residency program booklet spring/summer 2018
About Easttopics
Easttopics is a non-profit initiative launched in 2013, led by young art professionals based in Hungary and Serbia and dedicated to the promotion of the Eastern European contemporary art field. Working as a think tank for the Eastern European art communities, Easttopics is a genuinely interdisciplinary cooperative which goal is to draw the Eastern contemporary art field and the international art scene closer to each other. This cross-border project takes form as an expanding on-line website and database focusing on the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Easttopics aims at mapping and providing more visibility to protagonists of the Eastern European art life, should they be artists, art professionals, institutions, events or publications. It also wishes to act as a dynamic platform fostering connections, exchanges, community building, and cooperations for both practice-based and research-based projects on a local, regional, and international level. We believe that the comprehension of the Eastern European contemporary art scene requires personal contacts and experiences with our field of study. This ongoing project is therefore built on the knowledge we acquire during our self-funded travels and nourished by our identification and understanding of site- and situation-specific questions, topics, issues addressed by the art field in each of these countries.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
SKOLP / ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH, DOCUMENTATION AND ARTIST REPRESENTATION Radićeva 2 (3rd floor), 71000 Sarajevo The ZVONO Award Deadline: April 30, 2018 Disciplines: visual arts, painting, sculpture, graphics, drawing, installation, photography, video, performance, new media Website: www.sklop.org Contact: sklop@sklop.org SKLOP is pleased to announce the open call for The ZVONO Award 2018 – YVVA The Young Visual Artists Award for young visual artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina up to the age of 40. The ZVONO Award for the award winner consists of a twomonths residency in New York at Residency Unlimited and a solo exhibition upon return from the US. Eligibility: -The call is open to visual artists from Bosnia-Hercegovina up to the age of 40, working in the field of contemporary art including painting, sculpture, graphics, drawing, installation, photography, video, performance, new media, or having an interdisciplinary approach.
SKOLP / ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH, DOCUMENTATION AND ARTIST REPRESENTATION Radićeva 2 (3rd floor), 71000 Sarajevo The ZVONO Award Eligibility: -The date for the two-months residency in for the winner is February and March, 2019. This date is binding. If an applicant due to any reasons is not available to travel to New York during the named period, he/she is kindly requested to consider applying for one of the next open calls. Application process: -The fully filled application form, an artist statement, artistic curriculum vitae (CV) both in b/h/s and English language, and the visual documentation of the work/s are to be sent. -The application form can be downloaded on www.sklop.org -Applicants apply via the application form with 1-3 work/s. -Each of the works in the application form needs to be accompanied by visual documentation – 1-5 photographs of each work (3-5 MB max. for all) -The obligatory application form can optionally be accompanied by an artistic portfolio (max. 2MB) -Application form, artist statement and CV need to be filled out in both, b/h/s and English -Only Applications sent by e-mail are accepted: sklop@sklop.org
Bulgaria
Art Today Association / Center for Contemporary Art Koprivkite 6, 4000 Plovdiv Facade Video Festival Deadline: April 30, 2018 Disciplines: media and video art Website: www.facade.arttoday.org Contact: office@arttoday.org Media and video artists from all over the world are invited to send videos for the sixth edition of the Facade Video Festival, which will be held in Plovdiv between 28 and 30 September 2018. Facade Video Festival is an annual video art exhibition, where videos are projected onto the walls of houses both in the Old town of Plovdiv and in the other neighbourhoods. Facade Video Festival aims to create an interface between viewers and artists, between visual arts and the city. There are no restrictions, concerning the theme of the project. An individual author can participate with max. of 3 videos. The submitted videos must belong to the category of video art. They should have been finalized after 1 January 2015, come in as a single-channel version and be copyright controlled by the artist. A jury will choose the 10 nominees, whose videos to be included in the official DVD of the 2018 Facade Video Festival, and select the author of the best video, who is going get the award of 1.000 â‚Ź. The winning video artist is also to be part of the jury of the Facade Video Festival in 2019.
