Art, Design or Photography Residency Program

This comprehensive, customized and mentored residency program offers offers competitive professional opportunities for emerging and mid-career, national and international artists, designers, and photographers age 20 and over.

The Art, Design, or Photography Production Residency is a non-instructional residency program. In addition to the individual mentoring provided by our directorial and curatorial staff for personalized research assistance/resources, project guidance, and critique, resident artists in this program work independently in our spaces.

EXAMPLES OF TECHNIQUES IN THE ART, DESIGN OR PHOTOGRAPHY RESIDENCY
Drawing • Painting • Graphic design • Sculpture • Soft sculpture (cloth) • Wood carving • Performance • Ephemeral (including food and other perishable materials) • Photography: digital photography and alternative photographic processes • Digital media • Design and illustration

RESIDENCY DURATION / TIME PERIOD

Flexible sessions of 3 to 6 weeks in Puebla, Cusco, or Naples. Dates are not predetermined but are proposed by the applying artist.

WHAT THIS COMPREHENSIVE MENTORED, NON-INSTRUCTIONAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM INCLUDES

Staff Support:

Each resident artist meets weekly with our directorial and curatorial staff for personalized mentoring, research assistance/resources, project guidance, and critique

Accommodation (Puebla):

Furnished, private bedroom
24-hour access to the kitchen for residents to prepare their own meals; residents are responsible for their own meals/food
Wireless Internet
Use of Arquetopia’s residency common spaces including outdoor terraces
Shared, serviced (single) bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
Housekeeping

Studio Workspace (Puebla):

24-hour access to large and bright, shared art studio with generous natural light
Personal workspace with large table and wall space
Some tools provided
Separate 4th-floor studio with bright natural light and sliding ventilation doors provided for oil painting
Darkroom provided for photographers; some supplies provided
Artists bring their own materials and supplies or obtain them locally

Accommodation and Airport Transportation (Cusco):

Furnished, private bedroom
24-hour access to the kitchen for residents to prepare their own meals; residents are responsible for their own meals/food
Wireless Internet
Use of Arquetopia’s residency common spaces
Shared, serviced (single) bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
Housekeeping
(Cusco only) Arrival pickup and departure dropoff transportation provided at Cusco Airport

Studio Workspace (Cusco):

24-hour access to shared studio with natural light
Personal workspace with large table
Some tools provided
Artists bring their own materials and supplies or obtain them locally

Accommodation (Naples):

Furnished, private bedroom
24-hour access to the kitchen for residents to prepare their own meals; residents are responsible for their own meals/food
Wireless Internet
Use of Arquetopia’s residency common spaces
Shared, serviced (single) bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
Housekeeping

Studio Workspace: