The application for the 2025 residencies is open 1st April – 9th May 2024. 

Please note that our operations will expand and we will be able to move to new premises next to the library at Alfredinkatu 3 in early 2025. Due to this, the planning of the residency and exhibition periods is still in progress and the periods in the application form are indicative. We apologize for the incompleteness of the situation, but now you can also apply for an exhibition time.

January–May 2025: only residencies
July–December 2025: residency and possible exhibition

The application for exhibition period only will be opened later this year.

Community residencies 3–5 months

For the community artist(s) RaumArs offers free accommodation (value approx. 1200€/month) and in addition RaumArs participates in the project's travel expenses (maximum 300€), material costs (maximum 100€/month) against receipts and helps with practical arrangements. You can also apply for the residency as a working couple, but then the artists share the expenses and the residency room.

• in the residency at the beginning of the year we especially encourage working with children and young people or a project that connects children and the elderly.

Independent / self-directed work residency 1-5 months

• rent from 350/month ->

World Heritage Residency 2 or 3 months

• Rauma has two UNESCO World Heritage sites: Old Rauma ja Sammallahdenmäki, which is a Bronze Age burial mound area 20 km east of the city. We especially encourage projects related to Sammallahdenmäki.
• both residence types have an interesting opportunity for collaboration and workspace in the Renovation Center in Tammela.
• 2 months residency is mainly intended for archaeologists, architects or researchers. In return, we expect a lecture, performance or other similar event accessible to the public at the end of the residency period. Reimbursement of travel expenses up to €300.
• 3-month residency for artists of all fields who implement a community/participatory art project. Reimbursement of travel expenses up to €300 and material reimbursement up to €300 against receipts.
• the research or community art project must belong to one of the following topics: world heritage, cultural environment, cultural heritage, archaeology, wood construction or traditional construction.
• Wi-Fi and social facilities are available in Tammela's office premises. The staff of the Tammela and Rauma City Culture and Museum Services help to create contacts with public administration organizations and local residents and entrepreneurs.
• the applicant pays the residence rent, but has the opportunity to apply for a scholarship for accommodation costs from Old Rauma Foundation. 

GENERAL

RaumArs offers an apartment to two or three artists doing a community art project per year free of charge, aims to organize work opportunities and provide material compensation and help in implementing the proposed community art project. Other artists pay a monthly fee. RaumArs supports all artists by covering the remaining living and operating costs of the residence apartment. After being selected, a confirmation fee of €150 is charged per room (non-refundable) and a deposit of €120 (refundable). The artists themselves have to take care of the general living expenses, travel and transportation costs of the artworks.

All residency artists have good opportunities to obtain materials for crafts from our partners. Rauma Region Street Mission, Rauma Region Jobseekers and Old Rauma Renovation Centre Tammela can also provide a working space for wood, painting or textile work, especially if you carry out an art project with them. In most cases, workspaces are free of charge, but the use must be agreed on a case-by-case basis and separately.

General expectations towards the artist

Especially the community artists who get a stipend (receiving an accommodation free-of-charge) are expected to present a clear and detailed project plan for a collaborative/participatory art practice, public or social art project or an environmental project, which will be realized during the residence. The main selection criteria will be the stipend artists’ motivation to work in collaboration with local people, a good proposal and the quality of applicants art.

From independently working artists or architects collaboration is expected with RaumArs' partners giving a free of charge workspace, at least an artist presentation or a outcome public presentation of outcome of the work.

Many of the projects are carried out with children or youth, but artists actualize the project according to their wishes and collaborate with any group they wish for. Very often shows, performances or events happen in unconventional spaces. Please read about the old projects from our ‘Art Projects’ and ‘Previous artists’ and create one of your own with a new audience :).

The applicant doesn't have to have previous experience as a teacher, but need to prove to be able to carry out the project. RaumArs will give some assistance in producing the accepted proposal for a stipend artist. English (or Finnish and in some cases Swedish) will be the working language and should be spoken reasonably well.

Long-term

Working can also lead to longer-term projects. During the first short residency period the focus is on familiarization with local people and environment, the second and longer period carried out on the following months/ following year as a community project (please mention this in your application if you are planning this).

Application

Working can also lead to longer-term projects. During the first short residency period the focus is on familiarization with local people and environment, the second and longer period carried out on the following months/ following year as a community project (please mention this in your application if you are planning this).

Include your application

• artistic backround
• short project plan/explanation of the project
• a longer project/work plan
• the group you want to work/collaborate with or if you want to work only by yourself.
• portfolio including your CV or CV separately (max 2 Mb). In case of a couple, a work couple or a group, attach each CV.
• please notice to name the portfolio and CV/CVs with the name of the artist/applicant – not as "RaumArs portfolio" or "RaumArs cv", because we get dozens of applications and we don't want yours to be lost.

The Board of Directors, with some of RaumArs collaborators, will be processing the applications in May–June. Selected artists will be informed in June–July and their names will be announced on RaumArs web site and Facebook in August.

Awaiting your applications 🙂