We are proud to announce that our residency/seminar program due to it’s success has been expanded.
“understanding of world cultures”
Deadline (must be received) by March 06
The HMC (The Hungarian Multicultural Center) invites interested visual artists, writers, film makers and musicians to submit application for its residency program in Hungary. Its principal focus is an international residency program to which artists from around the world are invited. The goal is to provide a supportive community with uninterrupted time to work. The residencies offer participants a unique opportunity to interact with other artists representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Accepted applicants are expected to speak and understand English. Approximately 6-8 artists are invited for each session.
Residency location in Budapest (downtown). The residence offers 2 bed per room/bath as living quarters. Studio, room, breakfast, lunch, exhibitions, seminar are included in the cost/person. Studio and room are shared.
An exhibition will be arranged at Ferencvarosi Gallery in 2009, also exhibitions will be arranged in other fine art galleries in 2010 and 2011, in Budapest.
If successful applicant wish to be accompanied by family members or an assistant, it is necessary to consult with HMC beforehand.
Artists will give at least one informal public slide/PowerPoint/DVD/CD presentation (45 minutes) about their work during their stay at the HMC and leave one exhibition ready art work made during the residency as a donation to the HMC.
While HMC does not provide funding for residencies, we are helping to facilitate the creation of a program and the cost of the exhibitions. We encourage the applicants to apply for a grant or scholarship.
Full fee for accepted participants 2009
1. Tuesday, March 3 – Tuesday, March 17, 2009 ($950)
2. Tuesday April 7 – Tuesday, April 21, 2009 ($950)
3. Tuesday, May 19 – Wednesday, June 10, 2009 ($1,650)
4. Tuesday, June 16 – Thursday, July 09, 2009 (1,650)
5. Tuesday, July 14 – Wednesday, August 05, 2009 ($1,650)
6. Tuesday, September 22 – Tuesday, October 06, 2009 ($950)
7. Monday, December 28 – Monday, January 11, 2010 ($950)
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS
Eligibility: Open to all professional artists
Requested:Email: entry form, resume, statement, 5 – 10 images (Jpeg format, max. 100dpi, max 1 MB/image)
for writers max. 3 pages sample writing and entry fee $35 by PayPal
The selection process will take place after two days of the deadlines and to all applicants notifications will be sent out. CONTACT bszechy@yahoo.com (Beata Szechy, president)
Who Should Apply
HMC welcomes artists at all stages of their careers and seeks to create a mix of various experience levels in each group of residents. Through a competitive application process, HMC offers residencies to visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists such as those working in sound, performance, choreography, etc.
AIR is an international meeting point for the arts. Its aim is to support and encourage contemporary artistic creation, research and debate. One of HMC’s main activities is its Artist in Residence Program. The purpose of this program is to offer a platform to promote the exchange of artistic discourses from artists with different artistic backgrounds and from different geographical origins. The program is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas in order to broaden creative horizons. By encouraging this cultural diversity, we also hope to be able to update the debate between the artists themselves and between other professionals from the art world and the general public. HMC considers art as a dynamic social force that is capable of inspiring individuality and of defining groups. Our Artist in Residence Program also includes exhibitions, artist talks, film, workshops and other activities. HMC is planning and exchange program with other European Artist in Residence Program, so that the resident artists would be able to get in touch with other artistic centers.
The current problems that have arisen from a lack of understanding of the varying cultures around the world today and it becomes even more apparent that HMC’s projects address a number of very important needs. Visual art — one of the few languages that transcends all boundaries — offers a way to understand not only ourselves and one another, but it offers a venue for greatness, which must be supported if we as a civilization are to move forward. This is HMC’s goal.
Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc. (HMC) is an award winning 501©3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting international art and the understanding of world cultures, through high quality art exhibitions, cultural exchanges and related educational programs. Based in Dallas and Budapest, the organization operates throughout the world. Incorporated in 1990, HMC has already received awards for artistic merit from the Hungarian National Art Found and Embassy of the United States of America, Budapest among others
BEATA SZECHY
Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc.
bszechy@yahoo.com
www.hungarian-multicultural-center.com
