Financing of residency programs - workshop with Michal Klembara and Petra Houskova

Seminar "Financing of residency programs: the good example from Slovakia" with presenters Petra Houskova - director of K.A.I.R. and Michal Klembara (evaluator of residency programs and member of the board of TEH)

03/26/2025, Wednesday from 2 to 6 p.m.

03/27/2025, Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Venue: HALL 4 - RCCA Toplotsentrala

Free entry!

Registration is open: https://forms.gle/t1VFYu9uNe61wCCY7

Short description of the workshop:

Using examples from Slovakia, but also from other European countries, we will go through many aspects of working with residential programmes or as a residential centre. We will focus on examples of good practice and practical experience - for example, possible formats for residencies, their length, setting of expectations, preparation for problems with residents, and so on. We will also look at the possibilities of international cooperation and funding within this field.

Michal Klembara is the director of the Malý Berlín cultural centre in Slovakia and a board member of the European network Trans Europe Halles. He and his organisation are involved in many international projects, mostly in Central and Eastern Europe. An important part of Malý Berlín's work is its international residency programmes, which are dedicated not only to artists, but also to curators, cultural managers and architects. He is also organizing a smaller residency program in New York City for Slovak participants. He is a member of the expert committee for residencies of the Slovak Arts Council. So he knows the issue well from the other side, from the perspective of the grant making body.

Petra Housková (b. 1985) is a visual artist who, in recent years, has primarily worked as a gallerist, curator, and project manager. In 2015, she obtained her Master's in the Studio of Contemporary Painting at the Faculty of Arts, Technical University in Košice. In the same year, she founded the Šopa Gallery, which is now considered one of the significant venues for the presentation of contemporary art in Slovakia.

Since 2015, she has served as the curator of the KAIR Košice Artist in Residence program, where she currently leads project management. She has organized numerous exhibitions, discussions, lectures, and professional workshops and has participated in many international projects, collaborating with professionals from the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Spain, Ukraine, Palestine, Lebanon, and other countries. She has a long-standing interest in interdisciplinary projects that connect visual arts with scientific disciplines and focus on environmental, ecological, and socio-political issues.

More info:

• www.sopagallery.sk
• www.instagram.com/sopa_gallery
• www.kair.sk
• www.instagram.com/kair.residency