Rupert is an independent, publicly funded centre for art, residencies and education. Located in Vilnius, Lithuania, we began operations in 2012. We establish close cooperation between artists, researchers, and other cultural actors through our transdisciplinary programmes and residencies. Rupert's residency programme is for international cultural professionals with exceptional potential to create, experiment, connect, and collaborate. This includes artists, writers, curators, cultural managers, and academics. Selected residents spend up to three months in Vilnius, developing their projects and immersing themselves in the region’s creative sphere. Rupert's curators facilitate connections with the local cultural scene. The team organises studio visits, public presentations of the residents regularly, and collaborations with our alternative education programme by invitation. [Photo: One of Rupert’s residency studios]
SODAS 2123 cultural centre is a self-governing community-based space, operated and curated by the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association. It brings together creators and researchers from different fields, with practices based on experimentation, developing unexpected formats, and responding to the latest cultural, social, geopolitical and ecological issues. With over 50 artists’ studios, rehearsing studios for bands, offices for design, film and visual arts organisations, exhibition spaces, event spaces, various workshops, a cafe, a public outdoor garden space, a public allotment, and more, SODAS 2123 provides space for a variety of art and cultural disciplines, and each resident of the complex is open to sharing, learning and craftsmanship. The residency programme started in 2021, which invites artists, curators, designers, architects, researchers and other creators. This is a unique residency near the city centre, which provides opportunities for Lithuanian and foreign artists to live and create at the SODAS 2123 cultural complex.
Kaunas Artists' House is a vibrant hub for artistic expression and cultural exchange. The emphasis on presenting emerging artists, fostering new ideas, and engaging in cultural experiments indicates a commitment to innovation and diversity within the arts. The residency programs, including Guest Residencies and Reciprocal Residency programs, play a crucial role in facilitating cross-cultural dialogue and providing artists with the resources they need to pursue their creative endeavors. By offering opportunities for artists, curators, and cultural researchers from Lithuania and abroad to utilize the institution's facilities and engage with the local contemporary art scene, KAH contributes to the enrichment of artistic practice and discourse both locally and globally. The wide network of local, national, and international partners underscores the institution's commitment to collaboration and sustainability in the arts. Overall, Kaunas Artists' House appears to be an essential institution in the cultural landscape, fostering creativity, dialogue, and exchange within the contemporary art community. [Photo: Vytautas Paplauskas]
Res Artis: Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies is a 30 year old network of arts residency, and the network comprises more than 650+ vetted Members in over 80 countries.
organized by DuchCulture and it aims to combine and share knowledge and experience on artist-in-residence programmes and other international opportunities for creative professionals to temporarily stay and work elsewhere.
