PORTFOLIO PROGRAM

Residency Program for young talented visual artists

Goals:
-help young artists create in a suitable environment, far from the pressures of the familly and extra professionnal constraints,
-encourage horizontal exchanges among artists,
-help develop a more professionnal communication through a well thought, designed portfolio,
-allow for a quality vertical relashionship with various partners of the art world...

Selection process :
Artists are selected by a jury on the basis of documents related to their work or through an interview, for a stay of one to three months. The duration of a residency is decided upon by ArtBakery. A Per Diem as well as a small working budget are provided. Accomodation is shared by artsits involved in the activities of ArtBakery.

Conditions:
Could be candidates, young talented artists interested in sharing ideas and emotions with fellow colleagues and in exploring new grounds.
International artists, selected with our foreign partners, may also take part in the project.

Products:
At the end of their stay at ArtBakery, the young talented artists, will build, with the help of more experienced colleagues and ressource people from the art world, a good portfolio that will allow for a smooth professionnal introduction. An exhibition might be organised whenever and wherever necessary.

Supervision:

General coordination of the project is carried out by Goddy Leye.

Partners:
The Portfolio Program is made possible thanks to the following donnors and partners:
-Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-R.A.I.N, Amsterdam
-Netwerk Galerij, Aalst, Belgium


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Guy Wouete , feb. 2004
Sonia Khurana , jan. 2004
Alioum Moussa, nov. 2003
Luc Fosther Diop, oct. 2003
Ginette Daleu, october 2003
recent residents:
Bill Kouélany, mar. 2004
Dreamers, apr. 2004
Dodji Effoui, Jun. 2004