JUNE/JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019
DRAWING RESEARCH RESIDENCY
EXILE, MIGRATION, FOREIGNNESS
This artist in residence programme will run alongside a major exhibition entitled ‘ODYSEES’ that we are hosting in partnership with the Abattoirs Museum - Frac Occitanie, Toulouse. ‘Odysees’ is part of the programme ‘Je suis né étranger’
“Je suis né étranger” - “I was born a foreigner" is an outreach programme of exhibitions organised by the Abattoirs, and based on the exhibition "Picasso and Exile - A history of Spanish art in resistance" at the Abattoirs, 15 March - 25th August 2019. Each exhibition is unique and articulated in relation to the specific history of each territory and its public, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Retirada.
The residency programme is two fold - Drawing Research and Mediation.
Artists are expected to establish a dialogue between their own artistic practice and that of the current exhibition. How does the viewer perceive contemporary art and engage with it and others.
Artists will also have the opportunity to show case their own work and offer workshops, artist talks etc in compliment to the ‘ODYSEES’ exhibition programme
We are interested in creative people who would appreciate the opportunity for cultural exchange and sustained concentration in a supportive professional studio environment, in order to develop their artistic practice by engaging in new perspectives, experiences and challenges.
Proposals are invited from visual artists for whom drawing plays an important part in their creative practice.