Artist-in-Residence Programme Next application deadline: -->15 February for June 2015 - May 2016 residencies Nida Art Colony offers CURATED and INDEPENDENT stays for invited or selected open call professional artists, designers, architects, curators, art critics and art researchers from Lithuania and around the world. The programme aims to foster critical thinking, creativity, innovative ideas and processes, exchange and cooperation of artists. NAC offers time, space and professional support for work, reflection, research, production and experimentation. At NAC OPEN-ENDED PROCESS is more important than the final product, but “soft” results (like know-how, knowledge or new set of mind) are expected. Possibility of failure is regarded as an opportunity to gain more experience, however, NAC does not encourage to treat failure as success. Artists-in-residence are encouraged to engage in educational and locally based practices: an artist talk or workshop may be tailored for Nida Art School pupils, Vilnius Academy of Arts students and professors or anything in between; residents are very welcome to join local cultural and non-cultural initiatives and work with local visual and social contexts. Professional support may range from technical assistance to studio visits by curators from influential international contemporary art institutions. From time to time NAC organizes curated exhibitions of selected residents’ works in local or international venues. Residents’ visibility is increased by presenting their work in the NAC Log, which is printed on paper as well as published online. Duration of a NAC residency is two to six months. One month residencies are possible but not encouraged. There are five residencies available at a time. Grants. NAC hosts about 50 artists-in-residency per year and about one third is supported by grants. NAC has two recurrent grants: a yearly Goethe Institute Grant for young German artists (by invitation only) and a yearly Neringa Municipality Grant for Lithuanian artists dealing with local issues (by open call). Other grants are project-based and vary year to year. Please, check the actual call for details. Individual Residencies Duration: one to four months, between June 2015 and May 2016. The recommended duration of a residency is 2 months. Applicants from all over the world may apply. Grants: No grants are currently available; selected candidates are issued a letter of support for individual grant-seeking. Costs: Studio and living space rent is 400 Eur/month (300 Eur/month in October-May for Lithuanian residents, including all taxes, use of equipment, communal spaces and bicycles. Returning residents. NAC plans to establish a special production based programme for returning residents (those, who have already made a NAC residency, but express a wish or are invited to return and do it once again). In this case the residency would focus on production and presentation of a specific work of art or research. Residents should be aware that the AIR programme may host a mix of returning residents, artists who take part in one of the NAC projects, invited artists, artists with grants, and self paying artists at the same time. We try to always have one or two local artists in the international group of residents. AIR programme constitutes one part of NAC activities, thus artists-in-residency may need to share NAC communal spaces with participants of simultaneously running projects, students and weekend visitors. NAC is especially busy in June-September. We try to do our best in informing residents about upcoming projects and visits, and encourage interaction. Selected applicants should check our Survival Guide.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:15:00 +0000
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