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Macedonian Residency Prize
THE HIGHLANDER’S REVENGE 2007
Artforms: MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, WRITING
“My time in the village seems almost more fictional than real. Like a character of E.M.Forster’s. I ‘breakfast’ on the sun-drenched balcony absorbing my surroundings….(The) chickens scratch in the dust and the clouds scud about wispy and inconsequential in a clear wash of ipomoea blue sky”
(Jon Macleod, HI~Arts weblog, Highlander’s Revenge 2006).
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Cromarty Arts Trust would like to announce an ongoing international residency opportunity for Highlands and Islands Musicians, Visual Artists and Writers following on from our successful 2006 residency with visual artist Jon Macleod, and our current 2007 residency with writer Rody Gorman.
Applicants are invited to take up the opportunity of a residency in the Balkan state of Macedonia. The residency opportunity is hosted by Irena and Sergej Andreevski who have invited artists to their colony in Sloestica, the south-west part of Macedonia for the past five years. The couple visited Scotland in 2005 at the invitation of the Trust, as our first International Artist in Residence. Their website can be found at www.artpoint-gumno.org.mk
Irena and Sergej say:“Macedonia, as part of the Balkans is a country traditionally rich with culture. We expect, that for a musician, writer or visual artist, the environment itself will inspire him/her to create and to compare the culture of Macedonia with the cultures of the Highlands and Islands. We will make the Macedonian ethnic archive at Skopje, capital of Macedonia available, prepare a program and arrange some meetings with Macedonian artists (depending on the preference of the successful applicant.) If the artist wishes, we will organize a solo performance/exhibition in the village, and maybe in Bitola or Skopje. Collaborations will be encouraged and visits to important cultural and historic places will be arranged”
The next residency would be in Macedonia for not less than three weeks and not more than four weeks between 1st September and 30th September 2008. Accommodation will be provided and a travel bursary of £750. In addition the artist would receive a fellowship of £1500.
For their part the applicant would be expected to provide a web diary for the HI-Arts and Cromarty Arts Trust websites during their stay in Macedonia, in addition they are expected to come to Cromarty on their return to give an exhibition or public event on their residency experiences in early November 2008.
This residency will be the third in a series of five to Macedonia, focusing on the arts each year.
If you are interested in exploring the connections between Balkan and Highland & Islands culture and would like to apply please contact:
Jelica Gavrilovic
Arts Development Manager
Cromarty Arts Trust
Ardyne House
Cromarty
IV11 8YE
Or by email:info@cromartyartstrust.org.uk
Telephone: 01381 600354
. We would require a letter outlining reasons for applying and a portfolio of work.APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 25TH MAY of the year of the residency.
The jury will meet early June and the successful applicant will be notified shortly after.
Please visit the HI~Arts website for Jon Macleod’s weblog entries.
Highlander’s Revenge is funded by HI~Arts and Highlands And Islands Enterprise
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