MUTUAL artist-in-residence IMPULSE is a two year long project, through which an effective impulse of exchange of knowledge and experience is given to the artist-in-residence sector in Russia as well as in the Netherlands. From both sides we strive to establish sustainable ties between the Dutch and the Russian artist-in-residence sector.

The Mutual Impulse trajectory evolves during two years, in 4… read more

Tendencies & Intentions
Moscow & St. Petersburg, April, 2012

The first stage of the Mutual Impulse project was meant as an inventory of artist-in-residence potential in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In workshops and expert meetings we addressed the ways in which the artist-in-residence concept is applied to the Russian situation: what's going on, what are its current forms and what is its potential… read more

Thinking about artist-in-residence experiences in urgent situations.

May 22, 2012, Trans Artists / Platform AiR NL organized a meeting for artists and organizers of artist-in-residence programs about facing the unforeseen.

After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in Japan (March 2011) AiR organizers in the polluted areas wanted to share their experiences and asked Trans Artists to address the subject. This meeting… read more

Find here a summary (in development) of the annual report 2011, with an insight in facts, figures, use and values of Trans Artists' own activities.

The amount of visits to the Trans Artists website increased from 2.270.228 in 2010 to 2.759.012 visits in 2011. Where did all these visits come from? Which artist-in-residence programmes are most popular among artists? Which world regions are most interested in… read more

a.rtists in transit
How to become an artist in residence
Workshop II, 29.10.2011

Round table 'Residencies and networking/alternative strategies'

How to get information on residencies

In our group, we started discussing on how to get relevant information for residencies and opportunities for projects. We agreed that Internet is nowadays the most important source… read more

Trans Artists workshop in the house on Friday June 24, 2011, offered a special focus on residences and funding opportunities in Spain, and residences around the corner in the Netherlands and Flanders. Our guest speakers were Kristien van den Oever from AGA, Amsterdam, Alexandra Navratil, Swiss artist based in Amsterdam, Marta Gracia and Anna Urdániz from Art Motile, Barcelona and Heidi Vogels (Trans Artists), coordinator of AiR Platform NL.

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Find here a summary of the annual report 2010, with an insight in facts, figures, use and values of Trans Artists' own activities.

The amount of visits to the Trans Artists website increased from 1.638.860 in 2009 to 2.270.228 visits in 2010. Where did all these visits come from? Which artist-in-residence programmes are most popular among… read more

Sound-in-residence

Artist-in-residence programmes are the place to be for working in experimental music, digital sound, electronic music, and cross-overs between music, performance arts and visual arts.

Check out a selection of sound-in-residence programmes here

Music and… read more

October 15, 2010

Co-working is in, networking is out!

Day 2 at Künstlerhaus Dortmund took a more abstract turn, discussing the ways in which AiR programs generate new useful concepts and structures such as "co-working structures" and "alternative academies".

AiR autonomy

The AiR concept indeed seems to be… read more

October 14, 2010

The packed cafe-coffeebar space of Kunsthaus Essen was the ideal starting location for the AiR Treffen: we were friendly connected to each other in a lively atmosphere. Words of welcome were spoken by Johannes Gramm, president Kunsthaus Essen and by Uwe Schramm, director Kunsthaus Essen.

AiR-pitch

During a 2-hour round the AiR-organizations at the Air Treffen presented their programmes,… read more