World of Co Studio Кооперация, 167 Evlogi i Hristo Georgievi Blvd, 1504 Sofia
Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: 1 to 6 months Disciplines: visual arts Website: www.worldof.co Contact: contact@worldof.co World of Co is a multidisciplinary self-directed residency in Sofia, Bulgaria. It encourages artists and all kind of creative specialists to live, create and have fun together. Residents can explore ideas, experiment different techniques while focusing on a personal creative project or collaborating with other residents from the program. КООПЕРАЦИЯ - Shared studio space is at the city center, located within 10 minutes walking distance from the apartment. The studio is a furnished 140m² large space (chairs, tables), including Wi-Fi and all utilities (water, heating, energy, kitchen, toilet etc.). It can be used for different workshops or exhibition. Residency with provided accommodation: 650 € per month Shared room with another artist: 500 € per month Residency without provided accommodation: 350 € per month
The Old School Residency Pavlikeni, 5227 Gorna Lipnitsa
Residency program Deadline: May 9, 2018 Duration: August 3-13, 2018 Disciplines: painting, performance, visual arts, installation, music, photography, land art, short films Website: www.oldschoolresidence.com Contact: oldschoolresidence@gmail.com The team of the Old School residency is pleased to invite artists to participate in the 8th edition of residency – Ritual rEvolution, 2018. For ten days the building of the ex-school will shelter artists from different nations who will create art together with the idea of working in a new environment. The work of the artists during the residency will be organized on the basis of previously prepared written materials in which the REVOLUTION will be presented as an artistic mechanism aimed at a fundamental change of the existing governance. The program for the residency during 2018 is organized like a festival (fiesta and celebration) and will include numerous events connected to the theme – Ritual rEvolution – such as performances, concerts, school for children, cinema nights, lectures, meetings, or activities in the nature.
Croatia
KAMOV Residency Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka
Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: minimum 15 days, maximum 3 months Disciplines: literature, visual and audiovisual arts, music, drama, dance, performing arts, social sciences, humanities Website: www.kamov-residency.org Contact: plamena.sarlija@rijeka.hr The City of Rijeka wishes to enable contemporary European and world creators to better understand artistic, cultural and social situation in Croatia – especially in Rijeka. Creators will be given opportunity to address current issues and promote art and culture as an important part of social and public life, as well as a creative process that enriches the lives of all of us. The program will also be an opportunity for various cultural organizers to devise and carry out residency program for foreign creators, i.e. to introduce and include them into the artistic and cultural life of the city. The program aims to be a catalyst for creating vivid and active artistic and cultural scene in Rijeka, to continuously re-examine the city's identity and address current issues. It is particularly expected to stimulate the formation of Rijeka's urban identity, strengthen the cultural specificity of the city and connect its artistic and cultural life with other European and world centres.
Czech Republic
Artyčok TV U Akademie 4, 17022 Prague
Open Call Deadline: May 20, 2018 Disciplines: visual arts Website: www.artycok.tv Contact: opencall@artycok.tv Artyčok TV invites professionals/amateurs and students to send in proposals for a new audiovisual piece, which will then be published and archived on Artyčok TV. The aim is to support the creation of a new audiovisual piece, which isn’t at all limited in terms of genre or amount of footage. All kinds of suggestions will be accepted, for example documentaries, video essays, art videos or animation. The competition will take place in two categories: students and professionals/amateurs. The creation of the winning pieces will be supported by a financial prize. Rules for entering the competition: - the author’s portfolio (in PDF format or a link to an online portfolio) - a brief description of the proposal, including technical parameters and contact information (maximum two A4 pages of text) - sketches or other visual material (PDF format, maximum 20 images) - all attachments to the e-mail must be properly labeled, including the category which the applicant wishes to enter
Artyčok TV U Akademie 4, 17022 Prague
Open Call Proposals can be submitted in the two following categories: - Students: the applicant must be enrolled in a study programme until the final creation of the work and its publishing on the Artyčok TV web portal. The creation of the winning piece will be supported by a prize of 10.000 CZK (approximately 400 €). - Professionals/amateurs: the applicant cannot be enrolled in a study programme until the final creation of the work and its publishing on the Artyčok TV web portal, or must have completed their studies. The creation of the winning piece will be supported by a prize of 20.000 CZK (approximately 800 €).
Studio PRÁM Čerpadlová 536/4, Vysočany, 19000 Prague
Residency program Deadline: October 31, 2018 Duration: 1 month Disciplines: visual arts Website: www.pramstudio.cz Contact: info@pramstudio.cz The Residency program of Studio PRÁM aims at encountering artists from abroad. Residents can take advantage of a spacious atelier where they can also live. Sanitary facilities, kitchen, social areas as well as carpentry and locksmith workshops are available too. There are plenty of opportunities for artistic and social interaction with local members. It is possible to apply for a stay of 1 month duration. Artists also have a possibility to exhibit after the residency in our exhibition spaces.
Estonia
Pardimäe Lokaal Kanguristi village, Viru Nigula parish, Lääne Virumaa
Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: the minimum is 6 days and maximum is 2 months Disciplines: performance art, visual arts, music, film, literature, new media, new circus, theoretical and cultural production Website: www.pardimaelokaal.weebly.com Contact: kaja@zuga.ee Pardimäe Lokaal is a place for professional and not so professional artists, who engage in performance arts, visual arts, music, film, literature, new media, new circus, theoretical and cultural production. It is addressed to artists who want to invest in the development of modern art. The doors of Pardimäe Lokaal are open to everyone who is trying to find their place in the world, for those who don't want to rest in the comforting hands of giant traditional institutions. This residency offers the possibility for total separation and concentration, getting away from the daily routine, for people who are not afraid of solitude, shoveling snow and breaking ice.
