Diriyah Art Futures: Emerging New Media Artists Programme

The Emerging New Media Artists Programme is a supported one-year programme of creative production training. 

Developed by Diriyah Art Futures (DAF) in collaboration with Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France, it provides emerging artists with access to cutting-edge professional equipment and a production budget, as well as a wide range of multidisciplinary learning opportunities. 

The programme includes theoretical, conceptual and technical learning seminars, as well as personal mentorship by prominent international digital artists. 

The Emerging New Media Artists programme has been developed with emerging creative practitioners from all over the world in mind, with a particular focus on those from the Middle East and North Africa. Applicants should be 35 years or younger, at graduate or postgraduate completion stage and have experience in developing and creating New Media and Digital Art. 

Successful applicants will be provided an accessible space with exhibitions, screening and dedicated technical labs for professional creation and innovative digital development. Throughout the year, the DAF hub will host prestigious artists and international institutions engaged in New Media and Digital Art forms.

Diriyah Art Futures is an arts, research and education centre driven by a belief in the power of interdisciplinary creative practice at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Developed by the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia, DAF is the region’s first institution dedicated to New Media Arts. It is a location for collaboration, speculation and production by creative practitioners from across the globe, focused on research, documentation and producing new work.