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Arctic Art Residency

General information

Brief description of organisation

Arctic Art Institute is an artist-run project platform, which unites Northern artists, musicians and cultural workers for creating innovative projects and expertise exchange.

The Institute was established in 2014 by graduates from the European universities, who have their origin in the North.

Organisation founded in

2015

Brief description of residency program

During the residency, the artists work with their projects connected to the Northern Russia and Arctic, as well as meet and collaborate with artists, musicians and representatives of libraries, museums, galleries and other cultural institutions.

Because of the central placement of the residency, the Merchant Yard, Lenin Square, Art Museum, Arctic Art Museum named after A. Borisov and other major institutions are all accessible within 200-500 meter distance.
The upper floor of the building is a hostel and a residency. The residency has close collaboration with the local cultural scene.

The residency is open for any kind of artists, musicians, writers, sculptors, actors, directors. The priority is given to those artists who focus on questions of ecology and sustainability (included ecology of culture) in relation to the Arctic and the Russian North. It is also essential that the artists can present their work to the local audience. Arctic Art Institute collaborates with most of the cultural institutions in town and also works with projects in public space.
It is a plus if the artist is interested in long-term collaboration with the place and its local art scene.

The cost of the residency apartment is 50 euro per day for 1 person.

Residency program since

2014

Disciplines and media

Visual Art
Sculpture
Ceramics
Dance
Theatre
Performing Arts
Textile Art
Music
Literature
Educational Programmes
New Media
Animation
Printmaking
Curatorial
Film Making
Architecture

Type of organisation

Independent Association/Foundation

Residency conditions

Duration of residencies

2 weeks

Number of artists resident at one time

5

Grants available

The residency does not have any government or corporate support so far and is artist-run. We are helpful with writing invitations to your applications. Please mail us to learn more. arcticresidency@gmail.com