Culture Factory Polymer Posti 1, 71004 Viljandi
Residency program Deadline: April 22, 2018 Duration: from 1 to 3 months Disciplines: visual arts, curatorial, theatre, performing arts, textile art, music, metal-work Website: http://vlndresidency.voog.com/en Contact: vlndresidency@gmail.com Viljandi Residency awaits professionals in their fields. For this program, a special interest in Estonian culture can be an advantage, but is not required. The three centers and founding bodies of the program are professional institutions which are fully integrated into Estonian and Viljandis artistic scene and are run by professionals, many of them with academic background. All centers are professionally equipped (fully equipped textile and metal-working studios, video studio at the Centre for Creative Industries; fully equipped concert and rehearsal halls at the Folk Music Centre; art studio at the Kondas Centre).
Greece
Athena Standards Residency Acharnon 313, 11145 Athens
Residency program Deadline: April 30 deadline for June 2018 I May 31 deadline for July 2018 I August 31 deadline for September 2018 Duration: from 1 month to 1 year Disciplines: visual arts, new media, curatorial, filmmaking Website: www.athenastandardsresidency.com Contact: info@athenastandardsresidency.com Athena Standards Residency was born of the idea that Athens offers a unique opportunity to experience simultaneously the vibrant urban culture of a contemporary city and the rich history of an ancient cosmopolitan center. With the intention of creating a network of international and local artists, this program aims to encourage a dialogue with the local art scene. Artists are provided shared housing with other residency artists in apartments around Athens, in proximity to the studio premises. The residency also includes a monthly metro pass to encourage artists-in-residence to explore the city. The staff is pleased to assist artists in acquainting with their surroundings. The residency program costs 1.500 â‚Ź for one month period. Artists that choose to stay for more than one month receive a discounted rate of 10% off the second and third consecutive month and 20% off the fourth and subsequent months.
The Lakkos Project Romanou 27, 71201 Heraklion
Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: minimum 2 weeks Disciplines: any disciplines Website: www.lakkosartistsresidency.weebly.com Contact: mathewhalpin@hotmail.com The Lakkos Project is a community based initiative working alongside the Municipality of Heraklion to improve the Lakkos area. The groups have so far brought street art, music/ film festivals, restoration of old house facades and performance art to the area. The project is not for profit and relies heavily on donations and volunteers. The Lakkos artists residency is located in a large old house with spaces for artists to work, live and exhibit. The Lakkos artists residency is a flexible space and works best with a variety of creative practices, with the intention to introduce resident artists to the local scenes. Heraklion has a growing conceptual art scene which the program mixes with often. Archaeologists who just want to come and do research on the never ending local history, are also welcome. The city’s creative scene is surprisingly large for a Greek island. To see what some previous residents have done, check out our blog.
Sfakiotes Residency Program Acharnon 313, 11145 Athens Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: 1 to 3 months Disciplines: visual arts, music, film, producing, curating, arts management, art history, art-related research Website: www.sfakiotes-residency.net Contact: info@sfakiotes-residency.net Sfakiotes Residency Program is a privately owned, non-profit artist residency program in the Sfakiotes mountains of Lefkada island, Ionian islands, Western Greece. Since this popular program was founded, it has hosted between 10 and 20 international guests yearly. The program’s mission is to encourage multi-disciplinary artistic creation and art-related scientific work. Artists from all areas, such as visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, as well as producers, curators and art researchers are welcome to apply.
Photo Meliggoi Plateia, 45500 Meliggoi Residency program Deadline: 30 April, 2018 Duration: 1 month Disciplines: photography Website: www.photomeliggoi.com Contact: photomeliggoi@gmail.com The program offers the opportunity to one photographer to spend 20 days in Meliggoi, Greece, during July 2018. The selected artist will have to create a body of work in response to the cultural context of Meliggoi village and Dodoni province. The residency is also supported by Photometria International Photography Festival in Ioannina and the produced body of work will be displayed during the 2019 edition of the festival. In their application, the artists are invited to describe the project to be realised during the residency program, in 600 words maximum. Please remember that we are looking for ideas that put a strong emphasis on the area. We also require 15 to 20 images from a single body of work (single images will not be taken into consideration for this entry), as well as an artistic cv of 1 page maximum. The winner will be free to choose how to spend the 500 â‚Ź of the prize, but is encouraged to communicate clearly how this money will be spent. The application should be in English.
