The International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) runs a residency programme at MGLC Švicarija, a residency and creative centre, which is located on the edge of the Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski hill Landscape Park and is the most central and nature-connected residency point in Ljubljana.
The residency programme is aimed at Slovenian and foreign artists and art collectives, professionals in the field of contemporary art (critics, curators, writers, etc.), who are offered production conditions for work, networking, education and training.
The residency programme was introduced as an additional activity of the museum in 2017, when we took over the management of the Švicarija. We enable participation in the programmes described below: Artist Work Studios is intended for artists from the City of Ljubljana; Young Artists Residency is intended for artists from Slovenia; while International Residencies is intended for artists and other cultural workers from Slovenia and other countries.
Work studios and the apartments for young artists are available only to artists selected through open calls, while the apartments offered within the International Residencies programme are also available to artists involved in project cooperation.
Artist Work Studios
11 work studios (including two sculpting studios) are intended for artists from the City of Ljubljana selected through an open call. Their use is granted for the period of five years.
Young Artists Residency
Two apartments with a work studio are intended for young artists (up to 35 years of age) from Slovenia who are selected through an open call. Their use is granted for the period of two years.
International Residencies
The International Residencies programme is aligned with the mission and activities of the International Centre of Graphic Arts. We build on our programme orientation by cooperating in projects and through international partnerships, thus responding to the current development of artist mobility. We select the residents based on open calls, residency exchanges and curatorial invitations.
Three apartments are intended for artists, cultural workers (critics, curators, theoreticians, writers, producers…), humanities scholars and social scientists from Slovenia and other countries, whom we, as a rule, host from one to two months and, exceptionally, longer.
Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts Residency
The residency is intended for artists and curators participating in the Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. The residents are selected based on MGLC’s invitation.
Master Printmakers Residency
The residency is intended for artists who use traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques but are also interested in innovation in print. During their residency, the residents have access to the MGLC Print Studio at Tivoli Mansion, where they can realise their printmaking project. The residents are selected through an open call or based on MGLC’s invitation.
Critics Residency
This international residency programme, which is collaboratively run by MGLC and the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory, is intended for art critics or writers in the field of contemporary visual arts.
End of the World Residency
The residency is intended for a two-month reflection on the end of the world that can result in a new art production, a curatorial research or a theoretical reflection. It is open to artists, art collectives, curators and theoreticians, who are selected through an open call.
SUN Residency
The interdisciplinary SUN Residency (skupnost, umetnost, narava = community, art, nature) offers professional visual artists the opportunity to make work, develop new ideas and reflect on their practice in the creative atmosphere of a historic building.
Inter-residency exchanges
Long-term exchanges between similar residency centres abroad are developed bilaterally (e.g. with the MeetFactory residency centre in Prague) or in partnership (the Sustainability is in the AiR project, which links the MeetFactory residencies in Prague, the Matedero residency centre in Madrid, the MGLC Švicarija residency centre in Ljubljana and the Snehto residency centre in Athens).
Writer in the Park Residency
The international residency programme is a collaboration between Ljubljana, UNESCO City of Literature, and MGLC, and is aimed at international literary creators.
The rental of residency facilities
In case of a vacancy, residency facilities can also be rented. If you would like to be informed about the vacancies, we suggest you subscribe to the MGLC Pro newsletter.
