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CreArt Network continues the annual AiR program with four new opportunities of exchange for the second semester in Lublin (Poland), Clermont-Ferrand (France) and Oulu, (Finland), Lipepaja (Latvia) and Valladolid (Spain). For eligible artists born or resident in the partner cities *

SHORT AIR WITHIN “FESTIVAL OPEN FORM. WILENSKA” /LUBLIN (POLAND) / 5-11 AUGUST

Lublin invites 2 artists from CreArt Network, within the framework of the Annual Festival. The artists will be supervised by Marta Ryczkowska - PhD in art history, university lecturer, contemporary art critic, curator of exhibitions and festivals, educator, animator of cultural activities. Participants will be provided with all conditions to be inspired by the space of the estate, and the projects will be developed taking into account the specificity of the place and local identity.

CONDITIONS: The artist will receive an artistic fee of 700 euros (after signing a contract in advance).The organizer will provide accommodation, a studio for creative work and the cost of materials. The artist will cover travel costs on his/her own.

DEADLINE: Applications must be sent by July 3, 2024, through the CreArt application and mail to creart3.0@lublin.eu

AiR IN CHALET LECOQ / CLERMONT-FERRAND (FRANCE) / 3 OCT- 29 NOV

Clermont-Ferrand is organizing a two-month residency for 3 visual artists at Chalet Lecoq. It will select 2 artists from the CreArt network and 1 from Clermont-Ferrand. The Chalet Lecoq welcomes international artists in residence throughout the year. It offers a privileged setting, with a two-bedroom apartment and a fully equipped workspace. Both in the center of town and in an atypical location in the middle of a public garden, the Chalet Lecoq invites reflection on the relationship between nature and the urban space. 

CONDITIONS
• residency grant: 3 000 € / artist for the two-month residency (1 500 € / month)
• production costs: 600 € / artist
• for European artists, reimbursement of round-trip travel expenses (up to 500 € )
• an end-of-residency presentation may be organized, in discussion with the artists hosted.

DEADLINE: Applications should be sent by 7th July through the CreArt intranet

AiR IN MAISON PRESSEÉ, ROUEN (FRANCE) / 16 SEP - 16 OCT

The city of Rouen and the association “Polymorphe” launch a residency for 2 artists, one from Rouen and one from the Creart network.The CreArt artist will be settled in a combined work-studio and apartment-studio;The artist will be guided and shown around by the members of La Maison pressée. They will advise the artist in their work, make him/her discover cultural places and organize events to introduce him/her in the local artist’s community and the neighbourhood (brunch, workshops, openings). 

CONDITIONS

The organization will cover, for both artists, the material costs (up to 400€), subsistence costs (500€) and will provide 1000€ as artist’s fee.

The city of Rouen also takes in charge travel expenses to Rouen [up to 500€] and accommodation at la Maison Pressée.

DEADLINE

Applications should be sent through CreArt intranet by 25th July

AIR IN GALERÍAS VA / VALLADOLID (SPAIN) /  21 OCT- 13 DEC

Valladolid will select 3 artists to work on their artistic projects for 8 weeks in Galerías VA in Valladolid, between 21st October to 13th December 2024. The selection criteria will seek to represent the quality and diversity of the different visual arts. There is no age limitation. However, it is necessary to have a degree in an artistic field at the university level (or, alternatively, prove an equivalent ability through their artistic career).

CONDITIONS

Travel expenses to Valladolid for artists from other cities in the Network (round-trip plane ticket from their CreArt city -or from the closest one that communicates with Madrid- and train ticket between Madrid and Valladolid).

Artist fee of 1.500 € (NET amount)

Production costs (if needed) up to 600 €.

Accommodation in apartament close to Galerías VA, and one studio per artist.

Organization of Final Open Studio/exhibition

DEADLINE: Applications should be sent by 18th August.

AiR IN LIEPAJA (LATVIA) l NEW MEDIA ART FESTIVAL UPDATE 23 SEP- 23 OCT

Liepāja invites two new media artists from the CreArt Network to work in Liepāja AiR. During the residency, the artists will have a diversified cultural program, which will aim to widen their knowledge about the city and the region. Moreover, the artists will have the opportunity to attend and experience New Media and Technology Festival UPDATE, as well as to take an active part in the festival programme with a masterclass, artist talk or presentation.  The final works created during the residency will be presented to the public in the exhibition "UPDATE 2024" together with other festival artists working with digital arts, VR, environmental art, media art. The exhibition will be open from November 19th until December 9th.

GRANT CONDITIONS

The Organizer (Liepāja 2027) will provide: Five-week accommodation for two international artists and studio space  (if needed); Round-trip ticket expenses to and from Liepāja up to 400 EUR; Artistic fee in the amount of 1,000 EUR/gross; Daily allowance of 30 EUR/day; Production cost of new artwork(s) in the amount of 800 EUR/gross, result presented in the exhibition; The artist must have an European health card or its equivalent. Report: Upon return from the residency, artists are required to submit a brief narrative report containing evidence of newly created work/s (in English), and boarding passes if traveling by plane.

DEADLINES: Applications accepted until: July 14,  2024. The contact person for all questions is Sabine Jermalovica Sabine.jermalovica@liepaja2027.lv

AiR WITHIN LUMO LIGHT FESTIVAL | OULU, FINLAND 21 OCTOBER- 30 NOVEMBER 2024

As an Arctic European city, Oulu has a special relationship with light and darkness. Lumo Light Festival celebrates light and visual arts during the darkest time of the year in Northern Finland as a city-wide open event. Located and organized by the City of Oulu, Lumo is the largest festival in Oulu area and a solid audience-favorite with over 100.000 annual visitors on the festival weekend.

A special theme at Lumo Light Festival 2024 is interaction. We encourage artists to contemplate how to promote and encourage open and respectful dialogue between different points of view and showcase this in their installation proposals. Lumo Light Festival is an integral part of Oulu’s upcoming European Capital of Culture year Oulu2026 and the city’s work in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Media Arts.

As the installations of the Lumo Light Festival are traditionally concentrated in the Oulu city centre, the CreArt residency wants to take visual art to new, surprising locations on the borders of Oulu and create art pieces in our peri-urban and rural communities with the CreArt AiR Program 2024.

CONDITIONS

The residency's work plan must detail an estimate of the materials and technical requirements related to the work's implementation. Required technical equipment is acquired per piece, other required materials are allocated max. €1,500.

The residency period in Oulu includes the artist's residency fee of €2,500/gross, travel expenses from the artist's hometown to Oulu and back, and accommodation expenses in Oulu (6 weeks). Material and technical costs as well as workspace rent are included in the open call. The working spaces required by the work plan are arranged separately according to the work sites.

A cooperation agreement with the General Cultural Services of the City of Oulu will be drawn up for the implementation of the selected work.

DEADLINE 

The open call deadline is Sun 11 August 2024.

Register on the intranet of the CreArt project and upload your portfolio by 11 August 2024. The residency work plan can also be submitted by email (zip file or link to the application materials): Project Coordinator Hanna Jakku, hanna.jakku@ouka.fi, tel. +358 50 3468 537.

MORE INFO: https://creart2-eu.org/open-calls/

*Artists born or living in one of the cities of the CreArt 3.0 network: Kaunas (Lithuania), Lipava (Latvia), Skopje (Northern Macedonia), Aveiro (Portugal), Valladolid (Spain), Venice (Italy), Clermont-Ferrand and Rouen (France), České Budějovice (Czech Republic), Oulu (Finland), Regensburg (Germany), members of HDLU (Croatian Association of Visual Artists), Ukrainian artists through collaboration with Dialog from Lviv.