All Residencies for Artists, Designers, Writers, Curators, Art Historians & Researchers (Self-Directed or w/ Master Instruction) – 2025 & 2026 — Oaxaca, Mexico / Puebla, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
All Residencies for Artists, Designers, Writers, Curators, Art Historians, Researchers (Self-Directed or with Master Instruction) – 2025 & 2026 — Puebla, Mexico / Oaxaca, Mexico / Cusco, Peru
Apply Now: Spaces are limited, and selection is first-come, first-served. Residency applications are evaluated for selection as they are received.
DECOLONIAL RESIDENCY SUBSIDIZED SCHOLARSHIPS now available for some spaces and programs in early 2025; E-mail us at info@arquetopia.org for this information.
Website: https://www.arquetopia.org/open-calls-deadlines
E-mail info@arquetopia.org for more information.
Now entering its 15th year, Arquetopia Foundation https://www.arquetopia.org is a multiple award-winning nonprofit arts and cultural foundation with a social scope that is internationally established on three continents. Our mission emphasizes critical thinking, a commitment to reciprocity, and a sense of ethics at the core of all artistic practices. Our customized, professional International Artist-in-Residence Programs https://www.arquetopia.org/residencies-general-info are among the largest and most reputable worldwide. All of our multinational artist residency programs are unique, with an array of content anchored in local knowledge, critical academic perspectives, and a solid structure of collaborations with prominent cultural institutions, renowned experts, and notable artists. Our residency sites are located in four distinct cultural regions selected for their historical importance, influence and artistic contribution to the world: Puebla and Oaxaca in Mexico, Cusco in Peru, and Naples in southern Italy.
Through the years, we have successfully created a generous space where different perspectives meet and address important questions on the legacy of art history and the current state of the world. We are proud to have established through our multiple residency programs a generous and culturally diverse space by hosting every year artists, scholars, and researchers from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Our experience has been enriched by the multiplicity of perspectives of more than 1000 of our resident artists and writers who have come from all regions of the world and more than 100 countries. Our residency programs offer competitive professional opportunities for emerging and mid-career, national and international artists, designers, curators, art historians, art educators, writers, journalists, and cultural researchers age 20 and over.
Arquetopia is distinguished worldwide for its array of unique residency programs with substantial content. Our residency spaces function exclusively for productive art professionals, writers, and researchers and include structured, informative programs; a network of collaborative workspaces, institutions, and studios; and personalized project support.
TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR PAST RESIDENT ARTISTS
For profiles, feedback and testimonials from many of our outstanding past resident artists, art historians, and writers, don’t miss this page on our website: Arquetopia Foundation: Our Resident Artists https://www.arquetopia.org/our-resident-artists
Arquetopia Foundation is now welcoming applications for the following residency programs in the majestic central historic district of Puebla, Mexico; the open countryside of Oaxaca, Mexico; or the Sacred Valley of the Andes of Cusco, Peru, for all dates in 2025 and 2026. Click on each link below for program info on our website.
PART 1 – SPECIAL RESIDENCIES FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, ART HISTORIANS, CURATORS, WRITERS & RESEARCHERS, 2025 & 2026:
A. ArquetopiaSUMMER 2025 International 4-Week Academic Residency Program (Puebla): Metamorphosis: Adjusting in a New Tempo
https://www.arquetopia.org/arquetopiasummer-2025
Program Dates: July 14 to August 11, 2025. Our flagship residency. International 4-Week Academic Residency Program, Includes Critical Seminars & Art Production. This program comprises 21 seminar hours and reading discussions, 6 hours of site-specific master classes, 5 hours of collective critiques, two methodological one-on-one mentoring sessions, 4-6 hours of presentations and community dialogues, as well as guided tours and visits to prominent museums and relevant sites in Puebla. Additionally, the program will feature a public program aimed at engaging with the local artistic community, organized through an open process to connect artists with diverse audiences across various venues. These venues include academic classrooms within a university setting, as well as dialogues and conversations held in an independent gallery and community-based space. Activities are designed to promote intense creative work and artistic dialogue; therefore, artists allocate self-directed studio hours as part of their weekly schedule. Renowned international art historians, artists, and experts facilitate the dialogues, individual and collective critiques, seminars, and masterclasses. Seminars are conducted in English.
B. Arquetopia Immersive Learning Residency Program 2025 (Puebla): Botany and the Mapping of Ignorance
https://www.arquetopia.org/special-thematic-residency-programs
This two-week program encompasses a comprehensive structure aimed at enriching participants' understanding of herbalist techniques and local plant knowledge, including their historical significance, all approached through the lens of agnotology. Participants will engage in 8 hours of instructional sessions, complemented by guided tours and visits to prominent botanical gardens, markets, and local stores in Puebla. In addition to these immersive learning experiences, attendees will partake in 20 hours of Spanish language instruction, comprising 8 hours of grammar, 6 hours of conversation practice, and 6 hours of immersive on-site language practice. Cultural tours, totaling 4 hours, will provide further insights into the local flora, while academic visits to gardens, markets, and relevant sites will occupy an additional 6 hours. Furthermore, participants will benefit from 2 hours of artistic mentoring sessions tailored to their creative development.
