Bogota


With a view to continuing to develop durable ties with Latin American countries, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) concluded a three-year reciprocity agreement with the Colombian Ministry of Culture.

Following the example of Mexico, another South American country has joined the network of host centres for creative residencies intended for Québec artists and writers. Colombia is recognized for its history and varied heritage. It is the homeland of writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and painter Fernando Botero and is noteworthy for the originality of its culture, shaped by an array of influences, which give the country a remarkable vitality centred on numerous artistic currents.

These residencies enable two Québec artists to live for two months in Bogota. In exchange, Colombian artists are welcomed to Montréal. Moreover, this exchange affords participants an outstanding opportunity to take advantage of numerous potential professional contacts that may foster the development of their careers.


Artistic fields
The visual arts, the media arts and new media, literature, music and theatre


Target applicants
Artists and writers with at least two years of artistic practice.


Submission of the application
To ensure a better analysis of the artistic proposal, applicants are strongly advised to append to the form a summary several paragraphs long of the project in Spanish.



Inside a typical studio-apartment housing foreign artists in Bogota.



A building housing housing foreign artists in Bogota.


Location 
The artist will reside in an apartment in downtown Bogota offered by the Colombian partner and will have access to a work space at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.



Museo de arte of Bogota


Length of stay and amount of the grant 
Two months, in 2013. 

The amount of the grant is $5 000. 


Registration deadline 
April 1, 2012


Additional information
The collaboration of the Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia and the Red de residencias artisticas local de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia program has made possible this exchange.

Residencias artisticas local de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia:
www.local.unal.edu.co (english)
www.local.unal.edu.co/es/programa.html (spanish)

Return to the Studio and studio-apartments grant program's General information and application form