Art School MAA invites an artist, writer or curator for a one-month residency stay in Helsinki for the month of March 2011.
The residency guest is expected to contribute to the teaching program of ‘X-OP European Studies’ with a single lecture or a workshop. X-OP European Studies is a special international study program of Art School MAA, since September 2009, with a focus in critically thinking of Europe, European Union, and possibilities and challenges of internationalism for visual artists. Participants in the group vary from 5 to 10.
The teaching plan should reflect an interest in thinking of the position and political responsibility of artists as active members in the contemporary societies, and the task of art education toward this claim.
We offer accommodation in the guest apartments of HIAP – Helsinki International Artist-in-residency Programme in the Suomenlinna-island, where also Art School MAA is located. Living expenses will be covered. We also provide with connections to the local art scene and aim at helping with facilitating the artistic production during the residency.
Please send your application electronically to:
The application should include
- introduction to your artistic practice
- motivation letter for a residency in Helsinki
- teaching proposal in X-OP European Studies
- curriculum vitae
Application deadline is February 1st 2011.
For further questions please contact x-op@taidekoulumaa.fi
X-OP – eXchange of art operators and producers is a gradually growing network of artists, researchers, operators, producers and centers with the aim to establish European platform for creation of art and exchange. With its places, spaces and user oriented technological infrastructure it fosters mobility of artists, theoreticians and executives. It is built to strengthen pan-European and global collaboration, common production and interdisciplinary approach to art.
More about X-OP project is on http://www.x-op.eu/
The X-OP project is multi-annual project, from 2008 to 2011, supported by European Commission – Program Culture.
