[echo] Künstlerstätte Schloss Bleckede / Artist-in-Residence

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Künstlerstätte Schloss Bleckede / Artist-in-Residence

Call for applications

Deadline: 29/09/07


Since 1979 the Kuenstlerstaette Schloss Bleckede has been seeking to  
promote young artists who explore innovative positions in the field  
of contemporary fine art. Today artists, whose work addresses complex  
aesthetic, cultural or political issues, rarely find the necessary  
support to realize their ambitious projects. This is why the  
Kuenstlerstaette Schloss Bleckede wishes to offer these artists the  
opportunity to develop their work in the course of a residential  
scholarship of three or six months.

The Kuenstlerstaette Schloss Bleckede offers ideal working  
conditions. The historic remise of the castle of Bleckede has been  
restored and transformed into three studios, each of which provides  
an extensive work space and a comfortable living area. The castle is  
located in the nature reserve Elbufer Drawehn close to the river Elbe  
between Hamburg and Lueneburg. Moreover Hamburg and Berlin is within  
easy reach, both of which have a thriving cultural life. The  
scholarship includes a monthly grant of Euro 1.400,- , which is made  
available for up to three scholarship holders at any one time, by the  
state of Lower Saxony. Previous scholarship winners have included  
reknown artists like Ulla von Brandenburg, Shannon Bool, Geoffrey  
Hendricks, Peter Pommerer, Katharina Sieverding, Maki Tamura and  
Simon Wachsmuth. The residential scholarship will be selected by a jury.

The call for applications is open to all artists of all  
nationalities. Application forms, criteria and more information are  
available at http://www.kuenstlerstaette-bleckede.de

Closing date: 29.09.2007

Landkreis Lueneburg,
Fachdienst Schule und Kultur
Auf dem Michaeliskloster 4
D-21335 Lueneburg
Phone: +49-4131-26-1360
http://www.kuenstlerstaette-bleckede.de

For further information:
Halle für Kunst Lueneburg e.V.
Phone: +49-4131-402001
info at halle-fuer-kunst.de