TO BECOME A RESIDENT
We welcome artists worldwide, any ages and working in any techniques to participate in the Art Residency
Terms to stay
6 to 8 weeks depending on the timing of research and project realisation.
6 to 8 weeks depending on the timing of research and project realisation.
- Accommodation in a separate bedroom with private bathroom
- Equipped kitchen, dining room and artist studio
- Coverage of the travel expenses up to 10,000 rubles and the cost of materials up to 30,000 rubles
- Daily subsistence allowance equal to 850 rubles per day
- The proposed budget for the final project up to 50,000 rubles
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.
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.
Welcome Lecture
The OMK Foundation may acquire or purchase selected works, created in residency. Works will be considered for our collection on a case-by-case basis.
Tatiana Efrussi, from the People's House of the Iron Rose series, 2019
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The residency focuses on executing projects by professional artists. Therefore, when selecting projects for participation, we pay close attention to the CV, portfolio, and, above all, the proposed concept as well as whether it would fit within the specified time frame. Priority is given to applications that propose engaging with the local community and context. The successful applications are selected by the panel of experts by secret ballot.
Half of the grant's amount is paid within 5 work days of the resident's arrival in Vyksa upon signing the contract. The remaining half is paid within 5 work days of signing the work completion certificate, which is normally done on the last day of the residency.
We wire the agreed amount to the resident's card within 7 days upon the submission of accounting documents (tickets and receipts) and signing the work completion certificate, which is normally done on the last day of the residency.
Make a list or place an order with payment by bank transfer and delivery to Vyksa. In this case, you will find the materials in the workshop on your arrival. You can also buy and bring them along yourself – in this case, Vyksa AiR will still pay via bank transfer (we will issue you the power of attorney to collect the articles from the shop). If you have a different arrangement in mind, please discuss it with the residency coordinator in advance.
Vyksa AiR encourages group residencies, as well as guests and family members visiting. Please notify the coordinator in advance of their arrival, even if they can be accommodated in your room. If you need more space, discuss their accommodation and length of stay with the coordinator. We would kindly ask you to take care of the guests and not inconvenience your neighbours.
Upon arrival, you will be asked to sign a contract, indicating the grant's amount, the payment timeline and listing the activities to be carried out in residency, as well as the obligation to sign over the work into the residency's collection or archive.
For the contract and subsequent payment, we require copies of your passport, tax identification number. We will also need your bank details for wiring the grant money and the address for posting your copy of the contract.
We are interested in acquiring artworks that showcase your research in Vyksa and its outcome and that can be put on view again. The selection process takes your wishes and the curator's recommendations into account and largely depends on the format and scope of the project. We often offer the choice to the investor, the OMK-Uchastiye Foundation, whose representative may visit your final show or view the works remotely. If only one work was created in residency (for example, a video or media installation), we would ask you to give us an edition or sign over the right to reproduce. You can discuss the acquiring of works for the collection with the curator before the start of your residency or at another stage of production. You will not be cutting ties with your works for good – the OMK Foundation is public and we are happy to lend your works to external exhibitions.
We do not cover shipping costs for the works produced in residency. If works remain at the residency for a show or to be offered to the investor, we discuss the delivery terms on a case-by-case basis.
The residency hosts events and open days every week. Admission is free.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2025
From 4 November to 1 December 2024 23:59 GMK+3
Artists from all over the world, working in any technique, can participate. Based on the results of the open call, 10 participants will be selected. The mandatory period of stay in the residence will be from 6 to 8 weeks. Last season, about 300 applications from 35 cities in Russia, as well as from other countries - Mexico, Turkey, Armenia, Jordan and Kazakhstan - were received for the open call.
The Vyksa Art Residence remains an important cultural platform that actively involves local communities and explores the urban context. As part of the Vyksa Art Residence program, artists not only work on their projects, but also interact with the local community: they conduct master classes and lectures, introducing residents to the artistic process. The outcome of the residence is a final exhibition or other form of presentation, in which the authors share their experience and creative results. This allows Vyksa residents to get to know contemporary art better and forms new cultural connections. One or more works may be selected for acquisition for the collection of the Vyksa Museum of History.
In 2025, one of the residents will traditionally be an artist from the Nizhny Novgorod region, who will be selected together with experts from the Volga-Vyatka branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Arsenal).
“The Vyksa Art Residence has become an integral part of the city’s cultural life and an important factor in its development. Such projects not only create a unique creative environment, but also attract new talents to Vyksa, which stimulates interest in local heritage and creates additional opportunities for the community. The residence helps to rethink the urban context through art and opens up new perspectives for us, strengthening the relationship between culture, economy and city life.” — Yulia Mishina, CEO of the OMK-Uchastie Charitable Foundation.
