The First Training Programme for Publishing, Graphics and Context combines artistic practice in printing graphic works and mentorships with artists and professionals from the sector to support projects from their beginnings to the final screen printing.
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Dates
1st Week - October 14th to 20th
2nd Week - November 4th to 10th
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Description
Through collective meetings and individual mentoring, the Editing, Graphics, and Context Stage aims to explore connections and reflections on editing, its conceptualization and formalization, as well as to establish spaces for technical and conceptual advice for project development.
Additionally, the stage facilitates interaction and collaboration with other creators to enrich each personal process. Each project will benefit from its own unique process, resulting in a BAT edition copy, with the possibility of being showcased at the FIG Fair in Bilbao 2024, in collaboration with Apart Edicions.
The registration call is open for 7 spots, which will be accommodated at CA LA ROSA for one week to develop their screen printing projects with the support of specialized professionals.
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Spaces
Seven places are open for each group and will be assigned by order of registration. There are 14 places in total.
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Calendar
Week 1: October 14 to 20, 2024, with mentorship from Isidro Ferrer and Tardes Rosa with Cultural Rizoma and Isidro Ferrer.
Week 2: November 4 to 10, 2024, with mentorship from Regina Giménez and Tardes Rosa with Xavi Bou and Rafel G. Bianchi.
The residencies are organised from Monday to Sunday with the possibility of arriving the previous Saturday: artists who can arrive the weekend before the first day of the training programme will have the opportunity to start establishing friendships with the rest of the group and the team or simply enjoy a leisurely welcome and get to know the surrounding area.
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To whom is it addressed?
People with or without experience in the field of publishing who are interested in learning how to conceptualise, create and screen print a graphic work in a specialised workshop under the mentorship of specialised artists and curators.
Visual artists, publishing artists or other kinds of artists interested in producing an edition of a project under the guidance and mentorship of professionals in the sector (artist’s book, art book, artistic project, catalogue, artwork, etc.).
Publishers willing to experiment with artistic techniques and creative possibilities while taking advantage of a professional workshop and personalised mentoring.
Screen printing artists who want to bring new points of view to their creations.
People in general interested in being an artist in residence in Baix Empordà while pursuing a screen printing graphic project.
To qualify for one of the places, you will need to submit a preliminary project that you will work on during the training programme to create a BAT (bon à tirer or ready-to-print) copy.
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Unique and Distinctive Aspects of the stage
Participants in this program have a team of professional artists who accompany them throughout the creative process. From start to finish, they receive follow-up and guidance. Additionally, they can work in personal sessions in the screen printing workshop with expert advice.
Interaction with other creators is encouraged, and all of this takes place in an art center in the heart of the Empordà. Moreover, reflective and practical open sessions, known as "Tardes Rosa," are held. Finally, participants have the opportunity to showcase the resulting edition of their work at the FIG Fair in Bilbao 2024, with the collaboration of Apart Edicions.
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Structure
The stays are organized from Monday to Sunday, with the possibility of arriving the previous Saturday. Creators who can arrive the weekend before the first day of the residency will have the opportunity to start building connections with the rest of the group and the team, or simply enjoy a quiet welcome and get to know the surroundings.
Week 1: The group will be mentored by Isidro Ferrer, a graphic artist and illustrator. Technical and conceptual advice on printing will be provided by Jordi Vilella and Roser Sales.
15/10/24 - Tardes Rosa #1: Graphic creation processes according to Isidro Ferrer.
17/10/24 - Tardes Rosa #2: Photographing nature, with Xavi Bou.
Week 2: The group will be mentored by Regina Giménez, a visual artist. Technical and conceptual advice on printing will be provided by Jordi Vilella and Roser Sales.
5/11/24 - Tardes Rosa #3: Mediation in relation to editing and context with nyamnyam - Lio (La imprenta abierta).
7/11/24 - Tardes Rosa #4: Introduction to project curating for editing, led by Rafel G. Bianchi.
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Location
The First Training Programme for Publishing, Graphics and Context takes place entirely in the facilities of CA LA ROSA, Centre d’Art i Recerca, located in Carrer Girona, 31 in Verges, Baix Empordà (Girona). CA LA ROSA was once an inn that has been restored as an art centre and offers rooms to accommodate artists and their creative work in a spacious, relaxed and unique atmosphere in the heart of Empordà. The town of Verges, with its heavy mediaeval imprint and unique Empordanese streets, provides the setting for the residency.
Registration and Modalities
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Instructions
Fill out the registration form
Submit a project proposal in the form (including sections: introduction, formal research development, editing process, brief background of the creator, images, and visual documentation).
Payment of the reservation fee (150 euros): This amount will be deducted from the total payment for the stay and will be refunded if the desired place is not obtained.
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Registration
Once the applicant's participation is validated, the coordinating team will contact the interested person to finalize the full payment for the stay and make the final reservation of the spot.
Starting from the last day of registration (September 1st) and within a maximum of one week, CA LA ROSA's website will publicly announce the two individuals who have been awarded the first residency.
Pre-registration period: July 17th to October 1st
Last day for registration: October 1st
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Management
The training program offers conceptual and process-related mentoring time with professional artists, technical advice on professional publishing and printing, individual and shared work spaces, technical resources, publishing materials, accommodation and maintenance.
Printing workshop space and infrastructure
Individual room for working and sleeping
Upon request, this can be a double room if the artist in residence is accompanied
Expendable materials: paper, ink, photoliths, etc.
Kitchen and dining room for residents
Living room, games and library
Full board or half board upon request
Bed linen and towels