Eastern European Residency Exchange

Through an artist residency program, Art in General’s Eastern European Residency Exchange (EERE) gives artists an opportunity to create a new work in a new context, and to meet and interact with art communities in Eastern Europe and New York City.

Initiated in 2001, the EERE consists of a unique artist residency program at Art in General offered to Eastern European artists nominated by Art in General’s partnering institutions: Trafo Gallery in Budapest, Hungary, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery in Krakow, Poland, Center for Contemporary Art Ujadowzski Castle in Warsaw, Poland, the Foundation Center for Contemporary Art in Prague, Czech Republic, and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia. In 2008, a new partner site will join the EERE. As part of the EERE, these museums and galleries also host New York-based artists for a two-month residency in their institutions.

The selection process for the EERE program is based solely on nominations. This nomination process involves artists, curators, and arts professional invited by Art in General, and curators and staff of each EERE partners. Art in General selects five New York-based artists and sponsors each with an 8-12 week residency in one of the EERE’s five partner sites, closing with an exhibition of new work and a travel stipend to travel within Eastern Europe and visit the other four participating partner sites of the program. For Eastern European artists, this residency program offers artists the opportunity to spend an 8-12 week residency at Art in General, and to receive the same benefits offered in its regular artist residency program.