2024 catalog at El Museo del Barrio and TEOR/éTica’s La Buchaca 2024.
Erika Hirugami is a curator, writer, and scholar based in Los Angeles, originally from Japan and Mexico. She is the founder of CuratorLove and co-founder of the UNDOC+Collective, with curatorial work spanning museums and galleries across the U.S. and Mexico. Erika is a doctoral candidate at UCLA, where her research focuses on the aesthetics of undocumentedness in contemporary art. She has held roles at the Department of Cultural Affairs in Los Angeles and the Ronald McDonald House Charities, and teaches at SMC, LAMC, and CGU. Her recent writing and curatorial projects explore immigration, identity, and political action.
Artist-in-Residence Mariela Richmond @ satis.FACTORY
/ Community & Culture
The selected artist-in-residence will contribute to satis.FACTORY's vibrant community through:
/ Hosting a social and introductory activity (talk, workshop, cooking activity, etc), so the immediate satis.FACTORY community is actively engaged.
/ Offering a free workshop, seminar, or community activity for artists, the general public or a specific group of people.
/ Debuting an open studio exhibition showcasing their residency work.
