Narva Art Residency: Sensing the Border 2027, Residency for Nordic or Baltic Artists

About this call

Narva Art Residency (NART), funded for this project by the Nordic Culture Point, invites five Nordic or Baltic artists to explore borders and border landscapes in Narva, Estonia, a city facing Ivangorod in Russia across the Narva River. Each artist works with one of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell or taste), turning the geopolitical border into a multisensory experience through research, dialogue, experiments and public outcomes. Each residency lasts 10 weeks, in one of five periods across 2027. Besides the grants, NART offers free private accommodation, shared working spaces and kitchen, access to the Kreenholm Manufactory and the Narva Venice Embassy, bicycles and a small boat, production and translation support, help connecting with local communities, mentoring and meetings with visiting experts, and the chance to propose exhibitions in its gallery or lecture at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Who can apply

• Limited by country or region
• Medium: Installation / Mixed Media / Performance
• Entry fee: See official site
• Open to professional individual artists permanently residing in Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Åland, Latvia or Lithuania, in any discipline, not only visual arts. Artists from Estonia are not eligible. Artists must be available for a 10-week residency in Narva; the periods are 4 January to 14 March, 26 April to 4 July, 5 July to 12 September, 13 September to 21 November and 11 October to 20 December 2027. Download the application form, fill it in English and upload it through the form on the call page, choosing the periods you are available and the sense you will focus on. The form asks for date of birth, nationality, country, occupation, website or portfolio link, primary art form, an introduction and short bio (max 300 words), motivation (max 300 words), a residency project description (max 500 words), additional information or requests, and a few images of your work if applicable. Applications sent by email are not accepted. NART strongly recommends not relying on AI to fully generate the application. Bicycles are lent against a deposit.