OPEN CALL: ARTKOMMUNALKA 2021

Application deadline – 28th December 2020

The period of stay in the residence is from 2 to 8 weeks.

Participation in the competition is free.

November 9, 2020 is the start of THE 8TH OPEN INTERNATIONAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE COMPETITION  to receive grants for the realization of creative projects in the visual arts and literature in Kolomna in 2021.

Artists and writers who are prepared to create projects in the Kolomna art residency in accordance with the terms of the competition are invited to take part. The competition is held once a year. Since 2011, more than 70 artists and 30 writers have worked at the Artkommunalka residence.

The competition is to support the boldest and most radical creative projects in keeping with the spirit and objectives of developing modern art and literature. Attention to artistic interpretation of the Kolomna’s modern life and heritage is welcome.

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE FOCUS

• Contemporary visual arts: art projects revealing the artist’s world and presenting the artist in their context.
• Modern prose, poetry and drama: the literature residence is a laboratory of meanings, a ‘writer’s study room’ with the opportunity for communication with the public. The outcomes of the writing projects should be texts in Russian.
• Silk and weaving. A timely theme for Kolomna connected with the launch of the project to revive the art of the Kolomna silk weaving, to interpret the ’genome’ of a textile Kolomna through contemporary art and creative writing.

The competition winners receive a grant to implement their projects and an opportunity to stay and work in the Kolomna residency. By the end of the year Artkommunalka publishes a catalogue of all completed.  To participate in the competition, one should fill in the form (in Russian or in English) and send it to artkommunalka.konkurs@gmail.com.  Applications will be selected by the judging panel and the results will be sent to participants via email and posted on ArtKommunalka’s internet site and social media no later than 18th January 2021.

Previously implemented projects at Artkommunalka: http://artkommunalka.com/ru/projects

TERMS OF THE COMPETITION

https://artkommunalka.com/ru/content/usloviya-konkursa (Russian)

https://artkommunalka.com/english/content/usloviya-konkursa (English)

CONTACTS

E-mail: artkommunalka.konkurs@gmail.com
The competition administrator: Alexei Komm, +7 977 3942926 (WhatsApp).
http://artkommunalka.com
Address: 205, ul. Oktyabr’skoy Revolyutsii, Kolomna, Moscow Region.