Art residence “Sortavala”.. Art residence “Kostomuksha” .

Art residence “Sortavala”.

Residence is located in the historical center of Sortavala, in the building that refers to architectural monuments (Karelskaya st., 22). Therein resides the “Social and cultural youth center“ - the main place of cultural events of the town, which hosts more than 100 events a year. Library, music school, art school with the ceramic workshop and etching press, regional museum are at the walking distance thereof.

Concept: art residence “Sortavala” is designed first of all for artists interested in local area study and new local contexts. This art residence positions itself as a space for milti discipline activities, it opens interactions capacities in research in different art fields through artistic methods (artists, photographers, graphic artists) and comprehensive projects through the practice of "cultural engagement" (performance, theater, dance, Open air, site specific art, etc.)

Technical capacity: Art residence premises has 40 sq. m. floor space, including living room for two persons, working zone, a kitchen and toilet. Art residence has a separate entrance from the courtyard, not far from the Ladoga lake shore.

Art residence locates in Kostomukshsky nature reserve – the natural protected area that is in the North west Russia, close to the boarder with Finland.

Concept: hybrid arts focused on observation and study of processes running in wild nature.

Participants for the art residence might be:

· artists and scientists working with science art, and environmental issues in their widest variety (living environment, eco-systems etc.);

· painters, writers, composers making training and educational programs, referred to living nature; 

· photo, video, cinema artists directly tied to science, educational programs and to special topics or themes related to images of nature;   

· artists collecting materials for their work and preferring lonely creative life.

Technical capacity: Art residence “Kostomuksha” provides the well equipped house for work and live, that stays in the forest on the bank of a rapid river. Its floor space is 113 sq. m. including living room for two persons (two couples), a kitchen and a workshop (sun-lounge) perfectly suites to work with oils and paints and graphic materials The house is equipped with gas heating, electricity, fireplace. Bio-toilet and sauna are near the house. Mandatory condition: guiding and periodical staying of the nature reserve guide (reserved separate bed upstairs), and obligatory fulfillment of strict safety and ecological rules relevant to the reserve area.

Resident should be ready to participate in cultural and educational activities for local people. 

Best works/projects of art residents of 2019/2020 years will be displayed in the final exhibition of Karelian art residences. 

Karelian art residence network will not finance residents expenditure on travel, meals, consumables, passport and visa fees. Arrangement of required trips within staying in Karelia is subject to individual negotiations with every art residents and depending on the capabilities of a particular art residence.

Upon the first season end of functioning KARN in July 2020, the final exhibition is planned to be arranged, wherein will be exhibited art activities of Karelian art residencies. Their curators will therefore select the works of those art residents whose projects have the brightest and most convincing reflection of the thematic “face” (outlook) of each of three art residences.    

HOW TO APPLY

1. Applications for participation are accepted in art residences of Karelia from artists attained 18 years old, from all countries of the world or regions of the Russian Federation.

2. Applications for participation in the call are to be forwarded within the period: 08 of June – 31 of July 2019 (inclusively). Applications shall be forwarded in digital form to the e-mail: [e-mail]

3. Duration of activities for artists is limited from three weeks to three months.

4. Requirements to the application:

· Name, surname of the applicant, age, permanent address.

· Contact information (e-mail, telephone, page in social networks).

· Motivation letter (maximum 2 pages, format A4, font 12).Therein an applicant should point out the aim of her/his participation in art residences of Karelia, desired period of stay and dates, a residence, where he/she would like to work on the project or explain the transfer and work in two or three residences of the network due to the concept of the project.

· CV (Curriculum Vitae).

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATIONS

•  relevance to the terms of the contest call and activity trends of the chosen art residence;

• creativity and multi-discipline character of a project;

• project feasibility;

• forethought of work with local people: master-classes, presentations of new techniques and technologies, creative meetings or other forms;  

• consent to provide a work(s) or presentation of results in residences in the final exhibition of art residences. 

 

DATES OF SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATIONS

· Call applications are to be submitted from the 8^st of June till the 31^st of July 2019.

· Assessment of applications by the Expert council of KARN from the 1^st of August till the 14^th of August 2019.

· Information about awarded applications will be delivered to applicants by e-mail after the 14^th of August 2019. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Call of applications is arranged in the framework of the project Karelian art-residency network and art-tourism (grant contract №КА3002_314/2017).

• Contest organizer: Tourist information center of the Republic of Karelia.

• Working languages of Karelian art residence network are English and Russian.

• Detailed information about the contest is published in social networks “Vkontakte” https://vk.com/karatproject_ka3002 and “Facebook” https://www.facebook.com/karat3002/ relevant information is provided by the e-mail [e-mail] or by phone [phone]. Coordinator of the Karelian art residence network Varvara Feklistova.