Kosovo
Summer School as School 2018 / Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina Zija Prishtina Street, 10000 Prishtine
Summer school Deadline: May 20, 2018 Duration: July 16 – August 2, 2018 Website: www.stacion.org Contact: info@stacion.org Summer School as School, Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina and partner institutions have created a unique collaborative international educational platform based in Prishtina. The program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum and engages practitioners to share knowledge and expertise with international students and the public. Inspired by the case of Kosovo, where the education system was structured in the mid-1970s, Summer School as School is designed to unite and disseminate critical knowledge from diverse viewpoints and address relevant challenges of today, implementing new models and possibilities in arts education and artistic collaboration. The program for 2018 includes 11 courses, combining theory-based and production classes, public lectures and presentations, exhibitions, performances, a film program, as well as guided tours.
Summer School as School 2018 / Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina Zija Prishtina Street, 10000 Prishtine
Summer school Course 1: Meeting the Universe Halfway, by Julieta Aranda Course 2: Political Posters? What Do Contemporary Art and Graphic Design Have in Common?, by Miran Mohar Course 3: Protest, Imagery, and Art: Feminist Politics and Practice in Post-Socialist and Post-War Kosovo, by Nita Luci, Linda Gusia, and Vjollca Krasniqi Course 4: Violence and Vision: Towards a Critical Theory of Seeing, by Sami Khatib Course 5: Experience of the Unknown and Politics in Art, by Bernhard Rüdiger Course 6: This Is a Painting Class, by Felix Gmelin Course 7: Discussion about an Artwork, by Milica Tomić and Branimir Stojanović Course 8: Spatial Research: Rights, Data, Maps, by Laura Kurgan and Thomas Keenan Course 9: Dumb Languages: Ignorant Knowledges, by Boris Buden Course 10: Serious Immobilities (Workshop Version), by Ari Benjamin Meyers with Sandhya Daemgen Course 11: Thinking Contemporary, by Zdenka Badovinac
Latvia
Baltic Writing Residency Elizabetes 83/85, 1050 Riga Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: minimum 1 month Website: www.balticresidency.com Contact: balticresidency@gmail.com The Baltic Writing Residency in Latvia was founded in 2008 in an effort to nurture the literary arts by offering talented individuals both a comfortable and rich cultural environment in which to immerse themselves, and a substantial amount of time in which to begin or further significant projects. Thus, each year, a single poet, playwright, or writer of fiction is offered a month-long residency at the gorgeous Hotel Bergs in historic Riga. All residency periods are dependent, in part, on the overall schedule of the host location. Applications are chosen by an anonymous committee of judges composed of one member of the English Department of Harvard University, one poet of recognized standing, and one fiction writer of recognized standing. To apply, candidates are required to submit all of the following as ONE PDF or Word document: ● Ten pages of poetry; one play; or up to 25 pages of fiction, creative nonfiction, or playwriting (double spaced). ● A CV – including (A) publication list, (B) full contact information, and (C) contact information for two references.
Lithuania
Kintai Arts Ramioji str. 8, 99358 Kintai
Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: between May 15 and October 15 Disciplines: visual arts, new media, animation, curatorial, film making, performing arts, music, literature Website: www.kintaiarts.lt Contact: kintai.arts@gmail.com The KINTAI Arts Residence is an international residency program for artists located in Kintai, Silute municipality, Lithuania. It is a self-administrated non-profit organization. Kintai Arts Residency artspace wants to create an environment for inspiration – a place for the artists where they could concentrate on their work as well as experiments. Kintai Arts Residency seeks becoming a center for establishing close cooperation between artists, musicians, thinkers and other people from cultural field through interdisciplinary programs and residencies. A knowledge-based platform for innovative creative production, Kintai Arts Residency integrates with the social and cultural framework of Klaipeda region while simultaneously supporting a strong international focus. The residency program offers combined living and working spaces with private bedrooms for 1, 2, 3 or 4 persons. The workshops are situated in the former administrative offices of an old school and in other community buildings.
Moldova
KIOSK AIR Gh. Asachi 53/1, 2028 Chişinău
Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: 2 weeks / 1 month / 3 months Disciplines: visual arts, curatorial, architecture and other disciplines Website: http://chiosc.oberliht.com/air/ Contact: vladimir@oberliht.org.md The KIOSK AIR program encourages creation of new work in relation to local contexts and realities. It offers the opportunity to explore various issues that relate to Moldova’s situation in general and to analyze the processes that shape Chisinau’s public space today. The program is structured in a collaborative manner in which the Oberliht association plays the role of local host for invited artists, curators, architects and other professionals, while the city as a whole, substituting for the studio, serves as place of research, for producing and exhibiting. Besides FLAT SPACE, which remains at the disposal of new residents, inviting them to ‘finish’ its unfinished form, the residents use a series of other locations during their stay, ranging from market places, stadiums and parks through universities and other public institutions and places. The research phase of KIOSK AIR includes walking tours, visits to different organizations and initiatives in Chisinau, discussions and documentation, while the production phase usually leads to the creation of new works.
