Artist Residency & Sanctuary Pelješac
Take time for yourself, plug off, recharge, and find inspiration in the culture of Pelješac Peninsula.
Be inspired by the wind, the sea, and the smells of organic herbs to be found in the surrounding natural habitat.
Experience the breathtaking beauty of spectacular views on the island of Korčula from Villa Leila house, located amidst of majestic grandeur of the Dalmatian Islands.
Our Artist Residency Program offers local and international artists the opportunity to live in an old house by the sea, for your preferred period of time (residency space is open between mid November - the beginning of April), and for a space of dedicated creative work.
We welcome artists with a particular interest in nature, mythology, local culture, and fantasy; in the cultural realities of Dalmatia; and/or in the particular local experience of Pelješac. Artists could be seeking to work in drawing, painting, sculpture, writing, dance, performance, land art, photography, or other art forms.
The beauty and serenity of Pelješac will support artists in imagining, and developing unique works of art; as they gather inspiration both from the natural surroundings, as well as from the local community. Also if you are burnt out from the constant pressure of producing art, you are kindly welcome to do nothing, because nothing is the beginning of everything.
Our belief is that art is wonderfully beneficial for the advancement of healing.
Our Vision is to offer unique and authentic experiences, always committed to nature and to the healing potentials of art, hoping that as our clients follow their journeys, they will disperse the seeds of the benefits of nature & healing arts consciousness around the world.
Artist Studios
Artist Studios
Selected artists will have 24-hour access to working studios on 2 outside open terraces and one with a roof, plus a garage and a garden. The terraces have a spectacular & scenic view of the neighboring island of Korčula.
Surrounding area
A view to Korčula
A view of the Bay
Dream!
Technicalities:
The house (2 living area floors, 1 floor with gardens and terrace) is located 50 meters away from the public beach and has three double bedrooms upstairs. In each bedroom can be one person or a couple. There are two sleeping matrasses to be put on the floor in the living room and kitchen downstairs as well if some of you don’t care about having your own privacy. Also a nice option for the artistic group that knows each other and is ready to collaborate. You will share 2 bathrooms, kitchen and living room. The house also has 3 big (approx 25m2) outside open terraces that can be used as a working studio, garage, and garden. The house doesn’t have a proper heating system, and the heating is on electrical radiators (more expensive), but temperatures in winter in Pelješac usually don’t drop under 5 degrees celsius at night. Also, it is an old house, so don’t expect luxury, but rather be patient if something comes up to be fixed. We love wild & adventurous but also responsible, handy, and practical people.
Contribution:
We expect you to cover the participation fee of 900 euros/ month. You can divide this fee among other fellow artists participants. The more of you there are, the lower is your participation fee. Also, we expect you to cover the fixed monthly costs of electricity, heating, water, gas, internet, garbage of 350 euro/ month) If you come for less than a month, we will calculate the costs accordingly.
Application process:
* Regarding the length of time, 14 days is a minimum artist residency stay.
We invite:
dancers, performers
painters and sculptors
photographers
land-artists
writers & poets
musicians (preferably healing sounds or world music)
interdisciplinary artists
Please don’t send more than 1-page application stating shortly:
about you
your motivation, vision, topic, and the work you’ll do
how long do you intend to stay - minimum stay is 14 days
Residency is open between October to Mid May
**SUGGESTED TOPICS**
for dancers: a place to recharge body, mind and spirit and perhaps to play & explore site-specific dance and videos
painters and sculptors inspired by Pelješac peninsula and surrounding nature, people, culture
a house as a living entity with all its invisible spirits, horrors, guardian angels, historic stories, ancestral lineage, or anything imaginative around the concept of the “house” itself
photographs of the house, nature around, surroundings, people, portraits of villagers, etc. / whatever fascinates you in local area as artist
mythology: specifically Greek Gods & Goddesses or if you are interested to research Slavic mythology of the region and create cards, paintings, sculptures on this topic etc.
you can create something in the gardens around the house: f.e.: zen garden, labyrinth, mandala etc.
