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As part of the CreArt 3.0 project, the City of Lublin and Warsztaty Kultury invite applications for an artist residency for two individuals: one from Lublin and one from a partner city within the CreArt network. Participating artists will receive support from a curator and a coordinator, who will supervise and assist with the creative process. The residency will culminate on November 27 with a public presentation of the work.

RESIDENCY DURATION: 17 days

RESIDENCY DATES: November 12–28, 2026

APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 23, 2026

SELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT: by October 30, 2026

THE GLOBE

The starting point for the residency is an existing object - a movable globe with a diameter of 1.5 meters, originally created for the "Planet Lublin" installation, which was exhibited in the center of Lublin several years ago. Designed and built for a specific public space project, the object now serves as material for a new artistic undertaking.

We invite two artists to participate in the residency; their task will be to collaboratively develop a project that takes the existing globe - its form, scale, structure, function, previous use, or history - as its point of reference.

We do not prescribe how artists should approach the object. The globe may be treated as a substrate, a medium, an element of a larger concept, or a ready-made object incorporated into a new work. Approaches ranging from altering its surface and transforming its original character to changing its existing form and function without fundamental modification are all possible. What matters is that the proposed work stems from an artistic engagement with the object as found.

The form and execution technique remain open, subject to the globe's technical properties and the conditions of its subsequent public display. As the object is movable and rotatable, any interventions directly on its surface must take into account the fact that it will be touched and handled. Solutions involving additional structural elements will require approval during the project preparation stage.

The residency entails a collaborative working process between two artists. We do not expect two independent works placed on a single object, but rather a concept developed jointly, while preserving the autonomy of each artist's practice.

The outcome of the residency will be a new artwork using the existing globe, to be presented in the public space of Lublin.

 

WHO CAN APPLY?

The open call is open to:

• Artists born or residing in one of the cities in the project network: Kaunas (Lithuania), Liepaja (Latvia), Skopje (North Macedonia), Aveiro (Portugal), Valladolid (Spain), Lublin (Poland), Venice (Italy), Clermont-Ferrand and Rouen (France), Regensburg (Germany), České Budějovice (Czech Republic) and Oulu (Finland).
• Artists-members of HDLU (Croatian Association of Visual Artists).
• Ukrainian artists through the collaboration with public organization Lviv Artistic Council «Dialogue».

There are no age limits. Applicants must hold a university degree in the arts or possess a documented artistic track record demonstrating equivalent qualifications.

Applications are accepted from individual artists only; applications submitted by artist groups or collectives will not be considered.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• A grant of EUR 800 gross for selected artists (a fixed exchange rate of PLN 4.3355 applies to the project); payment will be made within 21 days after the residency. For artists from abroad, the payment will be reduced by a 20% income tax deduction.
• Material/production costs per artist: up to EUR 460 gross.
• For an artist from CreArt city, the Organizer covers the cost of flight tickets (direct flights from the partner city or the nearest airport to Warsaw or Lublin; travel from Warsaw to Lublin is the artist's responsibility), as well as accommodation and meals (two meals per day). In the event that an artist from Ukraine is selected, travel costs will be included in the contract for the performance of the work.

• Prior to the start of the residency, artists will sign contracts with the Municipality of Lublin.
• Applicants for the residency must hold a valid European Health Insurance Card or an equivalent document.
• By the final day of the residency, the artist undertakes to submit a final report in English, comprising the title, project description, objectives, and a visual dossier (minimum 6 pages).

DOCUMENTS

All documents listed below must be submitted in English. A single PDF file must contain:

    • A scan of your ID card or passport.

    • A document confirming a connection to a city within the CreArt 3.0 network.

    • A CV (max. one A4 page).

    • An artistic portfolio containing examples of your work artistic activities (max. 10 pages and 10 images; links may be included).

    • A project proposal (max. one A4 page) explaining why you would like to participate in the residency in Lublin. Please include estimated material requirements, a list of technical needs, and any other relevant technical details regarding the execution of the work that might help the Organizer understand the project.

HOW TO APPLY?

• To apply, please register on the CreArt website (https://creart2-eu.org/open-calls/), upload your portfolio, and attach the documents listed above (all in a single PDF file).

    • If you encounter any issues with the application process, you may submit your application via email to creart@fmcva.org, using the subject line: "open call Lublin".

    • Application deadline: October 23, 2026.

Only complete applications containing all the information mentioned above will be considered. Submissions will be evaluated and selected by an internal jury from Workshops of Culture (Warsztaty Kultury). The jury is under no obligation to justify its decisions. Applicants will be notified of the selection results by October 30, 2026. The names of the selected artists will be published on the CreArt homepage. Participation in the open call implies acceptance of these terms and conditions; the selected artist is required to acknowledge in their CV and all future communications (press, digital media) that they were selected for the CreArt Artist Residency Program in Lublin—part of the CreArt 3.0 #stringing_together project, co-funded by the European Union under the Creative Europe Programme.

Should you have any questions or doubts, please feel free to contact us at creart3.0@lublin.eu.

CITY OF LUBLIN

Lublin is a medium-sized city in eastern Poland. It is a thriving scientific and cultural center. Considered a city at the crossroads of Eastern and Western culture, in the past it had an international character, with a large Jewish population living here. Lublin is home to numerous cultural institutions, museums and galleries, as well as non-governmental organizations that animate cultural life. There are large festivals such as Carnaval Sztukmistrzów, Night of Culture, East Of Culture – Different Sounds and others. Lublin is competing for the title of European Capital of Culture 2029.

WARSZTATY KULTURY (WORKSHOPS OF CULTURE)

Warsztaty Kultury is a local government cultural institution of the city of Lublin, established in 2009. The institution conducts long-term development and education programs based on a community of Lublin cultural operators and recipients, working together and supporting each other. The institution is located at 5a Grodzka Street and 7 Grodzka Street in Lublin’s Old Town.

The mission of Warsztaty Kultury: “We are the heart and mind behind a variety of open and non-standard activities in Lublin. Our programming focuses on promoting the practice of “active culture”. We enthusiastically support and implement long-term development plans based on a sense of community among Lublin’s cultural operators and recipients, acting together and supporting one another. We create culture that is modern, interactive, interdisciplinary and innovative.

We cooperate with artists and institutions from Poland and abroad. We have developed highly efficient methods of cultural education, management and animation. The everyday application of modern technologies in cultural education and in the promotion of cultural heritage also form the core of our mission.

We also organise the four largest summer festivals in Lublin: Night of Culture, East of Culture – Different Sounds, Carnaval Sztukmistrzów and Re:tradition – The Jagiellonian Fair. All of them are rooted in Lublin’s history and traditions, have become an integral part of the city’s cultural landscape and activate the local community”.

More info:

https://warsztatykultury.pl/pl/

https://www.facebook.com/WarsztatyKultury/

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