NAC call for residency applications, curatorial proposals and a trainee for 2014-2015

Published on Monday, 16 December 2013 15:35

Nida Art Colony of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) welcomes proposals from emerging and experienced artists, designers, architects, curators and art researchers/writers/philosophers for its upcoming (2014-2015) remote residencies on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park, Lithuania.

NAC residencies are most appropriate for those who seek time and professional support for critical thinking, creative process, research, experiments, artistic production, exchange and cooperation of artists as well as those who need a big studio or spectacular open spaces – the Colony is situated about 600 meters away from the sand dunes and the Baltic Sea beach. You could also benefit from meetings with visiting professors and students as well as facilities in more than 10 different workshops of Vilnius Academy of Arts in Vilnius.

The Colony provides the necessary living and social conditions to ensure a comfortable environment for the artists-in-residence. Each of the five residencies is set out on two floors with 65 square meters of floor space and is equipped with all the necessary facilities.

Please, check our Facebook, as well as Projects and Exhibitions in nidacolony.lt webpagefor more information on NAC activities. To get a sense of the Colony life and to see A.I.R. portfolios please see the Nida Art Colony Log.

Please, follow application guidelines when applying.

Here is the list of the main living and working expenses.

RESIDENCIES between June 2014 and May 2015

Recommended duration of a residency is 2 months; possible duration of a residency is 1 to 4 months.

No grants are currently available; selected candidates are issued a letter of support for individual grant seeking. Studio and living space costs make 412 EUR/month (June-September) and 312 EUR/month (October-May), including all taxes, use of equipment, Wi-Fi, communal spaces and bicycles.

WINTER RESIDENCIES IN JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2014

In January and February NAC is able to offer a couple of last minute winter residencies. We invite you to experience snow in the summer resort and ice fishing on the frozen lagoon. Apply as soon as possible – there is no deadline – applicants with strong motivation and capturing portfolios will be invited right away. Studio and living space costs make 312 EUR/month.

CURATED RESIDENCIES

NAC plans to host two-month long fully funded curated residencies in October-November 2014. Please, follow NAC news for further information and application deadlines.

CURATORIAL PROPOSALS

We are looking for curators who could propose and run a thematic residency project at NAC or curate exhibition from past and present residents archive. Please check curatorial residency programme.