if you are a musician, you can play with some nature sounds or create/recreate some sacred songs that honor nature
October: Tamara Curič
November 2022: Philip Riley, (Instagram: @philiprileyresidency), Nadia Peters (@nadiapatersart), Alexa Mejerowitz (@alexa_malone)- visual artists
December 2022, January 2023 : Elfe Marschall - collage artist
February 2023: Nobody-painter
May 2023: Jana Pečečnik & Natalija Resnik
CONFIRMED ARTISTS
October 2022
November 2022:
PHILIP RILEY - visual artist
NADIA PETERS - visual artist
ALEXA MEJEROWITZ - video artist
Elfe Marschall - collage artist
Tamara Curić
HER WEBPAGE
TAMARA CURIĆ was born in 1973. in Zagreb. After graduating from the School of Ballet, dance and rhythmic, in 1995 she graduated on the Vlaamse Dansacademie, Bruges (Belgium). Since 1988 she works as professional dancer in several companies in Croatia and Europe. As a choreographer she participates in choreographic platforms in Belgium and Portugal, she works with many theaters and theater directors. She is the author of a few full-length dance works, over 50 short choreographies and dance performances for children. She is the co-founder of the Platform HR in Croatia and since 2000. artistic director of the TALA Dance Center and founder of the NDA Croatia. She is an active member of Nomad Dance Academy, a regional network that works on the development of modern dance and the independent scene. Through her work she is involved in different activities connected to education, cultural policies and development of contemporary dance. She is organizing various actions and projects related to the development of contemporary dance and dance performance. The focus of her work is integration of dance in everyday life – primarily through education as a tool for the establishment of an open, conscious and creative society. Dance is considered one of the important factors for the personal development and the development of society.
Philip Riley
Instagram: @philiprileyresidency
He's been the Head of Art and Photography (Subject leader) in an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school with 1,200 students.
from 1994 to 2016. He worked also as a
Teacher of Art and Photography
(Age range 11-18 ) including GCSE Art and Photography Teacher of A level Art and Photography from 2010 to 2017. As well he was a HND specialist teacher for HND Graphic Design at Northbrook College
He is now working independently as a free-lance artist.
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@philiprileyresidency
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@philiprileyresidency
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@philiprileyresidency
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@philiprileyresidency
Nadia Peters
Instagram: @nadiapetersart
She is currently employed as a gallery assistant at Lowry Art Gallery -Salford and workshop leader at Open Doors- Manchester Art Gallery
She develops, manage and lead autism friendly art sessions
She also takes care of artist support for family workshops.
From 2018-2019 she led artist cultural Routes at Turnpike Gallery Leigh, where she was mentoring older emerging artists, and developing workshops for them.
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@nadiapetersart
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@nadiapetersart
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@nadiapetersart
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@nadiapetersart
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@nadiapetersart
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@nadiapetersart
Work in progress at Villa Leila
@nadiapetersart
Nadia and Philip work with recycled or re-interpreted materials found in the local environment. At a time when more and more people are working from home but ordering food and goods online creating many more packaging solutions, some non-biodegradable and, at a time, when some of the more affluent are using the pandemic to reimagine their physical space through building projects so much more physical material has become available. They are artists who is able to manipulate these new resources to record our responses to the locality.
They have undertaken a series of residences (independently) that respond directly to the site in which the residency is based. This conversation with the locality will be the starting point for all work they produce at Art Residency in Pelješac(Croatia)t; the significance of Pelješac and the natural beauty of Adriatic Dalmatia are key to them welcoming this exciting residency opportunity.
Alexa Mejerowitz
HER WEBPAGE
Alexa is an emerging video artist based in Melbourne and London.
She is occupied with exploring notions of identity, space, time and the tactility of the digital age. In her work, she harnesses elements of the digital abstract to communicate ideas pertaining to the transcendental nature of physical identity and relationship to place. She uses distorted visual representations of nature and the built environment to form digital experiences that blur the experiential line between the self and the subject. Her work uses light, colour and sound to communicate ideas pertaining to consciousness and the disembodied experience. More recently, her AR 360 work, ‘Disco inFurlough’ explores how a social experience can manifest from a disembodied experience of life lived online. Utilising integrative technologies such as AR, her work blurs the line between the voyeur and the subject.
Exhibition Maritime Museum, 28th November 2022
Exhibition Maritime Museum, 28th November 2022
Exhibition Maritime Museum, 28th November 2022
Exhibition Maritime Museum, 28th November 2022
Elfe Marschall
HER WEBPAGE
She/Her
The artist is most known for her digital and analog collages. She enjoys collecting old magazines and telling new stories from the found images.
She also likes to expand and use other artistic mediums such as photography and wood working.
@collagedayz
