Aria (artist residency in algiers) hosts resident artists and connects them with local and regional networks to facilitate the development of ideas related to the Algerian context. The programme provides opportunities for emerging and established artists from North Africa and across the world to conduct artistic and cultural research and production. Aria started in 2012, the programme aims at building cross-border dialogues and to create an ongoing dynamic network across diverse international art communities within and beyond Algeria. It provides opportunities for emerging and established artists from North Africa and across the world to conduct artistic and cultural research and production. Aria hosts resident artists and connects them with local and regional networks to facilitate the development of ideas related to the Algerian context. This programme aspires to project a positive awareness and visibility of Algeria and its surroundings to global audiences

Read here an interview of Zineb Sedira (Founder and director) by Yasmina Reggad about aria Artist Residency in Algiers in Nafas Art Magazine (June 2012).