Top Artist Residencies in Barcelona
Barcelona is nothing short of a creatively stimulating city, boasting impressive artist residency programs. Here are a few of our favorites open to international artists.
Blue Project Foundation | Production Residency
Blueproject Foundation opens yearly a call for artists-in-residence, a public programme open to all types of formats, ideas, artistic and cultural proposals. The residency programme at Blueproject Foundation is one of the main focuses of the foundation, its objective being to offer support in the production of new projects and give visibility to emerging artists.
Duration: Variable
Rewards: €8,000 grant between two projects, exhibition + support
Hey Human! | Autumn / Winter / Spring Residency
Launched in 2021, Hey Human! is a nonprofit artists-in-residence program located at the heart of Barcelona that provides time and space for inventors, artists and researchers to create, experiment, and cultivate new directions in their practice. They award independent projects exploring therelation between data, art and people through the use of music, gastronomy, sculpture, visual arts, poetry, film or any other kind artistic representation.
Duration: 2-4 weeks
Rewards: Free residency program, accommodation, studio + workshop
Image: Hey Human!
Hangar | Various Residency Programs
Hangar is a centre for art research and production, offering support to artists with open call for various artist in residence programs launched throughout the year. During a residency at HANGAR in Barcelona, resident artists have accommodation access to a studio as well as the resources that Hangar provides.
Duration: Varies
Rewards: Accommodation, studio and exhibition included. Paid residency with fees, although some grants are available.
Institute for Research in Biomedicine | Artist in Residence Program
IRB Barcelona's Artist in Residency Programme aims to connect artists with an interest in interdisciplinary science with the wide range of research, scientists, data and infrastructure available at the Institute. It provides a unique opportunity for artists to immerse themselves in the IRB Barcelona community for a free exchange of ideas and to explore, learn, and form relationships with our scientists and stakeholders.
Duration: 3 months
Rewards: €1,500 grant, collaboration with scientists and access to facilities.
B-MURALS | Micro-Residencies
B-MURALS is an art center specializing in urban art based in Barcelona. The work space offered in their micro-residency program. consists of a studio of about 30m2, located in the warehouse next to the main space of B-MURALS.
Duration: 2-6 months
Rewards: €180 per month paid by artist to cover accommodation, studio + public presentation.
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