Freeman Artist Residencies (FAR) offers a twelve-month artist fellowship for two UVA alumni each year. Originally based in Charlottesville, Va, the fellowship has evolved to provide local and international exhibition opportunities, financial stipends and mentorship for artists at a formative stage of their early careers. Founded in September 2020 by Welsh visual artist & UVa Assistant Professor of Studio Art Neal Rock, FAR is named after Welsh painter and educator Michael Freeman, who mentored Rock during his formative years in South Wales. Freeman’s teaching, funded by WEA Cymru (Workers' Education Association Wales), impacted communities whose access to the visual arts were restricted by the socio-economic conditions of their time. FAR honors Freeman’s life and work by offering creative and professional opportunities to artists at an early stage of their careers. FAR’s mission is aligned with the founding values of WEA Cymru – facilitating cultural access and equity – by giving priority to BIPoC, LGBTQ+ & first-generation college graduate artists. 

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Cynefin Athens | Κινέβην Αθήνα is a hybrid gallery and residency space in the Plateia Amerikis district of Athens, Greece. It opened in July 2024 with a group exhibtion of intergenerational artists from Wales, England, Ireland, Greece and the USA. The focus of the venue is to provide exhibition and artist residency opportunites to artists from tradtionally underrepresented backgrounds, in line with the mission statement of FAR. It is currently programmed through the summer of 2026. The gallery does not accept unsolicited proposals.

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