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Vanha Paukku Finland
Lapua City Cultural Department
Vanha Paukku Artist Residency
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Description
Vanha Paukku residency programme offers its artists an opportunity to have a break from their daily lives and focus only on making new artwork. With their space, easy living conditions, peaceful and quiet environment, clean nature and safety, the programme offers its artist a perfect place to make art with time and enjoy the creative and inspiring environment.
Through its residency program Vanha Paukku seeks to foster cultural and artistic exchange. By hosting artists who are working with different disciplines we hope to gain insight into the creative process as the basis for all art production.
Outcome
There are no concrete expectations from the residents. Artists' differences in practice are appreciated, and often celebrated through public presentation for the local community (e.g. art school students, local school group). It is also possible to teach a public workshop or perform in one of the Cultural Centre's events. However, none of the above is mandatory, and all is open to discussion with each artist individually.
Studio Information
The shared workspace is located at Vanha Paukku Creative Community at the Cultural Centre Vanha Paukku. The Creative Community has two floors and over 200 square metres work space for artists and creative people. Artists have 24 hour access to the workspace.
Accommodation Information
The program offers three private apartments about 400 metres from the Cultural Centre and a workspace in the shared studio of the Creative Community in the heart of the Culture Centre.
- The bigger apartment has a private bedroom and a living room, both with double beds (perfect for families or two individual artist sharing one apartment), a washing machine and a small balcony.
- The smaller apartment has a big sauna and a big bedroom / living room with a double bed. Both apartments have a fully equipped kitchen, a shower and a toilet.
- Third flat is a three-room-flat, that is shared with another artist. Both artist will have their own private bedroom.
5 residents can be hosted at a time. Duos, groups and families are all welcome.
Technical Information
A dark room, a film scanner and a computer for the artists to use are available. It is also possible for the artists to use some spaces, studios and equipment in the local schools if asked for in advance.
Location
The organization is located in Lapua, Western Finland, a small rural town with approximately 15.000 citizens where residents can enjoy the surrounding nature with clean air, solitude in a quiet and beautiful soundscape. The residency is located in the charming and inspiring Art and Culture Centre Vanha Paukku, an old ammunition factory unique both by its surroundings as well by its history. The Cultural Centre houses museums, art galleries, an art school, a community school, a music institute, the town library and several businesses. The city has perfect train connections to the bigger northern (Oulu and Rovaniemi) and southern (Tampere and Helsinki) cities of Finland.
