Open Call for a One-Year Residency at the Kraví hora Studios for 1–2 FFA Graduates, app. deadline 31 Aug 2025
Open Studios Art Hub, in cooperation with the Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno University of Technology (FFA), announces an open call for the one-year studio residency “Open Studios Incubator” located in Barrack 24 on the Kraví hora campus of BUT for 1–2 FFA diploma students or recent graduates.
The residency will take place from 1 November 2025 to 30 October 2026. Please submit your applications by Sunday, 31 August 2025 (inclusive) via the Google Form at https://forms.gle/c5z8uD7mZuf1WwN67.
The Open Studios Incubator is a one-year residency programme intended for FFA graduates; the faculty collaborates on its operation, co-funding and promotion. Selected artists may use the studio space on the BUT Kraví hora campus free of charge for one year. In addition, residents have the opportunity to present their work to leading specialists, gallerists, theorists, curators, etc., within the Studio Visits programme and the Open Studios Brno open-studio festival.
Requirements Applicants must be diploma students (2025) or graduates (2023–2025) of any FFA master’s studio, complete the online application form, submit a portfolio of their work and be eager to pursue further creative practice.
What we offer The selected applicant will receive, free of charge for one year, a studio of approximately 50 m² in the creative hub Ateliéry Kraví hora. Through the Open Studios platform they will have the chance, over the course of the year, to become better acquainted with the Brno and wider Czech art scenes, and with curators and gallerists whom we will regularly invite to the studio. Their work will be promoted through artist talks, the Open Studios Brno festival and other activities organised by the platform. They will be able to consult their work on an ongoing basis with the Open Studios curator and other theorists. The residency commences on 1 November 2025.
Our expectations Active involvement, participation in Open Studios events and a public presentation of the work produced during the residency.
The residency will take place from 1 November 2025 to 30 October 2026. Please submit your applications by Sunday, 31 August 2025 (inclusive) via the Google Form at https://forms.gle/c5z8uD7mZuf1WwN67.
The Open Studios Incubator is a one-year residency programme intended for FFA graduates; the faculty collaborates on its operation, co-funding and promotion. Selected artists may use the studio space on the BUT Kraví hora campus free of charge for one year. In addition, residents have the opportunity to present their work to leading specialists, gallerists, theorists, curators, etc., within the Studio Visits programme and the Open Studios Brno open-studio festival.
Requirements Applicants must be diploma students (2025) or graduates (2023–2025) of any FFA master’s studio, complete the online application form, submit a portfolio of their work and be eager to pursue further creative practice.
What we offer The selected applicant will receive, free of charge for one year, a studio of approximately 50 m² in the creative hub Ateliéry Kraví hora. Through the Open Studios platform they will have the chance, over the course of the year, to become better acquainted with the Brno and wider Czech art scenes, and with curators and gallerists whom we will regularly invite to the studio. Their work will be promoted through artist talks, the Open Studios Brno festival and other activities organised by the platform. They will be able to consult their work on an ongoing basis with the Open Studios curator and other theorists. The residency commences on 1 November 2025.
Our expectations Active involvement, participation in Open Studios events and a public presentation of the work produced during the residency.
Open Studios Incubator – A residency platform supporting the career development of emerging artists. The residency operates as a collaboration between Open Studios Art Hub and the Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno University of Technology, supporting the growth of artistic personalities shortly after graduation.
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