Residency at Klaipėda Culture Communication Centre is open for artists from around the world who represent different nations and cultures. Representatives of applied and visual arts, literature, curators of modern art exhibitions, art historians, critics and educators all have excellent opportunities to bring their projects to life, communicate and exchange valuable creative experiences with their colleagues during the period of residency.

Established: 2009

Fields:
A. Drawing, graphics, ceramics, sculpture, photography, design.
B. Curatorship, art education.

Application deadline: applications can be sent all year long.

Duration of residency: one week to one month (residency period from January to December).

Fee: those artists who have won a residency contest receive a stipend – 200 euros (700 litas). Residents cover all living expenses like housing, food as well as other personal expenses on their own.

Living facilities of the residency consist of a hall, work room, sleeping room, kitchen, shower room with WC.

Work studio:
Work space consists of four studios that are isolated one from another (117 m2 in total). These studios have different kinds of equipment: a clay pottery wheel, high temperature electrical stove SNOL 225/ 1200, glaze camera, graphics presses (120m x 0,90m, 180m x1m).

Residing artists are partly equipped with materials they need (based on the needs of a project and individual negotiations) as well as basic equipment. They are also assisted during the process of organization of an exhibition and presentation of a project.

Conditions: residing artists are encouraged to produce works of art that specifically suit Klaipėda Culture Communication Centre‘s gallery and „The Yard of the Art“ space that belongs to the Centre. Artists are also recommended to engage in creative experiments, innovations, public presentation of their works (educational lectures, discussions) as well as interactive creative projects that would involve participation of local people.

Requirements: all professional artists who have at least 5 years of working experience are welcomed to participate in the contest. Writers have to have a contract with a publishing house or another institution that takes care of their creative projects.

Application guidelines: open contest.

The application package can be found here >>

Contacts:

Bažnyčių str. 4
LT- 91007 Klaipėda
Lithuania
Phone no: (+370 46) 410 054
Fax: (+370 46) 310 357
E-mail: ruta@kulturpolis.lt

Back Comments