Skateholders is an ongoing cultural project based in České Budějovice and the South Bohemian region (it is part of the European Capital of Culture 2028 programme in České Budějovice), aiming to support the development of skateboarding by strengthening community activities and activating public space. Together with skateboarders, architects, and local stakeholders, the organisers work to expand skateboarding infrastructure in the city through small-scale architectural interventions.
For the next edition (1st week of July 2026), they are preparing an interdisciplinary programme exploring DIY skateboarding from perspectives of craft, art, urbanism, community, and resistance. The festival will host the premiere of a documentary on Czech DIY skateparks by Javier Varillas, and an exhibition featuring photography, visual art, and artefacts related to DIY scenes and guerrilla interventions in urban space. In collaboration with several Czech DIY collectives, we will also build a new skate spot in České Budějovice.
The organisers are seeking one artist (born, resident or domiciled) from one of the cities of 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.
The artist should have a background in skateboarding, DIY culture, street culture, urban practices or adjacent fields and be interested in exploring DIY skateboarding as craft, art form, philosophy, lifestyle, grassroots urbanism, or civic resistance.
Support:
- travel costs within CreArt network cities
- accommodation for the full residency period
- material budget: 1,000 EUR
- artist fee: 1,000 EUR (including food expenses)
- working space arranged individually based on medium/needs
