Apply to Transit Kulturinkubator 2027

What is Transit?

Transit is a two-year incubator programme for professional artists. It provides time, a community and support to develop both your artistic practice and your professional activities.

Transit takes a holistic approach to artistic careers – from artistic practice and development to entrepreneurship, funding and long-term financial sustainability. We work with the full reality surrounding a professional artistic practice and help you turn your artistic vision into a sustainable professional activity.

At Transit, artists from different disciplines work side by side – musicians, filmmakers, writers, performing artists, visual artists, designers and craft artists. What unites them is not their art form, but their desire to develop, challenge themselves and build an artistic practice that can thrive over time.

Transit is a place for professional artists – a bridge between artistic vision and practical reality.

What do you get as a Transit artist?

During the two-year programme, you become part of a multidisciplinary community of professional artists and gain access to:

A workspace at Transit’s shared premises in Telefonplan, Stockholm
Individual mentoring and coaching
Workshops and professional development in areas including artistic business development, entrepreneurship and funding
The Organic Process Method (OPM) – Transit’s method for artistic business development
A multidisciplinary peer community of professional artists
Access to Transit’s network and partner organisations

The incubator programme is based on the belief that artistic quality and a sustainable professional practice strengthen one another.

Who can apply?

You can apply if you:

are a professional artist working in fields such as music, film, performing arts, literature, visual arts, design or crafts
have been professionally active for at least one year
devote at least 50% of your working time to your own artistic practice
are able to regularly use the workspace in Telefonplan
want to contribute to and be part of a collegial community

We welcome applicants with diverse experiences, backgrounds and artistic practices.

Selection

The selection is made by Transit’s reference group and external experts within the respective artistic fields.

We assess:

artistic competence
a clear and distinctive artistic practice
relevance and potential for development
why Transit is relevant to you at this particular point in your career

We aim to create a group with a broad range of artistic disciplines, experiences and perspectives.

How to apply

Send an email to ansokan@transitsthlm.se including:

1. Personal statement (max. 1 A4 page)

Briefly describe your artistic practice, what stage of development you are currently in, why you are applying to Transit and what you would like to develop over the coming two years.

2. CV

Attach your CV as a PDF.

3. Work samples

Attach a PDF containing links to 1–3 work samples.

The work samples should be recent and representative of your artistic practice today. Place the work sample you would most like the reference group to see first.

Please make sure that all links are working and accessible for viewing.

Important dates

Applications open: 1 September 2026
Application deadline: 20 September 2026

Applicants who proceed to the next stage will be invited for an interview during the autumn.

The programme starts in January 2027.

Mandatory sessions

To participate in the incubator programme, you need to be able to attend the following mandatory sessions. Please make sure you are available on these dates before submitting your application.

Move-in: 13 January 2027
Mid-year meeting: 13–15 January 2027 (approximately 9:00–16:00)
OPM 1: 10 February 2027
OPM 2: 23 February 2027
OPM 3: 16 March 2027

(OPM sessions run approximately 10:00–15:00.)

Cost

The incubator programme itself is free of charge.

Participants pay an administrative fee of SEK 800 per month, excluding VAT. This covers shared resources such as internet, printing, coffee, tea and cleaning.

Questions?

Contact:

Lisa Grotherus
Project Manager
lisa@transitsthlm.se

We look forward to reading your application.

This year’s application period for Transit is now closed