The Grazalema Biosphere Reserve Sculpture Landscape Artist in Residence Program aims to award time, space and support for artists to develop public Site-Specific Community Participatory Artworks placed throughout this magnificent landscape;  an open air gallery linking its White Villages.

La Choza

Create New artwork

Community Participation

Cultural Heritage

Chozas are dry-stone outbuildings scattered throughout the mountain regions. Originally constructed by farmers for shelter, many are centuries old, and now in a state of ruin.

Our first Site-Specific work aims to create an artwork breathing new life into a Choza and fill its chamber with belongings and artifacts of importance, donated by the people of Montejaque, creating a visiblel and accessible Time Capsule.

Created and curated by the Artist in Residence, this endeavour transcends mere reconstruction; it’s an artwork not solely for the villagers but created with their participation; a sculpture celebrating diversity, inclusivity and identity, while also rejuvenating a choza’s architectural stature, preserving its environmental and Cultural Heritage, and reminding us of its importance in rural life.

Facilities

The residency is planned to be fully funded with all facilities available to complete the work within the residency period.

Workspaces

Accomodation

Accessibility

Terms of the Residency

The following terms and conditions are provisional and under development and will be confirmed in due course.

Organization

With the aim of supporting artistic work and bringing contemporary visual arts closer to the public, Fundación Sierra de Libar (MA-1423) based in Montejaque, the Ayuntamiento de Montejaque organize and call for submissions to the open call named «GRAZALEMA BIOSPHERE RESERVE SCULPTURE LANDSCAPE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE» which will be governed according to bases 1-8.

Resources

Applicants are strongly advised to carefully read the rules as any submission that does not comply with the conditions will be immediately rejected. In the following links on Fundación Sierra de Libar’s website, information, maps, and images can be found to enable an informed and relevant description of the project, its history and context.

1. Eligibility

Any professional artist over the age of 18 residing in the regions of Nordland, Troms or Finmark, Northern Norway.

2. Residency Period

8 weeks (Autumn or Spring seasons)

3. Endowment

€000 as a fee for the artist in residence (to be paid upon presentation of an invoice by the artist at the end of the residency). Travel expenses from the artist’s place of origin. (The organization will cover travel within Spanish territory). Production budget (maximum €000 against an invoice – taxes included – for consumable materials acquired solely and exclusively for the production of the selected project, approved by the organization based on a list of needs provided by the artist).

4. Criteria for the Artwork

A jury composed of representative professionals from the artistic field. Evaluations will consider how the artists have regarded the sites, choice of materials and expected outcomes. The jury will be interested in artworks that reflect the traditions of the inhabitants of Montejaque and their participation, regional culture, aesthetic and innovative artistic perspectives, choice of materials, digital and/or technical solutions, relationship to the sites, environmental aspects, sustainability and maintenance. Artworks will be considered on the basis of: Viability Artistic quality Integration into the environment Realization Durability, sustainability and resilience, including work specifically addressing destruction or decomposition, in which audio-visual digital assets will document the work at the site.

We strongly advise the applicant to become familiar with the entire project of the MONTEJAQUE RESERVOIR RIVER RESERVE and the website of THE HUNDIDERO CAVE AND LOS CABALLEROS DAM.

The selected artwork will become municipal property, with the City Council reserving all reproduction, editing, and exhibition rights, always crediting the name of the author. Artists authorize the use of images of their works in any format and without time limit, which may be recorded and/or photographed for promotion, dissemination, and/or exhibition purposes. The organization and the City Council reserve the right to declare the call void if there are no proposals of sufficient interest, quality, or viability.

5. The Host Provides

Stipend, Travel and transport costs, Accommodation, Studio/workshop, Material costs, Technical support, Facilities and insurance of work.

6. The Artist Agrees To

Undertake the commitment that, if selected, the work must be completed within the period of the residency.

Obtain travel insurance, Obtain personal medical insurance, Be responsible for his/her project with budget including preparatory work, and completion/ installation of the piece, Relate to given time-frames for the participation of the project in full, Spend at least 70% of their week at the host’s premises developing the residency project, School workshop– visit studio and on site (20 minutes), Online artist talk. Podcast with Roanne on YouTube, social media, and available video recording on websites, Attend the inauguration, Interviews with the press and media, Open Studios 1 per week with school and civil groups, Agree to mentored discussions and arrangements with the host, Agree to terms and conditions, ownership and exploitation rights.

7. Submission of Applications

All applications must be submitted online. Artists wishing to participate in the call must upload a single PDF document, titled as Lastname_Name_2024.pdf with a maximum of 10 pages and not exceeding 10 megabytes.

The document should include:

Personal information and contact details (address, phone number, and email)

Copy of ID card

Links to websites or social media profiles with references to previous works

Biography

Brief curriculum vitae

An explanation and description of the proposal with images, plans, sketches, or any necessary materials

A production and installation schedule or plan for the proposal, with a commitment that, if selected, that the artwork must be completed before the DATE

A list of necessary materials and the total budget for the proposal

A list of technical requirements and workspace needs

The provided documentation must demonstrate the technical suitability of the proposal for the public space where it is intended to be placed. Basic aspects such as safety and stability must be considered. If the proposal is preselected but there are technical uncertainties, the organization will contact the artist to resolve them. The application period will be from the publication date of the guidelines until the DAY OF MONTH, 2024. After this deadline, no further applications will be accepted. The organization and the Ayuntamiento guarantee the confidentiality of all received proposals that are not selected.

8. Acceptance of the Guidelines

Participation in this call implies the acceptance of the guidelines and their resolution, the conditions of use of the spaces, equipment, as well as any subsequent changes that may occur. The organization and the City Council reserve the right to resolve, according to their own criteria, any issue raised by the participant that is not foreseen in the call.

Basic aspects such as safety and stability must be considered. If the proposal is preselected but there are technical uncertainties, the organization will contact the artist to resolve them. The application period will be from the publication date of the guidelines until the DAY OF MONTH, 2024. After this deadline, no further applications will be accepted.

The organization and the Ayuntamiento guarantee the confidentiality of all received proposals that are not selected. 8. Acceptance of the Guidelines Participation in this call implies the acceptance of the guidelines and their resolution, the conditions of use of the spaces, equipment, as well as any subsequent changes that may occur. The organization and the City Council reserve the right to resolve, according to their own criteria, any issue raised by the participant that is not foreseen in the call.