The GuestRoomMaribor residency programme invites visual and interdisciplinary artists to apply for residencies in Maribor, Slovenia in the year 2021. There are several dates available for one-month funded residencies in spacious studios, in the quiet courtyard of the Vetrinj mansion located in the strict centre of Maribor, including the possibility of presenting the newly created production in the Gallery K18.
GuestRoomMaribor is a programme developed by the non-governmental organisation Pekarna Magdalenske mreže, which has been offering residences for Slovenian and international artists in Maribor since 2011. With an emphasis on contemporary visual art practices, the program primarily supports socially engaged, hybrid, and experimental projects as well as projects related to the local social, cultural, historical, or political context. In its mode of operation, the program seeks to foster creative processes, open dialogue, establish direct contact with local communities, question conventional presentations of art, and encourages collaboration with local artists and producers.
GuestRoomMaribor offer:
- Free accommodation in a studio apartment in the center of Maribor (area 96 m2 and 76m2, each of the studio apartments has its own kitchenette and bathroom, floor heating, air conditioning, internet, shared washing machine).
- Fee 700 EUR gross.
- Coverage of production costs up to EUR 300.
- Production and professional assistance of curators.
- Organisational assistance and promotion.
- Implementation of a presentation event.
- A possibility of presenting the production in Gallery K18 (the gallery is available for the period of one month).
In return, they expect:
- A public presentation of the previous artistic practice and the proposed project at the beginning of the residence.
- Participation in forming and attending the public event Interest safari (guided thematic walk related to the topic of the proposed project).
- Final presentation of the newly created production in the K18 Gallery at the end of the residency.