Open Call

Sur o No Sur

Pocoapoco

No Funding
Free / No Costs
Oaxaca, Mexico

Eligibility

Pocoapoco welcomes artists and non-artists across all fields - from journalism to filmmaking, music to tech, painting to public policy. We are interested in creative practices that extend beyond the realm of the arts to produce broader impacts and outcomes – engaging with individuals, projects & institutions that explore innovative and evolving understandings of community and collectivity.

Number of Participants

For our Sur o No Sur program, we host a total of fifteen residents per three-week session - a mix of international, national and local participants. Session 1: June 2-22, 2025 Session 2: July 14- August 2, 2025

Deadline

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

Duration

June 01, 2025 - July 31, 2025

Facilities

Co-Working

Housing

Apartment, Guest House, Kitchen, Live/Work, Private Bathroom, Private Housing, Private Room, Shared Bathroom, Shared Room

Meals

Chef on Site, Coffee, Lunch, Snacks, Tea, Vegetarian

Public Programs

Community Engagement , Courses, Critique, Discussion, Exhibition, Grant, Group Dinners, Mentors, Open Studios, Performances, Professional Development, Readings, Workshops

Disciplines

Activists, Administrators, Architecture, Arts Administrator, Book Arts, Ceramics, Chefs, Choreography, Collective, Conceptual Art, Culinary, Curatorial, Dance, Design, Documentary, Drawing, Dreamers, Entrepreneur , Fiber Arts, Fiction, Film, Immersive Experiences, Interdiscplinary Arts, Intervention, Journalism, Land Art, Literature, Museum Technology, Music, Nonfiction, Painting, Pedagogy, Performance Art, Photography, Poetry, Printmaking, Public Art, Research, Scholar, Scientists, Sculpture, Social Practice, Tech, Thinkers, Video Art, Visual Arts

Languages

English, Spanish

Program Description

Sur o No Sur is a three-week summer residency/workshop that brings in a selection of visiting artists to act as guides and facilitators. Daily workshops (Mon- Thurs) include writing, conversational & listening practices and hands-on experimentation as well as excursions, artist talks, studio visits and film screenings . For 2025 workshops & themes, please visit our website. (pocoapocomx.com/sur-o-no-sur) Each session offers a platform for artistic exchange outside of traditional institutions to question and engage with the form in which we, our work & our world can exist and evolve. The program values and prioritizes the knowledge rooted in our own communities, histories, and territories, offering time for experimental dialogue, learning, and making without defined expectations.

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