Winter Retreat 2026/2027 – ARiR Guiniguada, Gran Canaria

Eligibility

Open to artists and researchers/writers; minimum stay 2 weeks.

Winter Retreat 2026/2027 – ARiR Guiniguada, Gran Canaria Deadline: 28 Sep 2026 Country: Spain Artist and Researcher in Residence programme, runs since 2019 in the Guiniguada valley of Gran Canaria, in the northern foothills, a long inhabited fertile area, not the touristic south. Separate studios, several terraces, shared kitchen and bathrooms. The house is our home, where we welcome you, we are present during the programme and support your projects. We are on an experimental life project trying to be less a consumer and work together with nature to a desired extent. Natural setting of the warm-loving forest zone, also ongoing agricultural activity. Rural as being part of a village, but very close to the capital city of Las Palmas or the town of Santa Brígida, thus well connected also via roads and public transport. Duration of residency Minimum stay 2 weeks. (Preferably 4 or 8 weeks: 20 November-18 December OR 18 December-15 January OR the whole period). Accommodation The house is an ‘organic’ type – this means by local standards it had been used first as a series of caves, since unkown times, and the previous owners enlarged it step by step in the directions where the rocky hillside has permitted. The residency area starts above our apartment; consisting of five rooms. Each room is separate, they do not open from each other. A shared kitchen and various terraces are at your disposal, and there are two shared bathrooms. Disciplines, work equipment and assistance Artist and Researcher in Residence Guiniguada is awaiting guests who have projects or would want to get a deeper understanding of the following issues: Ecology & society: ecological art, food chain, carbon and nitrogen cycle, recuperation of ecosystems. Arts & society: visual language, contemporary art of light, hermetic traditions in modern art. Human rights & society: equality of opportunity, equal treatment, social exclusion/inclusion. General facilities / services: large outdoor and indoor spaces, large work desks, large work walls, library, abundance of organic material, basic wood and metal working electric tools, basic manual stone working tools, manual gardening, landscaping tools, collection of international and Canarian fresh herbs for cooking and tea, internet (The Canarians take a different pace in the project of eradicating the material world, but we strive to provide broadband wifi in the house. 5G signal at every point.), parking is possible on site, excursion recommendations, organised trips (additional charge), home restaurant from minimum 3 persons (additional charge, ordered in advance, on site).Studio / Workspace The rooms serve as separate ateliers, for open air work the many terraces can be used, besides the natural surroundings. For more information and pictures please visit our website: www.airguiniguada.orgFees and support The residency has a fee. 2 weeks: €670, additional weeks: €230/week. Partners are allowed and welcome in the same private room but asked to pay a fee to cover accommodation (€150 per week). Note: Once your application has been accepted, your place will be secured after receiving 50% of the fee. Travel, food or medical insurance costs are not included in the fee. Expectations towards the artist The artists and researchers are expected to give a presentation. Application information Please send the applications to [email protected], with the following content: Your full name (as it appears in your ID), gender, date of birth, a passport photo, e-mail address, country of living and citizenship; Website/URL detailing recent work (if you do not have a website, please email 5-10 images or documentation of recent work for visual and performing artists or three writing samples or publications for researchers / writers along with your application (images should be not larger than 500 KB, texts should be in PDF format) outline your planned activities during the residency, please be specific and brief; attach a short biography or cv; indicate your preferred dates of residency; please, let us know where you have found out about us. Selection procedure is carried out by staff.

What to submit

CV, Work samples, Motivation letter

How to apply

Email application with full name, gender, DOB, passport photo, contact and citizenship info, website or 5-10 work images/writing samples, planned activities outline, bio/CV, and preferred residency dates.