Res Artis History

Res Artis began in 1993 as a volunteer organisation and informal network, to represent and support the needs of residential arts centres and residency programs.

Michael Haerdter, a founding member as well as the first president of the Res Artis, tells the story of the start of Res Artis. 'Res Artis : The very Beginning'

A time line of past conferences, meetings and events.

2012

• General Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, 'New Horizons for Creative Platforms, Constellation of Cultures - Asia, Middle East and the Global Network'
• Regional Meeting in Vienna, Austria, 'Residencies - Gates and Bridges'
   

2011

• Regional Meeting in Boston, USA
• Regional Meeting in Debrecen, Hungary, 'Horizons - Perspectives of Artists Residencies'
   

2010

• 12th General Meeting in Montreal, Canada 'The Americas: Independent Artistic Practices in the Era of Globalization'
   

2009

• Regional Meeting in Gyeonggi, South Korea as part of 'The 21st Century Art Residency and New Institutional Collaborations' conference
• Regional Meeting in Warsaw, Poland as part of 'Retooling Residencies' Conference
• Res Artis Awards presented in Skopje, Macedonia as part of Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean
• Regional Meeting in Boston, USA
   

2008

• 11th General Meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 'Artists in Dialogue, Transforming Communities'
• Res Artis receives Structural Funds from the European Commission
   

2007

• Regional Meeting in Boston, USA as part of the 'Transcultural Exchange' conference
   

2006

• Board Meeting in Pittsburgh, USA
• Working Group in Helsinki, Finland, 'When its all over and everyone's back home: the aftermath of cultural exchange'
• Res Artis Awards presented in Dakar, Senegal as part of Dakart
• Regional Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico as part of 'Mexico: Gateway to the Americas'
• In partnership with the Alliance of Artist Communities, Res Artis received significant support from the Ford Foundation to support the Res Artis Diversity Project
• In collaboration with ASEF and Ufa Fabrik, Res Artis launches its publication “Residencies: Spaces + Artists +Managers + Communities”
   

2005

• 10th General Meeting in Berlin, Germany, 'Sharing Cultures and Social Change'
• 2nd Res Artis website was launched with news, members section and member's profiles
   

2004

• 9th General Meeting in Sydney & Melbourne, Australia, 'KNOWLEDGE + DIALOGUE + EXCHANGE - remapping cultural globalisms from the south'
   

2002

• 8th General Meeting in Helsinki, Finland
   

2000

• 7th General Meeting in Santa Monica, USA
   

1998

• 6th General Meeting in New Delhi, India
   

1997

• 5th General Meeting in Cassis, France
   

1996

• 4th General Meeting in Dublin, Ireland
• Kaleidoscope Conference in Berlin, Germany
   

1995

• 3rd General Meeting in Budapest and Tata, Hungary
   

1994

• 2nd General Meeting in Barcelona & Sabadell, Spain
   

1993

• 1st General Meeting in Berlin, Germany