Open Call for Winter 2020 Writing Project at Can Serrat

Can Serrat is a space for creation, community and process. Here activities are organised within these fields as well as research, questioning, doubt, understanding, inquisitiveness and debate. The residency programme offers support to writers and arts production, with one-to-one monitoring and resources for each resident according to their needs.

 

Can Serrat is offering a workspace, accommodation and advice so that each resident can work effectively on their writing project. The jury will select 14 proposals to form part of the residency programme which consists of:

 

– 1 full grant

– 1 70% grant

– 1 50% grant

– 1 30% grant

– 10 self-financing invitations

Arts Discipline

Writing

Residency Period

Full grant: February 2020
Part grants and self-funded invitations: January to March 2020

Main Venue

Can Serrat
Masia Can Serrat
C/ Parròquia s/n
08294 El Bruc, Barcelona (Espanya)
canserrat.org

Conditions

  • A private or shared bedroom throughout the residency (according to chosen option)
  • Shared workspace during the residency
  • Access to shared spaces (kitchen, bathroom, etc.)
  • Meals (half-board)
  • Use of all equipment (recording studio, sound recording system, projectors)
  • Possibility of organising workshop / residency discussion
  • Promotion through social networks
  • Human and technical resources
  • Access to exhibition hall at the El Bruc Ajuntament (town hall) for organising a display at the end of the residency
  • Connections with the local cultural scene
  • Published in the annual catalogue of residency projects.

 

 [Grants do not cover travel costs.]

 

Residency Cost:

1281 € / 3 weeks – 1647 € / 1 month (shared room)
1533 € / 3 weeks – 1971 € / 1 month (private room)

 

Partial Grant#1

Shared room*: 930 € / 1 month

Private room: 1.290€ / 1 month

 

Partial Grant#2

Shared room*: 930 € / 1 month

Private room: 1.290€ / 1 month

 

Partial Grant#3

Shared room*: 1.290 € / 1 month

Private room: 1.650 € / 1 month

 

* Shared room for artists of the same sex (maximum 3).

Application Deadline

15 August 2019

Selection

- Sophie Blais (Director) and Sarah Goodchild Robb (Arts and Administrative Coordinator)
- Matteo Ciambella, Italian poet and translation (The Void Magazine, Centre for Expanded Poetic)

Timetable

Application Submission Deadline: 15 August 2019
Decision: September 2019

Application Submission

Documents required with application:

  • PDF file with heading: “surname_canserrat_WINTERCall”
  • This file must contain:
    • Writer’s statement in which the applicant explains for the jury their working processes and provides information about their current field of research.
    • Description of recent work (maximum 3 pages)
    • A voice recording of the above description (a mobile phone recording is sufficient), read by the applicant themselves. This must be accessible from the pdf document via a link.
    • CV / Biography
  • The language of the application can be Catalan, Spanish, French or English. Other languages will not be accepted.
  • The application must be sent using the application form at the end of this page:
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Open call type: Beca que inclou residència
Status: Closed

Tel. +34 937 710 037
canserratart@gmail.com