City of Skopje and Public cultural institution Cultural informative center (‘The Organisers’) are announcing an Open call for Artist in residence of younger generation that will take place in Skopje in Cultural informative center from May 20 to June 20 2026.

This Artist in Residence program is within of framework CreArt. Network of Cities for Artistic Creation, and it is consist of residence of 2 artists od younger generation: one artist from the cities within CreArt. Network of Cities for artistic creation city partner and one artist form Skopje, to be selected through this Open Call.

The CreArt Artist in residence in Skopje will take place at public cultural institution within of framework of City of Skopje Cultural Informative Center, located in the city center in Skopje from  May, 20th  2026  to June 20th 2026

The Open call will be open until 16th of March.

 

WHO CAN APPLY?

One Artists of younger generation should be born or resident – in any of the cities taking part in ‘CreArt 3.0. Network of Cities for Artistic Creation: Aveiro [Portugal], Ceske Budejovice [Czech Republic], Kaunas [Lithuania], Liepaja [Latvia], Lublin [Poland], Oulu [Finland], Regensburg [Germany],Rouen and Clermont-Ferrand [France], Valladolid [Spain], Venice [Italy], members of Croatian Association of Fine Artists [HDLU] and Ukrainian artists thanks to cooperation with teh Lviv Art Council ‘Dialog’.

One artist should be born or resident  in Skopje – North Macedonia

It is preferable to have a degree in a field of art (university level).

Artists coming from the CreArt network, except artist from Skopje must have a valid travel (health) insurance policy, European health card or equivalent.

 

CONDITIONS AND GRANT

The organization will cover travel expenses and accommodation, for the artist coming from Creart Netwok, subsistence cost up to 400 euros and will be covered materials for production of a work maximum of 500 euro.

For the artist coming from Skopje The organization will cover local travel expenses and will be covered materials for production of a work maximum of 500 euros,

Each artist will receive 375 € as presentation fee for the exhibition.

The selected artist can use the space and equipment facility of Public cultural institution Cultural informative center.

At the end of the residence a exhibition of two artist with the art work made during the residence will be organize in  Cultural informative center.

 

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

The applicants must provide within a one document PDF:

ID or passport (scanned copy);

A short version of your CV and a full; portfolio with art works.

A short written project proposal (one side of A4).

Graphic documentation related to the project proposal

Online application form: https://creart2-eu.org/open-calls/

 

Deadline: Monday, March 16 th, 2026.

Only applications with complete information will be accepted. The artist will be selected by the local curators.

All participants will be informed until March 31 th.

The shortlist will be published in the CreArt website.

 

Within the project:

Partners:

Co-funded by:

   

Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them. [Project number: 101128499]

Project is co-financed by the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.

The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.