Kanuti Gildi SAAL announces an open call for 2 residency periods for artists residing in the Nordic-Baltic region!

Timeframe:
20.05 - 20.06 / 1 month - Püha Vaimu SAAL studio
22.09 - 20.11 / 2 months - Combined Cellar hall and Püha Vaimu SAAL studio

(A call for residency slots in 2026 will be announced later this year.)

Residency offers:
Working space with basic technical equipment and support
Travel and accommodation
Residency fee
Per diems
Small production budget

Application link here

The call is open for a single artist or artistic duos.

The residency is aimed for artists and creatives operating in the performing arts field, with an open mind towards interdisciplinary practices.

Applying artists must be a resident in one of the Nordic or Baltic countries (Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Åland, Latvia, Lithuania). Selected artist need to have a permanent address in one of these countries. However, it is not necessary for the selected artists to have Nordic or Baltic nationality. **The call is not open to artists residing in Estonia. **

At least one of the upcoming residency opportunities in Kanuti Gildi SAAL is reserved for an artist with a refugee background. This includes artists form Ukraine, Palestine and other crisis territories. Additionally, second generation refugee background artists are also considered.

Artists are selected by the artistic board of Kanuti Gildi SAAL, consisting of all full time team members at the time of selection.

Deadline for submissions is at 23:59 (Estonian time) on the 28th of February 2025

Results will be announced the latest by the 31st of March.