Language:
English
Founded:
2015
Duration:
1-2 months
Paid by host:

The residency offers free accommodation, working space, a shared kitchen, and access to the Kreenholm factory. Residents get help to reach out to communities. NART gives a letter of confirmation for artists who apply for outsourced funds but does not involve financial obligations or support (the resident does not have to pay a fee to NART, and there is no working grant, travel funding, or production budget from NART). Residents have the possibility to propose exhibitions or events for NART gallery spaces.

Paid by artist:

Finances and production need to be provided by the artists.

Deadline:
See website for upcomig open call.

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Narva Art Residency (NART)

Narva Art Residency (NART)

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Description

Narva Art Residency is a cultural space that operates thanks to a collaboration between the Estonian Academy of Arts, Narva Gate, and the Estonian Ministry of Culture. NART initiates and facilitates residencies, art exhibitions, public events of many kinds, and hosts educational activities. The center welcomes a multitude of visitors and guests and has become close with the Narva community.

The residency is located on the Estonian-Russian border city of Narva. Due to its location and the current geopolitical situation, the city has become a point of attention and as well a place where Ukrainian refugees enter Europe. NART is in the historic Kreenholm area which came about when a textile manufacturing company was founded in the mid-19th century. It was once the largest of its kind in Europe and Russia. Now it stands vacant but has become a source of inspiration for artists and a space allowing experiments. NART is housed in a historic villa, which was once home to the director of factory.

The international artist-in-residence program is open for artists and creatives operating across all arts – visual arts, music, performance, architecture, design, film, literature, and curatorial practices etc. The program aims to generate creative exchange between practitioners as well as strengthen ties with the local context. Artists are invited to make interactive, socially engaged, and/or community-based work which are relevant also to the locals of Narva. The engagement can be an event, a workshop or a showing of the final results but even better if the engagement is already intertwined into the process of art-making itself. The planned practice should be outlined in the application form. For example, Danish artist Kristian Sverdrup and his team created an artistic bus stop bench, German artist Elke Renate Steiner held two comics workshops every week of her residency, Japanese duo Reico Motohara and Kabo invited locals to cook together with them

Outcome

NART aspires to be an open institution in various ways and also opens up the residents’ work. Some residents are invited to give a lecture and a seminar for students of the Estonian Academy of Arts. They encourage the residents to leave a version of their work in the Narva Art Residency building or surroundings. This will help the future residents to learn about the work of previous artists and it will help the staff to introduce it to the various guests who pass by the institution. The residency has a focus on artistic practices that involve people and are relatable to the local audiences.

Studio Information

The residency offers free private accommodation, a common working space, a shared kitchen and shared washing facilities, and access to the Kreenholm factory. Residents get help to reach out to communities to create meaningful connections.

NART aspires to be an open institution in various ways and also opens up the residents’ work. Some residents are invited to give a lecture and a seminar for students of the Estonian Academy of Arts. We encourage the residents to leave a version of their work to the Narva Art Residency building or surroundings. This will help the future residents to learn about the work of previous artists and it will help the staff to introduce it to the various guests who pass by the institution. The building is an open space and a vibrant community where one can pop into exhibitions guests, groups that come for house tours, seminars that use the halls, art academy students who come for workshops, participants of our public events etc.

Accommodation Information

Click here to view the floorplan of the residency.

Technical Information

The available residency periods are the following, yet it is possible to have other arrangements:
● 9 January – 26 February
● 9 January – 19 March
● 27 February – 30 April
● 1 May – 2 July
● 1 June – 31 July
● 3 July – 15 September
● 1 August – 31 September
● 1 November – 23 December

Location

The residency is located in the Estonian-Russian border city of Narva. Due to its location and the current geopolitical situation, the city has become a point of attention and as well a place where Ukrainian refugees enter Europe. NART is in the historic Kreenholm area which came about when a textile manufacturing company was founded in the mid-19th century. It was once the largest of its kind in Europe and Russia. Now it stands vacant but has become a source of inspiration for artists and a space allowing experiments. NART is housed in a historic villa, which was once home to the director of the factory.

The centre is located at the historic villa, which was originally built for the director of Kreenholm Textile Manufacture. In close proximity stand the vacant factory buildings which once formed the largest enterprise of its kind in Europe (anno 1857). Narva Art Residency is operated by the Estonian Academy of Arts in collaboration with Narva Gate and is supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture.

Contact information
Addresses

joala 18
20103 Narva
Estonia

Email
johanna.rannula [at] artun.ee