Montenegro
Galerija Atelje DADO / Narodni Muzej Crne Gore Dvorski Trg 1, 81250 Cetinje
Exhibition proposal Deadline: ongoing Duration: 2 weeks / 1 month / 3 months Disciplines: visual arts, curatorial Website: https://ateljedado.wordpress.com/ Contact: atelje.dado@gmail.com Atelier DADO Gallery is part of the Art Museum of the National Museum of Montenegro. It was founded in 2002 with the intention to promote contemporary artistic practices through exhibitions but also through other activities such as workshops, lectures and conferences. The exhibition proposal needs to contain the following: – short description of the project, reproduction of the works and simulation in gallery space if it is an installation – budget, artist’s CV and mail address The gallery covers the following costs : – one part of realization of the project (if the gallery participates in the production of the project, at least one work stays in museum’s collection after the exhibition), travel and stay during the preparation of the exhibition – transport of the art works, promotional material (invitation card, catalog, posters) and PR activities – translation of the text, reproductions for the catalog, cocktail
Poland
Keret House / Polish Modern Art Foundation Ĺťelazna 74, 00-875 Warsaw
Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: 3 weeks Disciplines: visual arts, writing, music, architecture, research Website: www.kerethouse.com Contact: domkereta@gmail.com The Keret House, known as the narrowest house in the world, is located in central Warsaw. It is an artistic centre open to artists of various disciplines from all over the world. It was opened in 2012, and since then a residency program is held in the House. We want to stimulate creativity by interacting with the local community, artists and cultural institutions. The Keret House is a place for artistic research, interaction, meetings and artistic projects. Accommodation Residents can work and use the Keret House, and live in fully equipped studio next to the Keret House. Expenditure paid by the Polish Modern Art Foundation: - Curatorial support - Substantive care - Accommodation and workshop - WiFi
Keret House / Polish Modern Art Foundation Ĺťelazna 74, 00-875 Warsaw
Residency program Expenditure paid by the Polish Modern Art Foundation: - Presence on our website - Presence in a publication summing up the residences - Press coverage - Public meeting with resident and presentation of his work Expenditure incurred by the artist: - The residential fee: 1.500 â‚Ź - The costs of travel, visa, accommodation, food, health insurance, and production must be covered by the resident or external financing organized by the resident. The artist is expected to present his work and / or project.
Pienkow Artist-in-Residency Lipinki 15, 22-114 Żmudź
Residency program Deadline: April 30, 2018 Duration: 23rd of June to the 7th of July, 2018 Disciplines: painting Website: www.pienkow.com Contact: pienkowart@gmail.com The Pienkow Artist in Residency program is the continuation of a visual arts residency program that lasted from 2001-2016. We host young artists from around the world for two weeks near Chelm, Poland, and provide them with an opportunity to paint, exchange ideas and engage with each other. The residency concludes in a competition of the works created during the two week stay. The residency concludes in a competition on Saturday, July 7th, the winner of which shall receive a stipend of 4.000 € to continue their artistic exploration and education. Accommodation Artists are accomodated in individual beds in a shared room. Each room has beds, a closet and a full bathroom. The rooms range from 20m2 to above 30m2. The rooms are well-furnished with access to Wifi both in room and in studio. Studio/ workspace There are 2 ateliers designated as workspace for the duration of the competition. Artists will be expected to share the spaces as they are quite large.
Pienkow Artist-in-Residency Lipinki 15, 22-114 ĹťmudĹş
Residency program Studio/ workspace Artists will be expected to share the spaces as they are quite large. Both are air conditioned and have good natural light as well as artificial lighting. Paint, canvas and other working materials are provided by us at the artists’ request. Fees and support There are no fees expected from the artist. The residence covers transport from Warsaw to residency at the beginning and conclusion of the competition, meals and drink for the duration of the residence, as well as pre-arranged field trips for sightseeing in the area.
Romania
Romanian Association of Contemporary Art Plantelor 58, 023975 Bucharest
Residency program Deadline: 28 April, 2018 Duration: 1 month Disciplines: visual arts, curatorial Website: www.arac.ro Contact: contact@arac.ro Plantelor 58 Artist Residency aims to introduce international artists and curators to the Romanian cultural environment. The selected curator and artist will be encouraged to take as much inspiration as possible from the local context and work within the artistic medium of photography. The theme of this year's residency focus is the architectural and the socio-cultural context of the residency space of 58 Plantelor, situated in a historical building near the Bucharest Old Centre. The residency is an initiative of gallerist Anca Poterasu – president of ARAC and the successful candidates will be working closely with curator Cristina Stoenescu as well as ARAC's team, in order to explore the local art scene. The two successful candidates will reside and exhibit in Bucharest within two time-frames: artistic residency (June-July, 2018) and curatorial residency (July-August, 2018) for the duration of one month each – exact dates to be discussed on common agreement with the successful candidates. The curator and the artist will apply separately.
