Activities // Open Calls

The city of Lublin invites 2 artists (one from Lublin and one from the CreArt network), to work in Lublin at Galeria Labirynt, from November 4th up to December 6th, 2024.

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.

GALERIA LABIRYNT

Galeria Labirynt is a modern municipal cultural institution focused on art. It has existed since 1956, when it functioned as the Bureau of Art Exhibitions.

It regularly host exhibitions of artists who can be called contemporary classics as well as newcomers. You can also participate in a number of other events: come to an author’s meeting about a book, watch a movie, take part in discussions on important, current topics, take advantage of the open reading room and a rich workshop offer.

The gallery constantly reacts to the changing artistic and social reality. The exhibitions organized in Galeria Labirynt are distinguished by their topicality and the combination of what is local with what is universal. The events often take on a national or international scale. The mission of the gallery is to follow the pulse of modern art, to notice its most interesting phenomena, and to discover important contexts. Galeria Labirynt also has an extensive collection of works of art from the beginning of the 1960s, which hosts various presentations and also plays an educational role.

Openness and accessibility are the goals we strive for all the time. We dream of creating an institution without barriers, so we want everyone to feel welcome with us – regardless of their native language, age, origin, degree of ability, etc. Our offer includes foreigners – students and migrants, the elderly, children and youth, as well as the needs of various other groups, such as d/Deaf, partially sighted and blind people.

More info:

https://labirynt.com/

https://www.facebook.com/GaleriaLabiryntLublin

CREART AiR PROGRAMME

Within the framework of CreArt 3.0, the city of Lublin and the Galeria Labirynt launch a residency for 2 artists, one from Lublin and one from the CreArt network. Artists in residence will have a mentor to help them to establish in the city (information on cultural institutions, events, useful places…), for their presentation to the artistic community in the city and support in the development and presentation of the project. The last week will be spent putting together a small exhibition, open studio or performance so the residents can share their final works (selected by the mentor and the organization) with the citizens of the hosting town and have some foreign feedback.

RESIDENCY DURATION: 5 weeks.

RESIDENCY DATES: November 4th – December 6th, 2024.

WHO CAN APPLY?

• 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).
• Members of HDLU (Croatian Association of Visual Artists).
• Ukrainian artists through our collaboration with Lviv Artistic Council «Dialogue».

This call is intended to visual artists with a wild range of medium: painting, video, installation, new media, performance, artistic activity in the public space and community art projects. A particular attention will be paid to artists who interrogate the environmental impact of artistic production in their work. There is no age limitation. However, it is necessary to have a degree in an artistic field at the university level (or, alternatively, prove equivalent skills through their artistic career).

Applications must be strictly individual. Applications submitted by artist collectives will not be accepted.

GRANT AND CONDITIONS

• Artist fee of 800 EUR/gross (to be paid after the residency).
• Production cost (if needed) of new artwork(s) up to 500 EUR/gross.

• The Organizer will cover travel expenses and provide accommodation and meals (2 meals per day) for the artist coming from the partner city.
• For the local artist one meal per day will be provided.
• The artists will sign a contract with City of Lublin before the start of the residency.

• The artists must have a European health card or equivalent.
• Upon return from the residency, artists are required to submit, within one week, a brief narrative report that will include title, description of the project, objectives and graphic dossier (minimum 10 pages in English).

DOCUMENTS

The following attached documentation is required in a single PDF document:

• Identity card or passport (scanned).
• Any kind of document proving you connection with the partner city of CreArt network.
• A short version of your resume/CV (one A4).
• Portfolio of works and artistic activity (maximum 10 pages i 10 pictures, links can be included).
• A short written project proposal (one A4) and a letter explaining why would you like to take part in AiR in Lublin. This document should also contain a list of technical needs and other relevant technical details, which can help the organization to understand the project.

APPLICATION

• The online application form is available here: artists should register first and then upload portfolio in this link. Also, please send your application to: creart3.0@lublin.eu, with the subject: open call Lublin.
• Deadline: applications should be sent by 30th September 2024.

Only complete and timely applications will be considered. Artists will be selected by a jury of Lublin contemporary art professionals from Galeria Labirynt. The committee is not obliged to provide reasons for its decision. The shortlist will be published on the CreArt website. The participation in this call implies the acceptance of these bases, and the artists selected should include a reference in all their future communications that they have been selected to participate in the CreArt Artists in Residence program in Lublin, project co-funded by the European Union – Creative Europe program.

In case of any questions, please contact: creart3.0@lublin.eu.

 

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