OPEN CALL 2025
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Application Deadline:
Sunday 8th December 2024, Midnight (GMT + 2 hours)
KPS is a fully equipped water based screen printing studio in a central neighbourhood of Athens. It would like to invite applications from experienced silk screen artists for a 6 week residency starting in March (3rd March - 14th April) or starting in May (5th May - 16th June). KPS is interested in hosting artists who wish to develop their practice, and would benefit from the stimulus of being in new surroundings and have uninterrupted access to a workshop to enable experimentation and focused time on a project. KPS is looking to host up to 3 artists at a time. Whilst technical experience is taken into consideration when reviewing the applications, this is balanced alongside the strength of the portfolio and project proposal.
RESIDENCY DETAILS
Access to a large ground floor silk screen workshop and studio space with a desk on the mezzanine (5 days per week)
A full workshop induction is provided at the start of the residency
Scheduled group meetings for discussions on work, ideas, and development
KPS expects you to be able to work independently but is on hand for technical advice at regular intervals throughout the residency
Open studio event at the end of the residency
Promotion through social media platforms connecting you to the local Athenian art scene
Opportunity to sell work at the open studio event
MATERIALS
The studio will supply photographic emulsion and all the cleaning materials plus a starter kit (1 roll of 3M brown tape and 500ml Lascaux medium).
You must provide other consumables such as acrylic paint, masking tape, paper, brown tape & screen printing medium (if the starter kit has run out). There are often leftover inks at the studio you can use and lots of scrap sheets of paper for experimentation and a drawer with lots of useful stationery such as cutting knives and rulers. Only water based inks are permitted in the studio.
FACILITIES
• Kippax screen printing table with arm and powerful vacuum (220cm x 148cm / vacuum area 105cm x 160cm)
• Smaller screen printing table, with powerful vacuum, 125cm x 90cm / print up to 50 x 70cm ) no arm
• Large flat table for large scale experimental printing, no clamps or arm. (230cm x 200cm)
• 2 x portable clamp printing stations
• Large exposure unit (210 x 190cm)
• Exposing light Metal Halide 1600 Watt
• Drying rack for print, 157cm x 100cm
• Various sized screens & squeegees (43T, 62T, 77T, 90T and 120T)
• Washing unit, with power hose, appropriate chemicals + cleaning brushes
• Palette knives for colour mixing
• Plan chest drawers for storing work, 1 x drawer 100 x 70 cm, 1 x drawer 96 x 58 cm
ACCOMMODATION
Please note, accommodation is not provided as part of the residency. Successful applicants are required to secure this themselves. KPS can provide you with a list of local Facebook groups that often have listings for rooms and apartments.
MARCH/APRIL - 6 WEEK RESIDENCY
Dates: 3rd March - 14th April 2025
€1045 + Greek VAT (24%)
MAY/JUNE - 6 WEEK RESIDENCY
5th May - 16th June 2025
€1045 + Greek VAT (24%)
STUDIO ACCESS HOURS
Monday - 8AM - 9PM workshop (mezzanine studio until midnight)
Tuesday - 8AM - 9PM workshop (mezzanine studio until midnight)
Wednesday - 8AM - 6:30PM workshop (reserved for classes in the evening)
Thursday - 8AM - 9PM workshop (mezzanine studio until midnight)
Friday - Workshop closed to residents (mezzanine studio noon until midnight)
Saturday - Closed to residents
Sunday - 8AM - 9PM workshop (mezzanine studio until midnight)
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply please fill in this application form which will ask you to upload your CV along with a portfolio of 5 images that reflect the nature of the work you would like to make here. When you have uploaded your application form, please send an email to Eleanor Lines - kypseliprintstudio@gmail.com to confirm.
There are two rounds to the application process. Successful artists in round one will be asked to attend an online interview to discuss their project proposal.
Successful applicants will be notified within one week of the application deadline and will be chosen on the basis of their body of work, CV and project proposal.
Upon acceptance of the residency, the artist will be required to pay 50% of the fee to secure their place at KPS.
If you are making funding applications to pay the residency fee, KPS is happy to write a letter of support.
Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or if you have any difficulties with the online application form.