Romanian Association of Contemporary Art Plantelor 58, 023975 Bucharest
Residency program The curatorial residency aims to enable an international curator to document, research and get better acquainted with the local art scene, with a special interest on photography, linked to this year's residency focus – connected with the history and the community space of the residence. The artist is encouraged to experiment and produce new works based on the concepts and directions developed together with the local ARAC curator, Cristina Stoenescu. The aim of the project is to offer the possibility for the curator and the artist to engage in an active dialogue with Romanian art practitioners and local art audiences. The material and financial support for artistic production is limited, but available. Eligibility: The residency is opened to curators and artists of all ages, working with contemporary photography, from all around the world. The selection committee – a panel of contemporary art specialists – will review the applications and select the successful candidates in one session. The two successful candidates are supposed to reside and work in Bucharest for four weeks each, in two separate periods. At the end of the artistic residency period, the artist is expected to organize an exhibition at Anca Poterasu Gallery with the newly produced works.
Serbia
Belgrade Art Studio ŽorŞa Klemansoa 2, 11000 Belgrade
Residency program Deadline: 1st of each month Duration: 1 to 6 months Disciplines: visual arts, curatorial, research Website: www.belgradeartstudio.com Contact: info@belgradeartstudio.com Belgrade Art Studio Residency is a non-profit international art program in which selected artists are invited to live and work in specially designed studio for a period up to 6 months. By bringing the creators of art in a unique setting the program aims to situate art at the very heart of historical Belgrade. The program is open to all emerging and established artists, curators and researchers or couples over the age of 18 with no limitation on artistic discipline or nationality. Applications are reviewed by a committee according to the following criteria: - Clarity of artistic vision as articulated in the artist statement and work samples - Persuasive evidence that the applicant is committed in purpose and practice - Clear evidence that the artist works at a professional level in his/her field - Willingness to work in a dynamic environment that encourages interaction with the community
Belgrade Art Studio Žorža Klemansoa 2, 11000 Belgrade
Residency program Residencies are currently offered to selected artists at a rate of 450 € a week. A monthly rate is 1.450 €. Pick-up and drop-off for arrival and departure is included. Fellowship: We offer one fellowship per year to artists and creatives of outstanding talent. A fellowship covers the full cost of Belgrade Art Studio residency for a week. (travel not included). Portfolios and manuscripts are reviewed by a panel of professionals. Applicants will be notified as to the status of their applications 3 weeks after their application. Only artists who have completed the financial assistance section of the online application will be considered for fellowship. You must submit this information at the time of application.
K.A.I.R. Košice Artist in Residence Hečkova 26, 04017 Košice
Residency program The residency takes place in Novi Sad, Serbia. Deadline: May 14, 2018 Duration: 2 months Disciplines: digital art, moving image, installation, photography, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, internet art, interactive art Website: www.kair.sk Contact: zuzana.kotikova@kair.sk Cultural Stations project encompasses the modification of the existing and construction of new facilities and locations according to the objectives and needs of the Novi Sad 2021 project. Based on previous analysis of the project, the availability of facilities and planning documentation, analysis of land in property of the city, cultural stations are planned at the following locations: 1. Almaš neighbourhood (part of the wider center, traditional and authentic part of the city); 2. Slana bara/ Klisa (northern periphery of Novi Sad). 3. Youth center in the Chinese Quarter (industrial heritage/ former factory in Liman district). 4. Novo Naselje (residential part on the western periphery). 5. Sremski Karlovci (cultural station within the Zone 021).
K.A.I.R. Košice Artist in Residence Hečkova 26, 04017 Košice
Residency program The residency takes place in Novi Sad, Serbia. Artists are expected to work on a project based on interaction with the local community, exploring the ways in which Cultural Stations can become a vital part of the city’s dynamics through artistic interventions. The result of the residency is open to artist’s own vision of Novi Sad. Possible results could be (but are not limited to): ● Series of public events (i.e. exhibitions) or other forms of presentation of the AiR research ● Public discussions, talks, panels ● Publications, pamphlets, printed material ● Happenings (walks/tours, happenings, workshops) The following costs are covered during the residence: ● travel expenses up to 250 € ● accommodation in the flat in the centre of Novi Sad ● per diem in the amount of 1.000 € ● costs for materials up to 1.000 €
Slovakia
A7rooms Golianova 5, 97401 Banskรก Bystrica
Residency program Deadline: ongoing Duration: 1-3 months Disciplines: visual arts Website: www.a7rooms.wordpress.com Contact: a7rooms@gmail.com FRASK is an independent non-profit organisation founded in 2010. Its activities are dedicated to promotion of different kind of art forms and organisation of cultural and educational events. A7ROOMS is a residential program created within FRASKs portfolio to widen the scope of our activities, to engage in international networking and more actively participate in art production. Its aim is to provide conditions and support for creative work of visual artists from around the world. We offer accommodation, atelier and exhibition space. We provide promotion and publicity, guidance through local art scene and organisation of the exhibition at the end of the residency. We do not provide any funding; all residency related expenses are to be paid by the artist. However, we offer consulting and guidance with finding possible funding resources for A7ROOMS residency program.
