WHO THIS IS FOR
Grant & fellowship applications
Residency & academic programs
O-1, EB-1A & global talent visa cases
Portfolio & press development
A stronger editorial feature, interview, or published text can give institutions, curators, and selection panels a fuller understanding of your practice, its direction, and the context in which the work is developing.
Publication, critical framing, and a more durable public-facing record can also become meaningful supporting materials across grants, residencies, academic opportunities, and international artist visa pathways.
These formats help artists build stronger language, more usable links, and clearer editorial materials for galleries, curators, collaborators, and future opportunities.
Overview
This format is designed for artists who need more than a short introduction.
A strong written interview can do something a bio or statement often cannot. It can slow the work down enough for its logic, tensions, methods, and direction to become more visible. It gives artists language that feels more lived-in, more credible, and more usable across future opportunities.
This format is especially useful when the artist needs a serious but accessible text that can travel. The resulting publication can support applications, portfolio development, grant writing, residency proposals, academic contexts, and visa portfolios for O-1, EB-1A, or global talent pathways.
Best for
artists building a stronger written public profile
artists preparing for grants, residencies, fellowships, and gallery submissions
artists who need better language around their practice for portfolios and long-term positioning
artists developing materials for O-1, EB-1A, global talent visa, and long-term international careers
artists who want a more thoughtful and externally framed record than a self-written statement alone
About this format
This format is valuable because it creates language with you, not just about you.
The interview begins with a close reading of your materials: your statement, your CV, your current series, and the direction your work is taking. From there, our editorial team develops a question list designed to bring out what is specific, alive, and structurally important in the practice.
The result is not just content. It becomes part of your professional record. It can sit inside your portfolio, support future applications, help contextualize the work for curators and institutions, and strengthen the written architecture around your career.
WHO CAN APPLY
This program is open to international artists and cultural practitioners whose work aligns with ELSEHERE’s editorial scope.
We work across media, including visual art, performance, moving image, installation, text-based practice, and interdisciplinary forms.
Applicants should have at least a basic public-facing presence, such as a website, portfolio, or relevant online materials.
SELECTION & REVIEW
ELSEHERE works through a curated editorial model.
There is no fee to submit for review.
Only selected artists receive a publication offer.
Publication fees apply only after selection.
This allows us to work with greater editorial care and to build a stronger, more durable public-facing record for the artists and texts we choose to publish.
HOW IT WORKS
01
Submit the Intake Form
Share your practice, materials, intended use, and interest in this format. There is no fee to submit.
02
Editorial Review
We review your submission and determine which format may be the strongest fit based on scope, materials, and editorial alignment.
03
Recommendation & Next Step
If selected, we will follow up with the proposed scope, publication fee, and timeline.
04
Writing & Publication
Once confirmed, we begin the editorial process and move toward publication, feature development, or commissioned writing depending on the selected format.
RIGHTS AND USE
Artists retain copyright to their original work and materials. By participating, artists grant ELSEHERE a non-exclusive right to publish, circulate, and promote the resulting feature through STRATUM Journal and related ELSEHERE channels, with full credit. Artists may continue to use the published text and excerpts across portfolios, websites, press kits, grant and residency applications, academic materials, and artist visa documentation.
What's Included
Option 1 — Written Interview Feature
close editorial reading of your practice
review of your artist statement, CV, current work, and artistic direction
tailored question list developed by ELSEHERE
artist-written responses
editorial shaping and refinement
publication in STRATUM
permanent shareable link
Option 2 — Written Interview Feature + Editorial Presentation Feature
everything in Option 1
dedicated artist presentation entry
selected works, short bio, and statement linked to the interview
Selection & Fee
All formats are offered on a selected basis. Publication fees vary by format and scope, and are outlined within each format page.
A PUBLICATION FEE APPLIES ONLY TO SELECTED ARTISTS.
If cost would otherwise make participation difficult, you are welcome to note this in your submission. ELSEHERE offers a limited support option for artists who are unable to cover the full publication fee. Depending on individual circumstances, support may be offered at a reduced rate or, in select cases, at full support.
Publication fees support editorial development, review, design, formatting, and long-term publication maintenance across ELSEHERE and STRATUM.
This format is offered on a selected basis.
There is no fee to submit for review.
If confirmed, the current publication fee (selected artists only) is:
Option 1 — Written Interview Feature $220
Option 2 — Written Interview Feature + Editorial Presentation Feature $240
A limited number of supported placements may be considered where cost would otherwise prevent participation.
