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RESOLVE Collective and Umico Niwa have been named recipients of Knotenpunkt Propel grants supporting residencies at Wysing Arts Centre as part of the organisation’s 2026–27 programme. The announcement was made by Wysing and Knotenpunkt on 29 July 2026. No specific residency dates were provided.
The grants will support two separate residencies. RESOLVE Collective will undertake Wysing’s first systems residency, working with the Wysing team on “just and equitable visions of change” in the built environment. The announcement does not provide further details about the planned duration, methods or outcomes of the residency.
The programme information identifies Umico Niwa as the second grant recipient but does not outline the focus or format of Niwa’s residency. The support forms part of Wysing’s wider 2026–27 programme, with further information directed to the centre’s programme listings.
This is the third consecutive year in which Knotenpunkt has supported selected residencies at Wysing. The partnership places the Propel grants within an ongoing relationship between the funding initiative and the arts centre, rather than presenting the awards as a one-off programme.
Wysing describes its role as providing artists with time, space and resources, while also supporting artists and young people through its programme. The centre’s newsletter presents the residencies alongside other 2026 activity, including its Creative Youth Festival, ceramics courses and a collaboration with Fluxus Art Projects, but those activities are separate from the Knotenpunkt-supported awards.
The announcement gives no exhibition, public presentation or end date connected to either residency. It confirms only that RESOLVE Collective and Umico Niwa will undertake supported residencies at Wysing during the 2026–27 programme, with RESOLVE’s project focused on the built environment and systems of change.