Slovenia
KAOS FESTIVAL / Layer House Tomšičeva 32, 4000 Kranj
Festival proposal Deadline: 8 May, 2018 Disciplines: visual arts Website: www.chaos.layer.si Contact: kaos@layer.si Layer House will be hosting the first festival of contemporary collage. The main exhibition, workshops, presentations and mingling with local and international artists in the art district of Kranj. KAOS is bringing an exhibition of contemporary use of collage and numerous accompanying events. Layer House is inviting all artists from close and far to join the open call for the festival of contemporary collage – KAOS. We are looking for collage technique works for an exhibition in the Škrlovec tower gallery. The application is open until May 8. The panel of judges for the exhibition will be Maja Antončič (the curator of the exhibition, SI), Claudio Beorchia (artist, IT), and LANE (collage artist and founder of the Collagistas festival, GR).
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Culture Backstage Training Program / Czułość Brzozowa 27/29, 00-258 Warsaw
Training program Deadline: April 15, 2018 Disciplines: young cultural entrepreneurs Website: www.czulosc.com Contact: fgc@czulosc.com Czułość is pleased to announce the launch of Culture Backstage, an EU funded training program for young cultural entrepreneurs who wish to develop and implement projects on a European scale. It is developed by the European Creative Network for Culture, under the leadership of Creature Paris. This program is designed for young aspiring cultural and artistic entrepreneurs to acquire the theoretical and practical means to make their idea come true. The participants will learn about culture, entrepreneurship, art, media, philosophy, marketing and much more while exploring major European cities and cultural hubs. Working across linguistic and cultural barriers, Culture Backstage will bring together cultural entrepreneurs and empower them, in an environment sufficiently strong and offer a sufficiently unified track so that a sense of community and common culture can emerge, fostering collaboration, exchange, and synergies.
Culture Backstage Training Program / Czułość Brzozowa 27/29, 00-258 Warsaw
Training program Selected participants will follow courses, participate in workshops and build connections while traveling to following partners institutions: - Scuola Holden in Turin - Heimathafen Neukölln in Berlin - Public Art Lab in Berlin - Czulosc Arts Centre in Warsaw - Creature in Paris - On the Move in Brussels
Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design Zamoyskiego 52, 30-523 KrakĂłw
University program Duration: two-and-half-year Disciplines: fashion design, photography Website: www.ksa.edu.pl Contact: katarzyna.cybuch@ksa.edu.pl The educational programs on each faculty is designed to give the students the freedom they need for experimentation in order to create their own unique individual style. Lectures in Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design are specialists who work in the different fields of creative industry. What is more, KSA cooperates with the well-known international institutions. Students can participate in meetings and lectures with the international specialist and take part in the special learning programs organized in collaboration with them. Graduates of Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design are the winners of the international competitions and well-known designers, photographers and artists. They get the first opportunity to show their talents during the study. Each student of Fashion Design School called SAPU have to take part in a few, different runway shows. The diploma one is during the Cracow Fashion Week – international event mainly organized by Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design.
Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design Zamoyskiego 52, 30-523 KrakĂłw
University program What is more, the School gives possibility to collaboration between students from the different faculties. KSA is also a publisher of the own magazine called TUBA in which can be also found the students' works. School also supported young talented people and publish information about their success. What is more Krakowskie Szkoły Artystyczne not only give possibility to learn during the studies on the different faculties, but also on the special courses organized every year. During them each creative person can learn the new skills and improve the own creativity by working with the specialist.
European ArtEast Foundation 6 Percy Street, W1T 1DQ London
Call for paper Disciplines: art history, curator Website: www.europeanarteast.com Contact: opencall@europeanarteast.com European ArtEast Foundation (EAEF), in collaboration with Delfina Foundation, is inviting proposals for grants for research focused on Eastern European artists working in the region in the 1950s and 1960s. The purpose of these grants is to give art historians and curators the opportunity to carry out ambitious research projects that will make a significant contribution to the field of art history in Eastern Europe. EAEF’s goal is to stimulate a nuanced understanding of the history and legacy of modernism in Eastern Europe and to bring attention to overlooked artists who were important in their time but had no international exposure due to the specific political context. Support available and criteria EAEF will award up to three research grants of between £3000 and £6000. Decisions will be based on a number of criteria including the quality, relevance of subject, potential impact and value for money of the proposal.
