AIR Taipei, consists of three sites, Taipei Artist Village (TAV), Grass Mountain Artist Village (GAV) and Treasure Hill Artist Village (THAV).

TAV is a four story building located in the heart of Taiwan's vibrant Governmental District in Taipei City. Secluded by a serene garden, this facility, a former public office building for the Maintenance Engineering Public Works Bureau of Taipei City Government, has been renovated breathing new life into this thriving area. Since the establishment of TAV, the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taipei has actively launched the artist-in-residence program as well as artist exchange programs with other international artist residency centers in different cities across the globe.

Along the winding path of Hudi Road on Yangmingshan, GAV hides within the natural scenery of Taipei City. It is housed in four cottages next to Grass Mountain Chateau, built in 1920. These cottages were once used as the document office and the dormitory for the attendant staff of former president Chiang Kai-shek. The buildings found a new mission as artist studios under a managed operation contract commissioned by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government. In 2008, under the management of the Taipei Artist Village team of the Taipei Culture Foundation, the cottages were resurrected for the second time.

Located at the Section 3 of Ting-Zhou Road, THAV was listed in 2004 as the first “historic architectural community” by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government. Following on from the event “Taipei Treasure” in 2006 and various research projects in 2007-2009, AIR Taipei officially took over the operation of the THAV in 2010. The unique location of Treasure Hill with its narrow alleys and stairways traversing the hillside, gives THAV a European rural village feel. Over the years, various groups settled the hillside with their own lifestyles and needs creating a tribal-like organic scene. With the existing residents, together with the urban policy of preservation and revitalization, the Artist-in-Residence program and Youth Hostel it is hoped that the parties will collaborate in the spirit of “paragenesis” to create a better future of the entire community.

•Residency location：Taipei Artist Village (No. 7, Beiping East Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
Grass Mountain Artist Village (No. 92, Hudi Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
Treasure Hill Artist Village (1F., No. 4-8, Aly. 37, Ln. 230, Sec. 3, Tingzhiu Rd., Taipei, Taiwan)
•Residency programs and schedules for each location are different. Please find the detailed descriptions in the Appendix 1. Projects with higher relevance to the specifications of each location are preferable.
•Admission to AIR Taipei International Residence Program is based on review of applications by the AIR Taipei Admission Committee. Residence projects from 3 categories are requested in 2011:

1) Projects from Individual Artists or Teams － including artists, curators, administrators or researchers with a professional background in any media or discipline, for example: visual art; public art; performing art; film or new media; creative fiction, nonfiction, or playwriting. This also includes artists who work/collaborate across more than one discipline.

2) Projects from Creative Industry － including designers, researchers or administrators of fashion, industrial / product design, art market, cultural heritage, publishing and cultural tourism etc.

3) Projects from Interdisciplinary and Business-Arts Collaboration － including interdisciplinary collaboration between arts disciplines, and all business- arts collaborative projects and/or corporate initiatives for the involvement of any creative activity, process or idea etc.

* Notice: The residence project must be designed for and relevant to one specific village responding to the individuality of the site. Projects for different sites should be submitted in separate applications.