Res Artis is the peak member organisation for the international arts residencies field comprising more than 700 vetted members in over 85 countries. Founded in 1993, a operates a
website
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and the largest existing network of
artist residency
Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...
programs.
History
Founded in 1993 in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...
, Germany, through the volunteer efforts of the Board of Directors and countless partners and friends to represent and support the needs of residential arts centers and programs, Res Artis has grown to become the largest network of its kind. Through the dynamic exchange of information via its website and publications and through regional and international face-to-face meetings, it promotes the role of residential art programs as a vital part of the contemporary arts world, stimulating the creative development and mobility of artists, and furthering intercultural understanding. Res Artis founding members include Michael Haerdter and William Edward Smart Jr. (1933–2019).
Each of Res Artis' members is dedicated to offering artists, curators, and all manner of creative people the essential time and place away from the pressures and habits of every-day life, an experience framed within a unique geographic and cultural context. Through Res Artis, organisations become part of a global community of colleagues engaged in dialogue through face-to-face meetings and virtually through an extensive online presence.
Members of the organisation include a wide variety of facilities that may take the form of an
art colony
An art colony, also known as an artists' colony, can be defined two ways. Its most liberal description refers to the organic congregation of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, often drawn by areas of natural beauty, the prior existence o ...
, an
artist-run space
An artist-run space or artist-run centre (Canada) is a gallery or other facility operated or directed by artists, frequently circumventing the structures of public art centers, museums, or commercial galleries and allowing for a more experimental ...
, or other regional residency networks.
Res Artis promotes the understanding of the catalytic role residential arts centers play in the development of Contemporary Arts in all cultures worldwide and across all creative media. The organization has been cited for its work to further the international mobility of artists and the promotion of cultural exchange through art residencies.
[Ya-ping Chen, (2006]
"Habitus and Nomadism: A Study of Programs-Exploring of Artists-in-Residence and International Mobility"
Language: Chinese
Conferences and meetings
The heart of the network is its face-to-face meetings. They provide opportunities for members to meet, discuss, and learn first-hand about the host location. These are venues for sharing experiences, ideas, and meals, getting to know one another not only as colleagues but as people.
These meetings are organised in partnership with a Res Artis member, a local residency space, or other organisation. Res Artis meetings can focus on a particular theme, issue, profile or geographic region.
See also
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Artist collective
An artist collective is an initiative that is the result of a group of artists working together, usually under their own management, towards shared aims. The aims of an artist collective can include almost anything that is relevant to the need ...
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Artist cooperative
An artist cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an autonomous visual arts organization, enterprise, or association jointly owned and democratically controlled by its members. Artist cooperatives are legal entities organized as non-capital sto ...
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Art colony
An art colony, also known as an artists' colony, can be defined two ways. Its most liberal description refers to the organic congregation of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, often drawn by areas of natural beauty, the prior existence o ...
References
External links
Res ArtisAlliance for Artist CommunitiesTrans Artists FoundationJapanese Artist in Residence ProgramsAsia-Europe Foundation
Arts organisations based in the Netherlands
International cultural organizations
International organisations based in the Netherlands