Eligibility

Rupert’s Residency programme is dedicated to local and international practitioners and thinkers (such as artists, writers, curators, researchers, cultural managers and academics), providing them with the opportunity to live and work in Vilnius while developing individual projects and immersing themselves in the region’s contemporary art field. The residents can also get involved in Rupert’s Alternative Education and Public programmes, where the residents can attend talks, lectures and workshops by prominent curators, artists and thinkers from all over the world. From its inception, Rupert’s three programmes have been and are driven by a central ethos of establishing collaborations and conversations between residents, local and international art organisations and artists, and between other initiatives and professional fields in Vilnius and further afield.

Number of Participants

Artist collectives of up to 3-4 persons can apply to an individual residency spot. Individual residencies can last from 1 to 3 months or longer in exceptional cases. Residents are asked to propose their preferred duration of stay and if accepted this can be negotiated according to studio availability and schedule.

Deadline

June 23, 2019 21:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

August 29, 2019 18:00 UTC

Duration

January 01, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Costs

• €10.00 application fee

Facilities

Conference Rooms, Desk Space, Gallery, Individual Studio, Library

Housing

Live/Work

Public Programs

Community Engagement , Group Dinners, Open Studios, Performances, Professional Development, Readings, Retreat, Self-Directed, Seminars, Visiting Professionals, Workshops

Disciplines

Acting, Activists, Architecture, Arts Administrator, Book Arts, Cinematography, Collective, Composers, Conceptual Art, Culinary, Curatorial, DJ / Nightlife, Documentary, Drawing, Entrepreneur , Fiction, Film, Illustration, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Journalism, Land Art, Literature, Multimedia, Music, Music Composition, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Research, Scholar, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Theatre Directors, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

It is important that the resident is willing to immerse themselves in Vilnius’ and the region’s contemporary art field. Residents can apply with any project proposal engaging with any theme, and we also welcome residents to engage with Rupert’s Public and Alternative Education programme’s themes, although this is not a requirement. Specifically, next year, through public talks, seminars, workshops and institutional creative exchanges, Rupert’s programmes will focus on practices and notions of care, interdependence and hospitality, especially as they have been developed from the disability movement. Together with a variety of guests, our programming will consider these notions from several perspectives – for example, from artistic, activist, policy and research positions. We will focus these discussions and practices in relation to global and socio-economic issues, while also specifically exploring how they engage with the Baltic and local context.