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15.12.2020

Open Call: VYKSA AIR

Deadline: 10 January 2021
Residency period: 15 February – 15 December 2021
Residency duration: 4–8 weeks
The Vyksa Artist-in-Residency was founded by the OMK-Uchastie (OMK-Participation) Charity Foundation in 2017 as part of the Art-Ovrag festival and works all the year. Vyksa Artist-in-Residency maintains artists who are interested in creating and developing ideas in Vyksa city. Residents are provided with comfortable accommodation in a mansion, a grant for the project, as well as travel from Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod or St. Petersburg and expenses for materials.

The Vyksa Artist-in-Residence programme was established in 2017 by the OMK-Uchastie Foundation. It is a year-round platform for art professionals that provides residents with an opportunity to execute projects and conduct research in the Russian town of Vyksa. The prime consideration for selection is the project's focus on interaction with the local context and community on-site. We invite all artists regardless of their age, creative medium, and location, to participate. The duration of the programme is 4–8 weeks.

This year, Vyksa AiR has announced the start of its partnership with the Volgo-Vyatka Branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Nizhny Novgorod, the Arsenal). This collaboration is directed towards promoting the residency among artists from Nizhny Novgorod and encouraging them to participate in the programme.

Following this initiative, the TOY art group and Yakov Khorev arrived in Vyksa at the end of 2020 by invitation from the Arsenal. For the ongoing open call, the selection of applications from Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region will be made by the Arsenal's curators, who specialise in the local contemporary art scene.

In addition to the successful applicants of this open call, those residents who had their participation postponed due to the coronavirus restrictions will be able to come to Vyksa in 2021.

In the three years of its existence, Vyksa AiR has hosted more than 30 artists, including Haim Sokol, Ivan Gorshkov, Ikuru Kuwajima, Elena Artemenko, Kirill Makarov, Elena Kovylina, Victoria Begalskaya and many others.

More info here.
CONDITIONS OF STAY
Grant for production: up to 40,000 RUB.

  • Accommodation: a bedroom with an en-suite in the Vyksa AiR building.
  • Access to a lounge, a study, a kitchen with all mod cons, and all things necessary for comfortable residence and working on a project.
  • Vyksa AiR boasts a private apple orchard, which can be used for picnics and outdoor activities, as well as a 20 sq.m. artist's studio.
  • Materials and equipment: please contact us to check the available equipment and discuss the purchase of necessary materials in advance of your residency.

We allocate up to 20,000 RUB for the materials.

*Additional expenses: Vyksa AiR reimburses travel costs of up to 5,000 RUB. This usually covers train tickets and a taxi from the nearest train station (Navashino).
Accommodation: a bedroom with an en-suite in the Vyksa AiR building.

Access to a lounge, a study, a kitchen with all mod cons, and all things necessary for comfortable residence and working on a project.

Vyksa AiR boasts a private apple orchard, which can be used for picnics and outdoor activities, as well as a 20 sq.m. artist's studio.

Materials and equipment: please contact us to check the available equipment and discuss the purchase of necessary materials in advance of your residency.
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
  • Welcome Lecture
    Introduction of our resident artists to the local community is among the residency's main objectives as it is one the few platforms in Vyksa that holds cultural events, instrumental to forging new connections and integrating locals into the international cultural process.

  • Workshop/Lecture
    The next step of the programme is conducting a masterclass/workshop or a lecture on any subject of choice. It is crucial that we do not merely introduce the resident to the audience, but foster a dialogue that would engage the community in the creative process. We want Vyksa natives to get the ins and outs of the artist's work and, when possible, participate in putting together a new project.
  • Final Project
    At the end of their stay, Vyksa AiR residents should sum up the results of their research and work for the final exhibition (or any other form of presentation). We encourage the artists to analyze their experience at the residency and share the outcome with the local community.
SUBMISSION PERIOD
December 2020 – 10 January 2021
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