Artists' residences complex in Espoo


In 1997, the Finnish Artists' Studio Foundation launched its program to welcome foreign artists. Under an agreement with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, it makes available each year to a Québec artist a studio-apartment in a 10-unit architectural complex built in 1955 by architect Aulis Blomstedt.


Artistic fields
Architectural research, arts and crafts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts and visual arts


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


Location
The complex, located in the city of Espoo, roughly 10 km from the capital, Helsinki, is in the middle of a park in the Tapiola district.

Québec artists are housed in a fully-furnished wooden townhouse that includes a 63-m2 studio, 15-m2 mezzanine, kitchen and full bathroom. The adjustable studio can be used to produce works of varying dimensions.

In exchange, the Conseil hosts a Finnish artist for four months at La coopérative Méduse in Québec City.


Length of stay and amount of the grant
Four months, from September to December 2012.

The grant is in the amount of $10 000


Registration deadline
April 1, 2012


Additional information
This exchange has been made possible through the collaboration of the Finnish Artists' Studio Foundation and the Coopérative Méduse.

Fondation Finlandaise de résidences d'artistes : www.artists.fi/studio

Coopérative Méduse de Québec : www.meduse.org


Québec artists who have resided in the studio-apartment of the Finnish Artists' Studio Foundation
Karen Trask (2000), Sylvie Cotton (2001), Jean-Pierre Aubé (2002), Louis-Pierre Bougie (2003), Stéphanie Morissette (2004), Carl Trahan (2005), Ana Rewakovick (2006), Claudette Lemay (2007), Diane Morin (2008), Emmanuelle Léonard (2009), Jean-Yves Vigneau (2011 visual arts)


 
Studio-apartment and kitchenette




The studio's adjustable space is suited to works of various dimensions.



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