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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
AREFS is planning to start with the new artist-in-residence program in summer
2014.
AREF taide ja kulttuuri will start with an experimental artist-in-residence
in the rural environment of eastern Finland after the reorganization.
The new residency is located in Hiirola, 15 kilometers north of Mikkeli. In the
old railway station one artist at the time will be invited to stay, work and
contribute with their work to the community of Hiirola.
The new program's name is:
AiR-THE NEXT STATION.
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Cully Renwick - USA - 2006
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Jolanda Schouten - the Netherlands - 2006
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THE RESIDENCE FOR ARTISTS
Already in the past artists were traveling to other countries, cultures and
cities to find new experiences, another way of living, special facilities or
materials, to meet other artists. In the diaries of many artists we can read
about their travels and staying. Many art works are the result of this exchange
by leaving the own atelier.
Not all artists are interested leaving their home town to have these kind of
experiences, it is the artist who decides to travel.
It is also the artist who decides where to go, the country, the city, the
country side, the mountains, the dessert or what place he/she needs for the own
artistic work.
An artist is and has to be free to choose his/her own route.
Residences are located all over the world.
In metropolis like New York, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo etc.
In cities with special facilities like technology, ceramic, design, printing,
etc.
In different landscapes and climates like the mountains in Canada, the ice
landscape in Alaska, the rain forests in Brazil, the desert in Australia, etc.
Residences are offering different programs from complete free to a planned
theme.
Residences are also founded in different ways like by foundations, governmental
organizations, private groups and organizations, and by (art) companies etc.
Residences are financed in different ways from complete support by foundations
and governmental organizations to private persons and companies. It depends on
the structure of the residence what an artists has to contribute for a stay in
the residence.
Residences can have different facilities from complete equipped rooms and
workspaces to a simple place to stay. From an huge organization to a single
person running the residence.
This complete divers world of residences makes it possible that any artist can
find the ultimate place to stay, from the middle of nowhere to the centre of the
metropolis, from the top of the mountain to a lonely place in an ice landscape.
It is only the artist who can choose the best place for the moment and the
artist has to realize that there is no general 'quality' label to categorize the
residences.
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Jean-Christophe Piette - France - 2008
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Pedro Riva - Argentina - 2010
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A CHALLENGING RESIDENCE IN THE RURAL AREA OF FINLAND (this is closed in 2011)
The Dutch artist Marja de Jong has started art centre Saksala ArtRadius, a
private residence in the Eastern part of Finland with the idea to offer artists
a place to stay in an area with space, light, nature, peace and possibilities to
concentrate.
The basic idea is that artists have their own program and need to have space to
work, to meet other artists and if wanted the people living in the neighborhood
of the art centre.
There are many artists interested in the way people are living in the country
side, how they live with nature, climate and the extreme light and darkness.
Artists living in cities are very interested in this part of the society.
Art centre Saksala ArtRadius is a unique art centre and there is a personal view
on artist-in-residence. Marja de Jong is an artist herself and she wants to
share her experiences with other artists staying in the art centre. From the
beginning impressed by the landscape, the light and the possibilities in this
area she is creating an exiting environment for different kind of artists,
different kind of art events and different kind of art programs.
Every interested artist can take part in this project. Together with the artists
the residence can develop and grow.
The location in Haukivuori has been closed and after the reorganization the
program will start on another location.
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Gerlinde Miesenboeck - Austria - 2009
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Ilse van den Berk - the Netherlands - 2010
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COOPERATION
The art centre cooperates with different kind of organizations, persons, groups,
local and regional governments, companies. From the start in the end of 2005 the
contacts are built up and still growing.
ARTIST'S CHOICE
The art centre is in the country side and it can give special experiences, and
for many artists an opportunity to see the basic way of living.
Living in the country side is different from living in cities, and in Finland
there are no metropolis at all, and an artist who wants to have all the
facilities and advantage of urban life does not apply to this art centre, even
not to Finland, but will have to look for a residence in New York, Berlin or
Tokyo.
ArtRadius Saksala is specialized that an artist can focus on the
development of an own project, doing artistic research and being inspired by the
huge art library. All in an environment where is no entertaining, no night-live,
but only nature, a small village and interested people. AREFS taide ja kulttuuri
ry has the intention to increase the quality of the cultural and artistic
development of the region by supporting facilities for artist to undergo the
creative ambiance in the nature heritage Saksalanharju.
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Melanie Fitzmaurice - Australia - 2011
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Miyuki Kido - Japan - 2008
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