CreArt, České Budějovice 2028 and Umění ve městě (Art in the City) are opening a call for artists in the CreArt network to apply for an artistic residency within the Confluence Festival. The residency is for one visual and digital artist, sculptor, and/or visual creator from the network and will take place between 1 May and 5 June 2025.
Confluence (Soutok) is a new format of a city festival organized by České Budějovice 2028 as part of the European Capital of Culture and to be held from the beginning of June till 6 July 2025. The programme of the festival is based on cooperation of cultural organisations and institutions in the city of České Budějovice and offers a broad range of activities for a wide range of audiences with focus on accessibility in the public space. The creators, together with audiences, will be exploring (and re-creating) the riverbanks, streets, parks and other spaces through performative arts, visual installations, music, interactive walks and workshops.
The purpose of this open call is to bring an international perspective into this mosaic and give space to an artist from the CreArt network to create a sculpture or installation in public space reflecting the topics of the festival. The installation will be part of the open air exhibition organised by Art in the City.
The artist applying for the residency must have been born or live in one of the cities in the CreArt 3.0 network: Kaunas (Lithuania), Liepaja (Latvia), Skopje (Northern Macedonia), Aveiro (Portugal), Valladolid (Spain), Venice (Italy), Clermont-Ferrand and Rouen (France), České Budějovice (Czech Republic), Oulu (Finland), Regensburg (Germany), members of HDLU (Croatian Association of Visual Artists), Ukrainian artists through collaboration with Dialog from Lviv.
Support provided includes:
- travel costs (within the CreArt network cities)
- accommodation for the period of the residency
- material – 4,000 EUR
- artist fee – 2,000 EUR
- working space will be arranged individually based on media used and other requirements
