Partners / Centres for
artists-in-residence
The consortium of partners comprises four internationally known and well-established residential centres. Each centre has its own background and expertise that will contribute to the project.
MGLC Švicarija
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Located in Ljubljana’s central Tivoli Park, MGLC Švicarija is a creative, residential, cultural, educational and social hub that offers programmes to the public, studio facilities for local artists and residencies for international artists and art professionals.
Home to a public programme following the concept of “community, art and nature”, MGLC Švicarija is part of the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), a specialised museum, the producer of printed contemporary art and the Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. MGLC emerged from the legacy of 20th-century printmaking and the Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, the world’s oldest printmaking biennale that has been held continuously since 1955.
PROJECT TEAM
Yasmín Martín Vodopivec, curator and consultant
Dušan Dovč, artist-in-residence programme coordinator
Sanja Kejžar Kladnik, public relations officer
Lilijana Šturm, community programme
Jakob Puh, printmaker and studio technician
Luka Novak Kogoj Humar, project manager (2023-2024)
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF GRAPHIC ARTS (MGLC)
lead partner
Pod turnom 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: +386 (0)1 241 38 14
Matadero Madrid – Centre for Contemporary Creation
Madrid, Spain
Matadero Madrid is run by Madrid City Council. Created in 2006 in a former industrial site, Matadero Madrid has defined itself since its origins as a multidisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary production space.
As a centre for contemporary creation, Matadero Madrid promotes a programme of residencies to provide support for creators in a broad sense: artists, researchers, thinkers, cultural agents, transdisciplinary artists, etc. This programme is carried out through the Centre for Artists in Residence whose purpose is to support creative processes and provide residents with accompaniment, both in terms of curatorship and production, providing spaces, facilitating production, research and shared learning with other residents and agents.
PROJECT TEAM
Luisa Espino, head of programme of Centro de residencias artísticas de Matadero Madrid
Mercedes Álvarez, Isabel Galán, Roberto Vidal, project coordinators
MADRID DESTINO CULTURA TURISMO Y NEGOCIO, S.A. (MATADERO MADRID)
Calle Conde Duque 9-11, Madrid 28015, Spain
Tel.: +34 91 318 46 81
MeetFactory
Prague, Czech Republic
MeetFactory is a not-for-profit international centre for contemporary art. Its mission is to foster a dialogue between individual genres and make the current happenings on the art scene accessible to the broadest public.
The organisation supports original projects in visual arts, theatre, music and interdisciplinary and experimental platforms. MeetFactory aims to create a space where art is alive and artists are present, enhancing a direct exchange between international artists and visitors and between different fields and generations. MeetFactory facilitates ten studios, which annually host over thirty visual artists, curators, musicians, theatre directors and writers.
PROJECT TEAM
Piotr Sikora, curator and artist-in-residence programme coordinator
Kateřina Pencová, curator and artist-in-residence programme coordinator
Filip Pleskač, public relations officer
Karel Mazač, studio technician
MEETFACTORY
Ke Sklarne 3213/15, Praha 15000, Czechia
Tel.: +42 025 155 17 96
Snehta
Athens, Greece
Snehta Residency is a not-for-profit organisation founded in Kypseli in 2012, as the first artists’ residency in Athens, during a period of economic and social uncertainty, founded in a neighbourhood with a strong element of intellectual and social potential.
To this date, Snehta has accommodated more than 100 artists and organised more than 60 exhibitions and research programmes. Alongside its art residency, Snehta offers expanding educational programmes with professional mentoring and technical knowledge to emerging artists who want to top their artistic practice. The programme is staffed by established Athens-based artists with a strong and vibrant presence in the arts.
PROJECT TEAM
Augustus Veinoglou, curator and artist-in-residence programme coordinator
Matina Charalambi, programme administrator
SNEHTA
Ioanni Drosopoulou 47, Athens 11257, Greece
Tel.: +30 213 040 29 18
