Nida Art Colony invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers to meet the coming summer and autumn on the Baltic Sea coast in the http://www.nerija.lt/">Curonian Spit National Park. The Colony was opened in March 2011 as a new branch of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania).

CALL FOR RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS: RESIDENCIES IN JUNE-DECEMBER 2012

Nida Art Colony’s remote location and beautiful surrounding landscape provide the time and inspiring solitude missing from modern urban life.
A residency in Nida will meet your expectations if:

●    the intensity of urban life—curators, openings, presentations—consumes all of your time and leaves you without energy to concentrate on artistic practice;
●    you are working with site-specific projects involving local communities, reflecting on the natural and/or cultural environment;
●    you love coincidences and want to meet artists from all over the world in order to collaborate with them now or in the future;
●    you need a large space for experiments—the whole forest and beach can be your studio.

Deadline for residency applications: February 15, 2012 (applications ((http://nidacolony.lt/images/docs/residency_application_form_nac_2012_spring.doc">please download) to be send to info@nidacolony.lt )

Dates and duration of the residencies: 1 to 4 months between June 1 and December 31, 2012. The recommended duration of a residency is 2 months.

Costs: Studio and living space rent is 412 Eur/month (June-September) and 312 Eur/month (October-December), including all taxes, use of equipment, communal spaces, bicycles and the minivan.

Grants: No grants are currently available; selected candidates are issued a letter of support for individual grant seeking.

Conditions: The Colony provides the necessary living and social conditions to ensure a comfortable and unobtrusive coexistence of the five artists-in-residence. Each of the five residencies is set out on http://nidacolony.lt/en/gallery/residency-studios">two floors with 65 sq. m of floor space and features all the necessary facilities. The colony is situated about 600 metres away from the sand dunes, and a short walk from the beach. For a list of available equipment, see http://nidacolony.lt/en/residence/spaces-a-equipment">www.nidacolony.lt

To get a sense of Colony life and to see A.I.R. portfolios from Spring 2011 please check the http://nidacolony.lt/images/log01.pdf">Nida Art Colony Log.

More information on facilities, activities and services at www.nidacolony.lt and on http://www.facebook.com/NidaArtColony">Facebook.

The Colony is also waiting for your proposals to make an event (63-beds guesthouse).

Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Taikos str. 43, Neringa (Nida), Lithuania.
Tel.: +370 662 45216, vytautas@nidacolony.lt

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