Pärnu CREATIVE CITY - Artist Residency in Estonia offers to artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, dancers, musicians residency to create and stay usually 1 - 2 months. Residents get possibility to work peacefully in the project space, printmaking & photo studio and make public events, exhibitions in Creative City Loovlinnak gallery and also participate in Pärnu annual art festivals with their creation.

Aims of the residence program:

1. To give artists possibility to work on their creations in peace in resort seaside city Pärnu, up to 4 months period
2. To bring creative artists to Pärnu city, to enliven and enrich cultural activity
3. To create collaboration between local art community with international artists from different countries

4. To give local audience possibility to get to know new international artists and their work
5. To give local art festivals opportunity to work with new artists and put their creation into their program
6. To run educational programs, workshops by Ukrainian artists to local youth, citizens, participants with cultural interest and other target groups.
7. To give possibility to residence artists to make exhibitions in Creative City, Pärnu Town Gallery, Central Library, Endla Theatre and city space.

Criteria for selecting the residency artists:
1. professionally
2. artistic skills
3. willing to collaborate with local art community and presentation to local audiences 

4. project description

Residents have possibility to work in CREATIVE CITY - Artist Residency at photo studio, printmaking studio with silkscreen, woodcut, linocut techniques and project room for installation, writing, performance, dance and painting studio. There is also sound studio that residents can use. Artists have the possibility to arrange workshops and happenings to present their art during the residency.

In the residence there is a living room, kitchen facilities, gallery and a studio. Living rooms are fully furnished including linen and towels.
Residency situates in Pärnu Loovlinnak (Suur-Jõe 10/12, Pärnu) where are also studios of various local artists. Common working spaces offer opportunities for a great variety of art making from conventional visual arts to performing and etc. Pärnu offers good facilities for outdoor activities, and all the city services are within a walking or cycling distance. We want to provide facilities for residential to focus on their work.

Residents pay residency fee 400 Euros per month. 

Pärnu Loovlinnak (Creative City Artist Residency) residency, studios:

1. Printmaking studio with silkscreen, woodcut, linocut techniques equipment 

2. Painting studio
3. Project room for installation, writing, performance
4. Big yard area with community garden and sculpture park
5. Dark room analog photo studio
6. In the residency there is a living room, kitchen facilities, gallery and a studio
7. Inner yard with possibilities to work outside, outdoor stage, sea container 

8. Free wifi and printing possibilities
9. Laundry
10. Use of art materials etc.

Please send your materials to tajetro@gmail.com:

1. Work plan for residence program

2. Portfolio

3. CV