City of Skopje and the public cultural institution Cultural Informative Center (CIC) are announcing an open call for artists in residence that will take place in Skopje from 1 to 30 June 2024.
This Artist in Residence programme is within of framework CreArt Network of Cities for Artistic Creation, and it will welcome two artists: one artist from the cities within CreArt Network of Cities for Artistic Creation and one artist form Skopje.
The CreArt residency in Skopje will take place at public cultural institution within of framework of City of Skopje CIC, located in the city centre in Skopje.
At the end of the residency, an exhibition of the two artists with the work made during the residence will be organised in CIC.
The international artists should be born or be a resident in any of the cities taking part in CreArt: Kaunas, Liepaja, Aveiro, Valladolid, Lublin, Venice, Clermont-Ferrand, Rouen, České Budějovice, Oulu or Regensburg. Artists members of HDLU (Croatian Asociation of Visual Artists) and artists from Ukraine through the Asociated partner Lviv Artistic Council ‘Dialogue’ are also eligible. The other artist should be born or be a resident in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is preferable that applicants have a degree in a field of art (university level).
For the artist coming from the CreArt Network, the organisers will cover travel expenses and accommodation, subsistence costs up to 400 EUR and materials for production of a work to a maximum of 500 EUR. For the artist coming from Skopje the organisers will cover local travel expenses and materials for production of a work maximum of 600 EUR. Each artist will receive 325 EUR as presentation fee for the exhibition and they can use the space and equipment of CIC.