ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM

general information

The Bubec Sculpture Studio (Sochařské studio Bubec) is an independent artist's cooperative project that was founded in March 2000 at Řeporyje in the Prague 5 district. Řeporyje is an old village founded in the 11th century located in the southwest corner of Prague in the vicinity of Prokopské valley, one of the rare and beautiful natural reserves of Prague. The Bubec Studio is designed for artists who require facilities suitable for focused monumental sculpture work and who are particularly interested in meeting members of the czech and international artists' community and working in a new environment.

facilities

The Bubec Sculpture Studio is located in a former warehouse of 1200m², which is located on a land plot of 3000 m². The hall has an office, dressing room, shower and toilet. Up to 5 artists may work in the hall with 3 more working outside. At this time, the Studio only has elementary equipment: desks with vices, hand tools, fork-lift 2t, mechanical pulley, welding machine (380V), 2 pieces of hoist 3t, grinding machine etc.,however there are plans to gradually acquire more equipment.

residency terms

Artists may apply for residence stays lasting from 1 to 5 months, which will take place every year from April 1^st to October 31^st. The residency fee, which includes separate accommodation in Prague, is 750 USD (18.500 CZK) per month. The studio and FCCA can assist visiting artists in purchasing or leasing materials or other equipment and can facilitate making contacts concerning possible exhibition sites for finished works, however can not promise the public presentation of artists works in Prague or the Czech Republic and require that all residency artists take all finished works with them when they leave. Selected works could be placed at the public spaces in the village.

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GPS coordinates : 50°1'47.508"N, 14°18'44.743"E

Sculpture Studio Facilities Interior

application

Please submit a brief artists statement and proposal of no more than 2 pages indicating why you would like to work at the Bubec Sculpture Studio, a curriculum vitae and visual materials of your work. Please indicate the preferred dates of the residency. We encourage individual artists to apply for financial assistance in their country and we are willing to help in the application process.

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documentation

Map of art artefacts created by artists in Bubec Studio (Google map).

Documentation of Bubec Studio activities (PDF format):
Establishing of Studio Bubec,
Art Safari 1 a 3,
Art Safari 2,
Art Safari 5,
Art Safari 6,
Art safari 6 - Hula,
Art Safari 7,
Art Safari 9,
Art Safari 10,
Art Safari 11,
Art Safari 12,
Art Safari 13,
Art Safari 13: Wen-Chih Wang,
Art Safari 14,
Theatre Bubec in Hospitals,
Theatre Bubec in Sri Lanka,
Airplane in a Park,
School Gates,
The Crumb,
Sculptures by Čestmíra Suška for local school,
Park Bench,

Childern Art Workschops:
2004,
2005,
Mirror (2006),
Canal (2006),

Studio Bubec neighbourhood at vegetation map of Prague

for more information contact:

The Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts (FCCA) - Prague, is a non-profit organization that actively supports the contemporary visual arts as an integral part of the development of a civil society in the czech Republic. The FCCA Artist Residency and Studio Programs encourage high quality, creative partnerships that enhance the prospect of social harmony and encourage the free flow of communication and ideas within our changing society by bringing together artists from different cultures and backgrounds an, providing them with new creative opportunities to inspire new work, which help us to gain a better understanding of one another and foster tolerance and acceptance of different opinions, attitudes and lifestyles.

For more detailed information, please contact:
Sculpture Studio Bubec
Radouňova 1, 155 00, Praha 5, czech Republic
Tel/fax: +420 251 625 815
E-mail:

Foundation and Center for Contemporary Art Prague
Jelení 9, 118 00, Praha 1, czech republic
Phone: +420 243 731 78, +420 233 351 359
Fax: +420 257 320 640
eMail: fcca@fcca.cz
http://www.fcca.cz