Aviário Studio Slab Building Residency
Aviário Studio
Submit portfolio or 5-6 images of your work, project description, and personal details to apply for a customized ceramics residency focused on slab building.
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- 105 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Location
- Portugal
About
Overview
Aviário Studio Ceramics Residency provides technical conditions, time, and space to develop ideas and explore slab building in clay. The program is customized according to each artist's goals regarding duration, outcome, and focus. It can serve as a moment of experimentation and learning or as a point of consolidation for a new body of work.
Residency Duration & Fees
- 2 weeks - €600
- 3 weeks - €900
- 4 weeks - €1,200
- 5 weeks - €1,500
- 6 weeks - €1,800
- Minimum residency length: 3 weeks
- Materials and meals not included
- Studio support (training/assistance): €20 per hour
Eligibility
- Open to artists worldwide, any stage of career
- Must be over 21 years old at time of arrival
- Collaborative applications accepted; each applicant must apply and be accepted individually
Key Dates
- Submission deadline: December 10, 2026
Available Equipment
- Electric kilns (1260° and 1050°)
- 3 electric pottery wheels
- Shared studios and dedicated ceramics workspace
- Access to drawing, printmaking, metalworking, and wood shop facilities
Housing & Accommodations
- Private bedroom in shared housing facility on campus
- Spouses/partners allowed for full stay (non-collaborators)
- Children allowed for full stay
- Pets not allowed
- Shared kitchen access; no meals provided
Application Requirements
Send the following to [email protected]: Full name, email, phone number, nationality, birth date, check-in and check-out dates, accommodation preferences, residency type choice (Self-directed, Guided Art, or Assisted Production), brief project description, and online portfolio or 5-6 pictures of your work.
Additional Information
- Application fee: Free
- No grants currently available, but artists encouraged to apply for external funding
- Participants must cover residency fee, travel, materials, and food
- Applicants will receive a precise quotation after application submission
- Entry fee
- 2 weeks - 600 €; 3 weeks - 900 €; 4 weeks - 1200 €; 5 weeks - 1500 €; 6 weeks - 1800 €. Studio support (training or assistance) is 20€ per hour. Materials and meals not included.
- Theme
- The residency focuses on exploration and production in slab building in clay, offering time and technical conditions to develop ideas, experiment with new techniques, or consolidate existing projects.
- Eligibility
- Open to artists based anywhere in the world, any stage of career; must be over 21 years old at arrival; collaborative applications accepted with individual acceptance required.
- Audience
- Open to artists worldwide, any stage of career, over 21 years old.
- Contact
- [email protected]
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