Multidisciplinary Residencies in Türkiye

Elagza Dağ Evleri

İstanbul, Türkiye

Elagza Artists' Retreat (E.A.R.) is an artists' residency program hosted at Elagza Dağ Evleri chalets, offering a peaceful environment surrounded by tea fields and forests for creative work from October to May each year. It provides six accommodations including two duplex apartments, three bungalows, and one village house, each around 50 square meters, with five slots paid by artists and one free via open call or invitation. The program supports artists from diverse disciplines with flexible furnishing, shared facilities like kitchen and sculpture studio, exhibition opportunities, and connections to the Turkish art scene.

Halka art project

Istanbul, Türkiye

Halka Art Project is a self-sustaining, independent art organization in Istanbul's Moda district, Kadıköy, running an international residency program since for artists, curators, writers, performers, and researchers from various disciplines. The program offers stays from 2-3 weeks to 3 months in a three-floor historic house with private rooms, shared studios, kitchen, bathrooms, garden, and gallery space, supporting project development through curatorial assistance, exhibitions, talks, and local connections. It emphasizes collaboration, community engagement, and production over mere tourism, with a program fee required.

K2 Sanat Merkezi

Konak-Izmir, Türkiye

K2 Güncel Sanat Merkezi, also known as K2 Contemporary Art Center, is a non-profit contemporary art institution operating in İzmir since . Located in the Alsancak neighborhood of Konak, it hosts seminars, conferences, and activities focused on contemporary art. While specific details on artist residency programs are not explicitly detailed, it functions as a key hub for contemporary art initiatives in the region.

Kulturakademie Tarabya

Tarabya, Türkiye

Kulturakademie Tarabya is a residency programme established in in Istanbul, run by the German Embassy in Ankara with curatorial responsibility held by the Goethe-Institut. It offers four- to eight-month residencies to artists and cultural professionals from various disciplines, fostering German-Turkish cultural exchange through living and studio facilities on historic grounds in Tarabya.