Founded:
2026
Language(s):
Polish, English
Duration:
1 week, 1-4 weeks
individual: 7-10 days (July); Group: 1 week (August - Septem

Accommodation, meals (dinnera), basic infrastructure, logistical support, promotion, and documentation of projects.

Sliding-scale participation fee:
Individual residencies: 120 € (minimum) – 300 € (supporting)
Group residencies: 80–250 € per person
Artists cover their own travel, production costs, optional materials, and any additional needs. All fees go directly to supporting the residency’s infrastructure and non-profit activities.

Application deadline:
Specific date
Deadline:
Open call:
no
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Nowa Szkola/New School

Nowa Szkola/New School

Summer Residencies in Kopice
Description

Nowa Szkoła | New School offers individual and group residencies in Kopice, Poland, providing artists, researchers, and creative practitioners with time and space for self-directed projects. Individual residencies (July) last 7–10 days, while group residencies (August–September) run for one week. The programme supports cross-disciplinary experimentation in visual arts, sound, music, performance, dance, land art, design, and socially engaged practice. Residents can focus on creative research, collaboration, or personal artistic exploration. While there are no mandatory outcomes, participants are encouraged to share their work via optional public presentations, such as exhibitions, concerts, workshops, or guided tours. The residency emphasizes engagement with nature, ecology, permaculture, and alternative cultural practices, including small architecture, landscape interventions, instrument-making, and body-based practices. They provide basic infrastructure: shared studio tent, outdoor kitchen, camping facilities, showers, Wi-Fi, a small stage, and spaces for collaboration. The programme fosters reflection, inspiration, networking, and dialogue within an international creative communit

Outcome

Artists have space and time for self-directed creative projects, research, and experimentation; optional public presentations such as exhibitions, workshops, concerts, or guided activities.

Accommodation Information

Camping area with shared facilities (showers, toilets, outdoor kitchen); optional rental of summerhouse or room.

Studio Information

Shared studio tent for collaborative work, plus access to outdoor areas for land art, sound recording, and other experiments.

Technical Information

Basic infrastructure: electricity, running water, Wi-Fi; small stage for performances or presentations; outdoor kitchen; basic tools for land art and gardening.

Location

Nowa Szkoła | New School, a cultural and artistic project of Fundacja Laguna, and a creative workspace located in a revitalized former school building in Kopice, Poland. The space serves as a venue for artist residencies, workshops, concerts, and gatherings for an international community of creators (artists, musicians, researchers) as well as the local community, offering spaces for both individual and group work. They are building an international community of creators in music, dance, theatre, visual arts, design, and socially engaged projects. They operate as an outdoor cultural institution, organizing workshops, concerts, and artistic events in direct contact with nature. Their broad overarching themes are ecology, biology, permaculture, and independent culture.

Contact information
Email
zorka [at] fundacjalaguna.org
Website
https://nowaszkola.org