History

Our history‘Res Artis’ translating from Latin to ‘For the Arts’ was conceived in Greece in 1992 and born in Germany in 1993. It began as a volunteer organisation and informal network, to represent and support the needs of residential arts centres and residency programs. In 2003 Res Artis was given official legal status when it was registered in the Netherlands as a Foundation.Michael Haerdter, a founding member as well as the first president of Res Artis, tells the story of the birth of Res Artis and our 30 year history in this short documentary: ‘Res Artis : The very Beginning’ Timeline of Key Milestones2024 Res Artis conference in Taiwan, the conference title Interweave the Spectrum: Beyond the Collaboration co oroganised by Treasure Hill Artist Village under the Taipei cultural foundation and Taiwan Arts Space.Res Artis is Eco-certefied through EU/Carbon Sctoland SHIFT program.2023Res Artis conference in London in partnership with Acme and University College London (UCL) titled ‘Mind the gap: designing residencies for everyone.’Res Artis celebrates our 30th anniversary!2022Res Artis cancels Ukrainian conference due to war and re-directs energy towards promoting Emergency Residencies and resources for artists at risk.2021Res Artis hosts first fully online conference in Bangkok hosted by SAC Gallery, Bangkok and supported by ASEF culture360; KONNECT ASEAN, ASEAN Foundation; Goethe-Institut Thailand; Japan Foundation, Bangkok and Casa Asia, titled Defining the Next Decade.2020Res Artis develops resources to assist artists in the face of the Covid19 pandemic.2019Res Artis conference in Japan in partnership with the Kyoto Arts Centre titled ‘Creative Encounters: Re-Imagining Residencies’2018Res Artis conference Finnish Lapland in partnership with the Arts Promotion Centre Finland and City of Rovaniemi titled ‘Exploring Sustainability Under the Midnight Sun’.Res Artis celebrates our 25th anniversary!2017Res Artis partners on ‘Tilting Axis 3: Curating the Caribbean’, Cayman Islands, CaribbeanFirst International Satellite Office Launched: For the first time, Res Artis launches a new satellite office in Melbourne, Australia sponsored by Michael Schwarz and David CloustonRes Artis Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark in partnership with Danish Art Workshops and Fabrikken for Kunst and Design titled ‘Prepare for Production: On Residencies and Artistic Production’Second International Satellite Office Launched: Res Artis launches a new satellite office and staff member focused on the MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia) Region. Sponsored by Kooshk Residency and Mr Ehsan Rasoulof2016Res Artis partners on ‘Tilting Axis 2: Caribbean Strategies’ in Miami, USARes Artis partners with Rimbun Dahan in Kuang, Selangor, Malaysia to host the ‘Res Artis Meeting of South East Asian Arts Residencies’First Res Artis Meeting in the Middle East: In partnership with Kooshk Residency and Mohsen Gallery Res Artis hosts ‘Roots and Routes: Challenges and Opportunities of Connectivity’ in Tehran, IranNew Executive Director role created: For the first time, Res Artis restructures to create the role of Executive Director and appoints an International employee in Australia2015Res Artis partners on Meeting in Barbados, Caribbean titled ‘Tilting Axis: Within and Beyond the Caribbean – Shifting Models of Sustainability and Connectivity’ with Fresh Milk Art Platform Inc, ARC Magazine and Pérez Art Museum, Miami.Res Artis Handbook launched: ‘Res Artis Artist Residency Handbook: The Res Artis community guide to set-up and maintain an artist residency anywhere in the world’ is launched.Evaluation Survey conducted: Res Artis conducts an evaluation survey of our organization and potential future directions within our membershipRes Artis 5-year Strategic Plan developed: Res Artis Board and Staff meet in Sturovo, Slovakia to develop a Strategic Plan for Res Artis from 2015-2020 based on the membership survey results2014Regional Meeting in Vilnius and Nida, Lithuania titled ‘Escape and Engagement: Residencies as Hosts, Producers and Promoters.’Res Artis Meeting in Melbourne, Australia hosted by Asialink in partnership with IETM, On The Move and National Association of the Visual Arts (NAVA) and supported by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) titled ‘Inaugural Meeting: Asia-Australia-Europe Creative Residency Network’2013Res Artis celebrates our 20th anniversary!Launched Donation Platform on Res Artis websiteRes Artis partners with China Residencies to continue our mapping project throughout mainland China and Hong Kong2012 Regional Meeting in Vienna, Austria with a focus on ‘Residencies: Gates and Bridges’Res Artis has a strategy meeting in Istanbul, Turkey at Caravansarai to develop Strategic Plan. The draft of the strategic Plan is presented during the GM in Tokyo.Res Artis General Meeting hosted by Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan titled ‘Constellation of Cultures – Asia, Middle East and the Global Network’Joint meeting between Res Artis, The Alliance of Artists Communities and the Rockerfeller Foundation held at the Bellagio Center around the theme of ‘residencies and assessment’.Office re-location: Res Artis moves from our shared office with Smart Project Space, Amsterdam to the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam2011The 10th Res Artis Regional Meeting and International Conference took place in the second biggest city of Hungary, Debrecen and was hosted by MODEM. The aim of the conference was to foster the field of artist residencies and residential art centres of Eastern and South Eastern Europe.Launch of Res Support: exchange program for cultural workers from residency centres within the Res Artis network.Launch of Res Artis Mapping: With support of Fonds BVKB Res Artis starts to map the Residency field of Latin America with help of Residencias_en_Red2010Res Artis General Meeting in Montreal, examining the state of residencies in the Americas by taking stock of the experiences, local initiatives, and self-management models impacting m