La Maldita Estampa Open Call

Print Studio & Gallery La Maldita Estampa, is a place created by artists to give support to other artists, focused on the world of printmaking. La Maldita Estampa creates the opportunity and the right conditions to host international
artists in Barcelona (Spain) with its Artists in Residence programme, offering its space formed by a fully equipped workshop and its gallery, an ideal place for the diffusion and promotion of the work of the resident artists.
The aim is to offer resident artists the resources, support and guidance necessary for the optimal development of their projects. To make the artist feel as if they were in their own studio, working freely, developing, experimenting, researching and achieving the highest quality as a final result. In short, to make their stay a fun, rewarding and
productive experience.
They have a completely new and fully equipped space, with the necessary infrastructure for the development of activities related to the world of printmaking. A production workshop of more than 90 square metres and a gallery of more than 30 square metres. The residency is located in the heart of Barcelona (Spain) at 112 Aragón Street, a cosmopolitan neighbourhood surrounded by beautiful modernist architecture.

The artist will have access to all the facilities, a total of 120 m2, and all the necessary equipment to develop your project, be it engraving, lithography, photoetching, among others. In addition to our production area of 90 m2, with a “Clean Space” and a “Beautiful Gallery”. “An excellent place to disseminate and promote your work (all spaces are
shared).

The workshop is specialised in: Direct Techniques: Burin, Drypoint, Mezzotint, Etching, Carborundum, Monotype, Colography, Relief Printing. Indirect Techniques: Aquatint, Sugar Engraving, Soft Ground, Hard Varnish, Photoetching, Mixography, Lithography on plate, Sceenprinting, Mokulito (Japanese lithography), among others. The artists will have
permanent support and guidance for the successful development of their projects.

Accommodation is not offered, but they do help artists to find a comfortable place that suits their needs. Their network of friends and local artists can host visiting artists in their flats, for an economical price.

The price is 300 euros per week, Artists must secure their own funding. The organisers will be happy to send artists letters of invitation for grants or subsidies from institutions in their country.

The deadline for applying is 15 October 2024. Please send the following information to [email protected]:

• Artist’s portfolio: brief explanation of his/her project (maximum 30 lines and maximum
  5 recent photographs, PDF format)
• Proposed timetable for the realisation of the project,
  with dates of arrival and departure, in order to better organise his/her stay,
• Specification of the techniques involved in the creative process.