RESIDENCY

Artist-in-residency programmes for multidisciplinary arts, research and exchange of ideas

Residency programmes

KINTAI ARTS artspace is an artistic initiative in a rural location which provides a forum for all artistic branches and interdisciplinary work, encouraging encounters with contemporary art forms outside of urban cultural centers. Kintai Arts residency is based in a former school of Kintai and other buildings of the communal institutions. It is situated in the Pomeranian region of the Curonian Lagoon (Klaipeda region, Silute municipality) and situated in the rural environment on the coast of the Curonian Lagoon near the peninsula of Curonian Spit and Vente Cape.

Kintai Arts residency programmes aim to provide a cultural platform for interdisciplinary art practice, international encounters and exchange of ideas, while exploring Kintai Arts residency‘s geographical, social and cultural contexts. Kintai Arts residency predominantly works with practicioners researching in the fields of :

- art and science
- nature and ecology
- historical and cultural in situ heritage
- social activism reflecting on relevant political, sociocultural issues

Thematic artist-in-residency programme

Open call for thematic residencies is organised once a year. The duration of the residency is 1 month. Thematic residency for local and international artists, curators, researchers, writers and other type of practitioners in the cultural field invites the participants to reflect on a specific topic, collaborate, exchange and create in situ as well as participate in lectures and workshops given by guest mentors.

Artist-in-residency programme for individual projects

The Open Call is announced twice a year. The duration of the residency can vary from 2 weeks up to 3 moths. Local and international artists, curators, researchers, writers and other type of practitioners in the cultural field are invited to live and work in Kintai on their individual projects. Programme’s goal is to provide full accommodation and workspace for those in search of serene and rural surroundings to contemplate their artistic practice.