KYIV INTERNATIONAL – ’68 NOW / Visual Culture Research Center Antonovycha 180, 03150 Kyiv
Lecture series Duration: 11-23 May, 2018 The second edition of The Kyiv International will be held in Kyiv in May 2018. The Kyiv International – ’68 NOW will take place in the format of an international forum for art and knowledge and for the first time will bring to Ukraine outstanding philosophers and historians – Jacques Rancière (FR), Chantal Mouffe (BE) and Aleida Assmann (DE). The project will explore the political and cultural heritage of the revolt and struggle of 1968, considering the antinomies of this moment for the West and East of Europe 50 years onward. The legacy of May 1968 remains a symbol of liberation and rebellion against entrenched power structures, and a cultural and artistic benchmark for Western Europe. The Kyiv International – ’68 NOW will start on May 11 with the lecture “Repoliticizing the French 68” of the philosopher Jacques Rancière. On May 18, political thinker Chantal Mouffe will examine in her lecture “The Affects of Democracy” the crucial role played in politics by ‘passions’. A symposium “Living Newspaper. The Legacy of the Prague Spring Today” with the participation of Zbyněk Baladrán, Pavel Barša (CZ), Agnes Heller (HU), Viola Ježková, Kapitál collective (CZ) will take place on May 19 and will be followed with the “Filmmakers of the World, Unite!” screening and presentation by Tereza Stejskalová (CZ) on the next day.
KYIV INTERNATIONAL – ’68 NOW / Visual Culture Research Center Antonovycha 180, 03150 Kyiv
Lecture series Duration: 11-23 May, 2018 Lectures go together with artist talks and presentations. Igor Grubić (HR) will present his project “366 Liberation Rituals” referring to the heritage of conceptual art practices of ex-Yugoslavian region, J. L. Godard political movies and cultural strategies of the late 60s and early 70s. Experimental Jetset, an independent Amsterdam-based graphic design trio (Marieke Stolk, Erwin Brinkers and Danny van den Dungen) who created the emblem and visual language of The Kyiv International – Kyiv Biennial 2017 and The Kyiv International – ’68 NOW, will give a presentation on their ongoing research on the notion of the city as a platform for (graphic) language. The program also includes a presentation and a talk by Tokonoma (DE) and 33 Soshenko (UA) artists' collectives. The program ends up with the lectures by Aleida Assmann (May 23) and Alexei Yurchak (May 25). A German historian and cultural anthropologist Aleida Assmann will deliver a lecture “1968 in Germany – a Generation with Two Phases and Faces” focusing on the generation 68 in Germany, which also contributed to the second revolt in the 1980s formative for the emergence of a new Europe. And a cultural anthropologist Alexei Yurchak (USA) in his lecture “Bodies of Lenin” will analyze the project of maintaining the body of V. I. Lenin in the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow for the past ninety years.
Rejected Proposals Open Call Deadline: 22 April, 2018 Disciplines: visual artists, curators, galleries Website: www.inrejectionwetrust.tumblr.com Contact: inrejectionwetrust@gmail.com Artists can suffer from depression when their idea doesn’t fit to vision of people on commission (curators, gallery directors, established artists, etc). With every rejected application, the artist is slowly burning out. Lack of acceptance is sometimes confused with a glass ceiling. Failure, rejection and disapproval are often a part of the artist’s career. Many times it is a result of putting artistic practise in a scheme of competitive thinking. To complete an application, you spend long unpaid hours, destroying your eyes in the front of laptop. You believe in your idea and you want to realise it. We accept past papers and applications, which were sent for competitions, scholarships and open calls, which were then rejected. Send us your rejected project proposal now! Share your failures and transform bad fortune into critical energy. It could release your art practise from a scheme of hierarchical thinking. All submitted proposals will be shown as part of an art installation in Poland.
Rejected Proposals Open Call How to apply? - Submissions should include applications of artistic projects in the field of visual arts that have been rejected as part of competitions, scholarship, grants, open calls, etc. - Each artist, curator, gallery should send applications in .pdf format and visual materials in .jpg format. - Each person can send max. 3 rejected applications until April 22, 2018. - We accept applications in every language. - Please sent applications and questions to? inrejectionwetrust@gmail.com - The submitted projects will become part of the OPEN CALL exhibition: rejected proposals. The location and the date of exhibition will be announced soon. - Artists applying for open call are included in the exhibition. However, we reserve the right to reject the application without giving a reason. - Please delete your contact details (address, phone number, e-mail) from submitted forms.
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