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For the attention of artists and writers
THE 6^TH  OPEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
TO OBTAIN AN ART RESIDENCY GRANT IN KOLOMNA, MOSCOW REGION

ARTKOMMUNALKA 2019

Application deadline –on or before 26^thNovember 2018
Participation in the competition is free.

The museum residency “Artкommunalka. Erofeev and Others” and Kolomna Old Merchant District Creative and Museum Cluster under support of the Culture Ministry of the Moscow Region are holding an open international competition among artists and writers to receive grants for the realisation of creative projects in the field of visual art and literature in 2019. Artists and writers who are prepared to create projects in an art residency in accordance with the terms of the competition are invited to take part.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM RESIDENCE: The museum residency “Artkommunalka. Erofeev and Others captured the feel of the 60s of the Soviet Kolomna era, evoke the features of communal way of life and the Khrushchev thaw dissident esprit. The museum residency is situated at the very heart of the Old Town. Venedikt Erofeev the author of the poem “Moscow – Petushki”  worked as a labourer in the wine section of the delicatessen shop Ogonyok in the sixties. This shop was situated at the same building where the museum residency is. In the sixties the writer was a student of Kolomna Pedagogical Institute. The recognised genius of Venedikt Erofeev’s creative freedom has become the master of the museum residency. Artkommunalka operates in the format of a residency for artists and writers who are creating new art and new literature right here, right now. Artkommunalka hosts educational classes, master classes, expert meetings, lectures by specialists and musical events – all of which fuse together around the creative people involved in the museum residency, generating a new and much-needed intellectual space for the modern inhabitants of the city. The art residency and literature residency work as an open funding laboratory and workshop all year round.  The literature residency is, by its very nature, a laboratory of meanings – a “writer’s study” with the opportunity for face-to-face contact with the public and the residents of the city.

The aim of the competition is to support the boldest and most radical creative proposals that are in keeping with the spirit and objectives of developing modern art and literature.                        

TERMS OF THE COMPETITION

Projects that meet the objectives of the competition will be accepted for consideration. Artistic and dramaturgic projects in the spirit of “the culture of participation” that involve the local community and different groups of people in the creative work and are realised, among other things, in Kolomna’s public spaces are particularly welcome. Projects offering educational art programmes to children and adults are also welcome.

RULES OF PARTICIPATION

• A specific application form must be submitted in order to participate in the competition. The application form can be downloaded here: http://artkommunalka.com/english/content/forma-zayavki  
• Attachments to the application: supporting data (no more than 6 JPG files, the names of which must include the participant’s surname);
• Applications must be submitted in archive file formats (rar, zip, etc.) and sent to artkommunalka.konkurs@gmail.com The deadline for submissions is on or before 26th November 2018  and the email must include the following text in the subject field:
  ART RESIDENCY [+ SURNAME OF PARTICIPANT] for artists
  LITERATURE RESIDENCY [+ SURNAME OF PARTICIPANT] for writers
• Please wait to receive confirmation of application from the administrators.

Application deadline –on or before 26thNovember 2018

All applications will be considered by the competition’s judging panel. Reasons for the rejection of applications will not be given and applications will not be reviewed.

The results of the competition will be sent to participants via email no later than

17^th  December 2018 and posted on ArtKommunalka’s internet resources:

http://artkommunalka.com
vk.com/artkommunalka
facebook.com/Artkommunalka.Kolomna
https://www.instagram.com/artkommunalka

The competition WILL NOT SUPPORT projects aimed either directly or indirectly at inciting international conflicts, insulting the religious beliefs of members of any religion, lobbying the interests of political movements or parties, or promoting violence.

COMPETITION WINNERS

Winners of the competition will receive the right to reside at the art residency and a grant to realise their project.

The amount of the grant                                                                                                                                                             

for artists – 50 000 + 20 000*                                                    
for writers – 35 000 + 20 000*

The competition will offer a total of 7 grants: 5 for artists and 2 for writers.

*Each grant includes 20 000  for the presentation of the completed project [+ materials, the creation of an exhibition, video and photo materials, advertising, the publication of a catalogue/booklet].

The additional budget of each stay at the residency includes:

• free accommodation at the residential workshop,
• return travel expenses from the winner’s place to residence;
• visa and insurance expenses (for foreign citizens).

Grant payment procedure: the first part of the grant (25000 for artists and 17 500 for writers will be paid upon arrival at the residency and agreement of the project plan, and the remaining part upon completion of the residency’s programme. 

The residency programme involves:                                                                                                 

- the realisation of a proposed (and never previously realised) project in the art residency within a given time frame (from 2 weeks to 2 months);                                                                                                                                              
- an introductory meeting and presentation of the proposed project with an account of previously-realised projects and plans for the residency;                                                 
- involvement in the social life of the museum residency (open days, master classes, lectures, media interviews);  
- a final presentation of the project in the form of an exhibition (for artists) or a prepared text and its presentation to the public (including in the form of an exhibition or a reading for writers);
- for artists: – the transfer of one of the works completed at the residency (chosen by the Artkommunalka judging panel) to the holdings of the museum residency. For writers – for any subsequent publication of texts written as part of the art residency in various publications, the Artkommunalka museum residency should always be specified as the place where the text was written.              

- observance of the rules for staying at the residency (download: http://artkommunalka.com/english/content/pravila-prebyvaniya-v-art-rezidencii).

ABOUT THE RESIDENCY:

http://artkommunalka.com/english/content/about-us
http://artkommunalka.com/english/content/residential-workshop

CONTACTS

E-mail: artkommunalka.konkurs@gmail.com
Telephone numbers (reception desk): +7 985 3350220, +7 985 1800961.
http://artkommunalka.com
Address: d. 205, ul. Oktyabr’skoy Revolyutsii, Kolomna, Moscow Oblast (please use the courtyard entrance).