PART 2 – RESIDENCIES FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, ART HISTORIANS, CURATORS, WRITERS & RESEARCHERS: REMAINING SPACES IN 2025 & 2026 (MENTORED, NON-INSTRUCTIONAL)—
C. Art, Design, or Photography Residency (Puebla or Cusco).
https://www.arquetopia.org/art-design-or-photography-residency
Flexible sessions of 3 to 6 weeks; various techniques supported.
D. Mexican Ceramics Residency (Puebla).
https://www.arquetopia.org/mexican-ceramics-residency
Master ceramicist supervised. Sessions of 6 weeks.
E. Printmaking Residency (Puebla).
https://www.arquetopia.org/printmaking-residency
Master printer supervised. Flexible sessions of 4 to 6 weeks.
F. Art Educators Residency (Puebla).
https://www.arquetopia.org/art-educators-residency
Develop educational projects and pedagogic methods with university students in Puebla’s historic capital. Self-directed (staff-assisted). Sessions of 4 weeks.
G. Art History or Cultural Research Residency (Puebla or Cusco).
https://www.arquetopia.org/art-history-or-cultural-research-residency
Explore magnificent southern Mexico’s unique archives and resources from pre-Hispanic to contemporary. Self-directed (staff-assisted), flexible sessions of 3 to 6 weeks.
H. Writers Residency (Oaxaca or Cusco).
https://www.arquetopia.org/writers-residency
Flexible sessions of 3 to 6 weeks.
PART 3 – ARTIST RESIDENCIES WITH INTENSIVE TECHNIQUE INSTRUCTION BY LOCAL MASTER ARTISTS: REMAINING SPACES IN 2025 & 2026—
I. Electroetching Instructional Residency (Puebla).
https://www.arquetopia.org/electroetching-residency
Learn Electroetching techniques from a Mexican master, with time for independent production in various other printmaking techniques. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.
J. Gold Leafing & Estofado Instructional Residency (Puebla or Cusco).
https://www.arquetopia.org/gold-leafing-residency
Learn an array of Gold Leafing (Gilding) and Estofado techniques from a Mexican or Peruvian master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.
K. Mexican Jewelry & Silversmithing Instructional Residency (Oaxaca).
https://www.arquetopia.org/mexican-jewelry-residency
Learn jewelrymaking and silversmithing from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.
L. Mexican Textiles Instructional Residency: Weaving or Embroidery (Oaxaca).
https://www.arquetopia.org/mexican-textiles-residencies
Learn traditional Mexican Weaving or Embroidery from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.
M. Mexican Textiles Instructional Residency: Tapestry (Oaxaca).
https://www.arquetopia.org/mexican-textiles-residencies
Learn traditional Mexican Tapestry from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Sessions of 4 weeks.
N. Natural Ink Silkscreen Instructional Residency (Puebla).
https://www.arquetopia.org/natural-ink-silkscreen-residency
Learn to create and use a variety of Natural Inks specifically for silkscreening, from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.
O. Natural Pigments Instructional Residency (Oaxaca or Cusco).
https://www.arquetopia.org/natural-pigments-residency
Learn to create and use a variety of Natural Pigments for fiber dyeing, from a Mexican or Peruvian master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.
P. Organic Painting Instructional Residency (Puebla).
https://www.arquetopia.org/organic-painting-residency
Learn an array of Organic Painting techniques from a Mexican master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.
Q. Peruvian Textiles Instructional Residency: Andean Weaving (Cusco).
https://www.arquetopia.org/peruvian-textiles-residency
Learn traditional Andean Weaving from a Peruvian master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 3 weeks.
R. Pre-Columbian Ceramics Instructional Residency (Puebla or Cusco).
https://www.arquetopia.org/pre-columbian-ceramics-residency
Learn pre-Columbian Ceramics techniques from a Mexican or Peruvian master, with time for independent production. Extendable sessions of 5 weeks.
HOW TO APPLY—
Visit the Arquetopia Foundation website at https://www.arquetopia.org
E-mail us at info@arquetopia.org
Complete and submit the Arquetopia Artist-in-Residence Online Application Form https://www.arquetopia.org/residency-application, following the instructions indicated.
Following selection, applicants are notified immediately via e-mail.
Arquetopia is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our diverse local and international community. Arquetopia’s resident artist and staff backgrounds vary in all aspects. As part of Arquetopia’s mission is to promote diversity, Arquetopia actively fights discrimination by offering access to its programs and activities without regard to race, color, gender or gender expression, national origin, age, religion, creed, or sexual orientation.
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