Artist-in-residence: Young Emerging European Artists

Portuguese Scientific Commission FIGAC 2017 invites 6 European Emerging Artists to get in an Artistic Residence to be held in Viana do Castelo from June 1 to 8, 2017

The International Forum of Artistic and Cultural Management is a scientific and cultural event that has been held in the Northern region of Portugal since 2010 within the scope of the scientific area of Arts, Design and Humanities and of the degree course in Artistic and Cultural Management of the Institute Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo.

Continuing the project launched in 2015, within FIGAC 2017 will be an Artist-in-Residence with the aim of promoting opportunities for the mobility of emerging European artists and for the circulation of their cultural and creative works.

Therefore, the Scientific Committee of FIGAC 2017 invites 6 European Emerging Artists to participate in an Artist-in-Residence that will take place in Viana do Castelo from June 1 to 8, 2017, and will have as its purpose the collective creation of an artistic project that will be public presented on June 8, 2017.

The participants in the Artist-in-Residence will be installed in an apartment located in Viana do Castelo, equipped for 8 people, with full board (accommodation and three meals a day) will have at their disposal:

• Several IPVC facilities for the development of work (outdoor amphitheater, plastic arts studio, dramatic expression room, multimedia room, etc.);
• Opportunity to make a set of contacts with artists and cultural spaces of the region;
• Individually a financial support of 100€ for travel expenses from the place of origin to Viana do Castelo;
• Collectively, an overall support of 300€ for charges with materials to be acquired during the Artist-in-Residence in Viana do Castelo and that are necessary for the production of the collective artistic project.

Within the framework of the Artist-in-Residence, a collective exhibition / installation with an individual work by each of the 6 participating artists will also be inaugurated on June 2 and a round-table discussion will take place on June 8 to discuss the experience lived by the resident artists.

About the author

The International Forum of Artistic and Cultural Management is a scientific and cultural event that has been held in the Northern region of Portugal since 2010 under the degree course in Artistic and Cultural Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo.

FIGAC aims to promote dialogue and reflection on aspects related to contemporary cultural management at national and international level and, in the medium term, aims to constitute a reference space for the dissemination of good practices and the promotion of discussion, of scientific production on topics related to contemporary cultural management.

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Budget and due dates

The budget for this project amounts to 600€ which covers the total charges of the artists transport for the realization of the Artist-in-Residence. So this campaign, which intends to support the Artist-in-Residence, will run until April 28, 2017.

In the framework of the Artist-in-Residence will be held, on June 2, a collective exhibition / installation with an individual work by each of the 6 participating artists, which is free entry.

A roundtable will also be held on June 8, included in the scientific program of the event, to discuss the experience lived by resident artists, and public presented the artistic project resulting from the collective creation during the period of Artistic Residence.

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