“It is important for an artist to go on residences because they give an opportunity to look at their work from a new angle, through the prism of the local context. This is how a non-standard approach emerges that enriches personal experience, fills the work with new meanings and ideas. Vyksa and the Nizhny Novgorod region are a vivid example of such an environment that surprises and opens up with unexpected angles. Every time I come with a general idea of the project, I see how the place itself reveals the idea differently, forcing me to reconsider it or find something new." — Kirill Garshin, participant of the 2024 Vyksa art residence.
Since its foundation in 2017, the residence has hosted more than 80 artists from Russia, Belarus, Israel, Germany, Finland, Slovakia, Portugal, Japan and Chile. Among the participants are Irina Zatulovskaya, Asya Zaslavskaya, Jan Posadsky, Vladimir Abikh, Misha Goodvin, Ivan Gorshkov, Chaim Sokol, Ustina Yakovleva, Dmitry Morozov (:Vtol:) and many others.
The Vyksa art residence was founded in 2017 by the OMK-Uchastie Charitable Foundation. This is a year-round platform for cultural professionals, which allows residents to implement projects and conduct research based in the city. Interaction with the urban context, cultural environment and local communities are the main principles of the Vyksa art residence and its participants.
In the spring of 2023, the Arsenal NCCA hosted the exhibition Before and After: Projects in the Vyksa Art Residence, which presented the works of residents.
In 2021, the Vyksa art residence was recognized as the Institution of the Year at the 9th Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair.
Since August 2022, Vyksa has been located in the former Volna café, located on the banks of the Lower Pond. The building also serves as home to the cultural center of the same name.
Artists from all over the world, working in any technique, can participate. Based on the results of the open call, 10 participants will be selected. The mandatory period of stay in the residence will be from 6 to 8 weeks. Last season, about 300 applications from 35 cities in Russia, as well as from other countries - Mexico, Turkey, Armenia, Jordan and Kazakhstan - were received for the open call.
The Vyksa Art Residence remains an important cultural platform that actively involves local communities and explores the urban context. As part of the Vyksa Art Residence program, artists not only work on their projects, but also interact with the local community: they conduct master classes and lectures, introducing residents to the artistic process. The outcome of the residence is a final exhibition or other form of presentation, in which the authors share their experience and creative results. This allows Vyksa residents to get to know contemporary art better and forms new cultural connections. One or more works may be selected for acquisition for the collection of the Vyksa Museum of History.
In 2025, one of the residents will traditionally be an artist from the Nizhny Novgorod region, who will be selected together with experts from the Volga-Vyatka branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Arsenal).
“The Vyksa Art Residence has become an integral part of the city’s cultural life and an important factor in its development. Such projects not only create a unique creative environment, but also attract new talents to Vyksa, which stimulates interest in local heritage and creates additional opportunities for the community. The residence helps to rethink the urban context through art and opens up new perspectives for us, strengthening the relationship between culture, economy and city life.” — Yulia Mishina, CEO of the OMK-Uchastie Charitable Foundation.
“It is important for an artist to go on residences because they give an opportunity to look at their work from a new angle, through the prism of the local context. This is how a non-standard approach emerges that enriches personal experience, fills the work with new meanings and ideas. Vyksa and the Nizhny Novgorod region are a vivid example of such an environment that surprises and opens up with unexpected angles. Every time I come with a general idea of the project, I see how the place itself reveals the idea differently, forcing me to reconsider it or find something new." — Kirill Garshin, participant of the 2024 Vyksa art residence.
Since its foundation in 2017, the residence has hosted more than 80 artists from Russia, Belarus, Israel, Germany, Finland, Slovakia, Portugal, Japan and Chile. Among the participants are Irina Zatulovskaya, Asya Zaslavskaya, Jan Posadsky, Vladimir Abikh, Misha Goodvin, Ivan Gorshkov, Chaim Sokol, Ustina Yakovleva, Dmitry Morozov (:Vtol:) and many others.
The Vyksa art residence was founded in 2017 by the OMK-Uchastie Charitable Foundation. This is a year-round platform for cultural professionals, which allows residents to implement projects and conduct research based in the city. Interaction with the urban context, cultural environment and local communities are the main principles of the Vyksa art residence and its participants.
In the spring of 2023, the Arsenal NCCA hosted the exhibition Before and After: Projects in the Vyksa Art Residence, which presented the works of residents.
In 2021, the Vyksa art residence was recognized as the Institution of the Year at the 9th Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair.
Since August 2022, Vyksa has been located in the former Volna café, located on the banks of the Lower Pond. The building also serves as home to the cultural center of the same name.
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