Tirana Art Residency – Vila 31 x Art Explora is a three-month artistic residency programme founded by Art Explora in the Albanian capital, to be held in 2026.
Opened in January 2025, the residency invites international artists to come and develop an artistic project linked to the region, and to discover the Balkans Art scene. Vila 31 runs a cultural programme in collaboration with local stakeholders, institutions, schools, and associations, including exhibitions, workshops, film screenings, discussions, and festivals open to all.
The residency programme is open to artists and artists’ collectives, researchers and curators of all nationalities, with no age limit, with at least five years of professional experience. Eligible artistic disciplines include visual arts, performing arts, digital arts, art criticism, and curating. Eligible areas of research include humanities, social sciences, sciences, technological innovation, and ecology.
Art Explora Foundation’s major aim is to promote access to art and culture for all. To this end, residents are invited to run workshops for different publics (NGo’s, schools and art students groups). They can present specific topics of their research, present a spectific technique they work with or even invite publics to participate to their artistic process.
There are a total of three residency sessions:
- January – March 2026
- May – July 2026
- September – November 2026
There are two programmes available: the SOLO programme and the COLLECTIVE programme.
Each resident benefits from:
- A studio-apartment
- A living grant of 800 EUR per month
- A production grant of 1,500 EUR
- A round trip to Tirana
