Short Description:

“A discovery guide for Ukraine” call for artists is open to individual artists working with any media and who are citizens or permanent residents of all EU eligible countries (list) including Ukraine.

Applicants are called to design unconventional tours to discover the Ukrainian region of Bakota, in Western Ukraine, by involving the inhabitants in a process of recovering memories of the past, raising awareness on opportunities and problems of the present, foreseeing possible future scenarios. Artists will be hosted for a two-week art residency at Bakota Hub, a cultural centre in Horaivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Southwestern of Ukraine), created on the basis of a former abandoned school and used in the two past years as a shelter for internally displaced people. The tours will be printed and published in an international guidebook dedicated to non-tourists, those who do not travel to collect postcards but to discover the authentic spirit of a territory.

The publication will be designed in the style of a traditional travel guide with a mixture of essays, images and image essays. The texts will be in Ukrainian and English. The art direction and design of the publication will be overseen by a graphic design studio or individual designer. It will be published together with Fundacja Ziemniak i.

Application Requirements:

Applications must be submitted via the google form, no later than the 30. April 25, 23:59 CET. The application requires:

  • General personal information (name, surname, age, gender, nationality, country of residence, mail, phone, link on webpage or social media);
  • Motivation to apply for this specific call;
  • Description of any previous experience with communities;
  • Proposal and relevant experience:
    • A proposal shortly describing the expected artwork (max 1500 characters) highlighting the overall topic that will inspire the itinerary. It is not compulsory but a 3 min video can also be uploaded to better explain the concept. 
    • A portfolio with links of past works relevant for the application. 
  • Consent: a tick box for the applicants to confirm they have read and agree and comply with the conditions outlined in the Guide for Applicants. 

Applicants can submit only 1 proposal.

Eligibility:

The call is open to artists active in any field (illustration, writing, photography, artistic research, etc), who:

  • are individual (duos and collectives are not eligible);
  • are citizens of EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories) as well as the List of non-EU Participating Countries in the Creative Europe Programme. In both cases, the origin of the artist can be proven either by the nationality or, for permanent residents, by a valid permit of residency.
    Each artist is responsible for their own VISA, if requested by the origin country.
  • have a working knowledge of English.

The Discovery Guide consortium partners, their affiliates, employees or permanent collaborators are not eligible for funding within this open call.

Special attention will be given to artists with previous experience in collaborating with communities.

Program Benefits or Awards:

“A discovery guide for Ukraine” open call for artists offers 6 residency opportunities.

The residency will take place between September and November 2025 for a period of 2 weeks (exact dates will be discussed with the selected participants).

Selected artists will receive: 

  • a grant of EUR 3000 €;
  • travel to and hospitality at Bakota Hub (Horaivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine) during 2 weeks of residence;
  • 3-days three-day capacity building activity in Warsaw in 14-17 July 2025 (travel costs are covered by the partners) on the art & community-based methodology that artists are invited to adopt for developing the proposed artwork;
  • artistic curatorial and tutoring feedback sessions;
  • network and exchange opportunities with other residency artists at Bakota Hub in Ukraine;
  • artwork featured in an international publication;
  • International dissemination of the publication in festival and book fairs.

 

Entry Fee:

none

Location:

Ukraine

Deadline:

30 April, 2025

Website link:  https://sineglossa.it/en/news-en/open-call-for-artists-a-discovery-guide-for-ukraine/

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