TIRANA INSTIUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

     TIRANA INSTIUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
 
   a new exciting international platform
   T.I.C.A. - ARTIST IN RESIDENCY: APPLY NOW!!!!!
   We are happy to announce the first permanent platform for
   contemporary art in Albania, the Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art
 - TICA. 
 
 http://www.tica-albania.org/index.html
 
  

     TIRANA INSTIUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
 
   a new exciting international platform
   T.I.C.A. - ARTIST IN RESIDENCY: APPLY NOW!!!!!
   We are happy to announce the first permanent platform for
   contemporary art in Albania, the Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art
 - TICA. 
 
 http://www.tica-albania.org/index.html
 
  

During the last years Tirana has attracted the attention of the
international contemporary art world through a number of events,
among which the Tirana Biennale is the most important. A new platform
is now born - Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art
(<http://www.tica-albania.org/>www.tica-albania.org) the only
institution for contemporary art in Albania and one with the ambition
to offer substantial support, on a continuous basis, to a developing
art scene. It is for the first time that an Artist in Residency
Program is established in the country, offering support to local and
international artists that want to do research and develop their work
in Tirana. After having analyzed the insufficiency of existing local
institutions and the lack of new forms of dedicated cultural exchange
within the Balkans, Europe and beyond, we think that time has come
for a new approach towards cross-cultural relations and the
potentials offered by artistic research.



TICA Artist in Residency Program will conditionally host not less
than 3 artists at a time: 1 from Albania; 1 from the Balkans and 1
from Europe or beyond. The program will be based on a flexible
structure that can offer the possibility to move between different
locations, contexts and thematic interests. It shall be structured as
a project-based residency program, with an intention to encourage
artists with different backgrounds and experiences to work together
towards a final presentation (exhibition, publication, event).



TICA is open for applications from September 30, 2006. Deadline for
the first period is December 15. For detailed information on how and
when to apply, please check the website:
<http://www.tica-albania.org/>www.tica-albania.org



Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art wishes to thank our Program
Partner: European Cultural Foundation. The Artist in Residency
Program is made possible through the generous support of Institute of
Tirana Biennale and Moving Culture.