Doha/Lausanne: 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum in Doha and the Olympic Museum (Lausanne, Switzerland) yesterday announced an open call for the newly created Olympic Heritage Artists in Residence programme.
Two international artists will be selected to participate in two-month residencies in either Doha or Lausanne this autumn. The goal is to create innovative, boundary-pushing works of art that will be added to the permanent collections of 3-2-1 and the Olympic Museum, and exhibited during the Olympic Games LA28 as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
Abdulla Yousuf Al Mulla, 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum Director, said, “Sports and the arts have been intertwined in the Olympics since ancient times, as they are today at the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, building community and promoting the values of excellence and mutual respect.
“We are proud to be part of a journey to bring the power of culture to the upcoming Summer Olympic Games, and we are grateful to collaborate with our colleagues at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne in extending this exceptional opportunity to artists in digital media.”
In the Olympic spirit, this will be a yearly programme that transcends international borders in the peaceful pursuit of excellence, fostering the creation of groundbreaking artworks that contribute to the global dialogue on sports culture and the Olympic movement.
Emerging artists aged 35 or under on December 31, 2025, whose work includes digital or immersive media, are invited to apply to the Olympic Heritage programme by May 31, 2025.
Submitted proposals should offer an immersive and inspiring visitor experience that redefines sports culture through digital innovation. Applications are open to artists working with any form of digital media, including AI, data driven art, augmented and virtual reality, which may also be combined with physical media.
An international jury panel, including Yasmin Meichtry Associate Director of the Olympic Museum; photographer and Director of Fire Station’s Artists in Residence Programme Khalifa Al Obaidly; Rachel Falconer, digital art curator and Head of Digital Arts Computing Goldsmiths University London; Jonathan Kearney, digital artist, researcher and lecturer at Central Saint Martins London, and Britt Salvesen curator and head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and the Prints & Drawings Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art will select the winning artists based on their creativity, technical skills, and ability to enhance the understanding of sports culture and the Olympic values. The selected artists will be announced on July 16.
Between October 1 and December 1, 2025, the winning artists will have exclusive access to resources from the museums’ collections, studio spaces at the Fire Station Qatar or at La Becque Artist Residence, Switzerland, as well as mentorship opportunities led by the international jury.
Additionally, a cash award prize of QR30,000 (Doha) or €8,000 (Lausanne) will be awarded for the acquisition of the resulting work for the museums’ collections.
The studio space in Doha will be provided by Fire Station, the city’s leading contemporary art space and supporter of creative residencies. La Becque Artist Residence, which offers an exceptional living and working environment for artists in La Tour-de-Peilz on the shores of Lake Geneva, will host the Swiss residency.
