Visual Arts

Beita

During December 2018, we took part in an ambitious Residency Project. Art BnB was an international project hosted by three participatory culture centers in Jerusalem. Beita, HaMiffal, and Muslala's Terrace in the 'Clal' building opened their doors to 41 artists. Half of them were local, and the others hailed from countries worldwide. Their art included painting, sculpture, video art, design, and architecture. People were able to observe artists and their works in progress. The exhibit was specially designed for display in public areas. Alongside the artists' work, the festival offered a broad program of events, including meetings with the artists, professional workshops, and free interactive events.

http://www.beitajerusalem.com/beita/welcome/?lang=en

Artistic Director: Avital Naor Wexler

E-mail: beitagallery@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0) 25953346

155 Jaffa St., Jerusalem

Muslala

Our community hosts artists, both local and international, from time to time, to work with us. Our vision is to inspire Jerusalem's residents and  

imagine a different possibility of life in harmony: with ourselves, with our fellow beings, and with nature. We work in the heart of Jerusalem at 'Clal' center, a building that has turned into a White Elephant but can be recreated as an oasis of inspiration and a laboratory for new ideas.

http://muslala.org/en/

Director: Matan Israeli

E-mail: matan@muslala.org

Tel: +972(0)524678155  

97Jaffa St., Jerusalem

HaMiffal

An art project that turned an abandoned 19th-century building in the heart of Jerusalem into an art and cultural center. We run a gallery, workshops, a cafe-bar and vegetarian kitchen, an art store presenting local artists, and a multifunctional presentation venue for theatre, dance, concerts, discussions, and screenings. A public space created for and by the public. Anyone interested is invited to join at any time and make an impact. It is a work of art produced by the general public and in a constant state of construction.

http://hamiffal.com/underconstruction

Founder & Director: Neta Meisels

E-mail: neta.meisels@gmail.com

3 Ha-Ma'aravim St., Jerusalem

Kol HaOt
A Jerusalem-based organization that combines the arts with Jewish themes, history, and ideas welcomes visual artists who are fascinated with Judaism’s rich sources, to apply to the Artist in Residence program. The artist will be given a spacious working space at our Jerusalem Center, at no cost, to work on creative artwork(s) that explore the intersection of the arts, Judaism, and Jewish sources. The Kol HaOt Center is located in the inspiring `Hutzot HaYotzer Artists' Colony’, just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls.

http://www.kolhaot.com/residency.html

Director of Marketing: Fern Allen 

E-mail: info@kolhaot.com

Tel: +972(0)29905177

Studio #9, Hutzot HaYotzer, Jerusalem

LowRes

An international residency program at the Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem, invites artists who explore social, political, and economic conflicts to reflect upon their environment in a critical manner during their temporary residence in Jerusalem. The program’s name plays on the concept of “low-residency”, which describes short-term stays, in connection to “low-resolution” as a description of image quality.

http://www.artiststudiosjlm.org/lowres-jerusalem-program.html

Artistic Advisor and Curator: Maayan Sheleff

E-mail: maayansheleff@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)26797508 

26 HaOman St., 3rd floor, Talpiot, Industrial Zone, Jerusalem

Mamuta

The residency program of Mamuta Art & Media Center is devoted to artists, curators, and researchers who are willing to spend a working period in the center. The resident artist will benefit from the center’s technical facilities and will enjoy the opportunity of developing their personal projects and interacting with the artists working in it. A preference will be given to those working on projects that engage art and the local and complex reality.

http://mamuta.org/?page_id=205

Directors: Leah Mauas & Diego Rotman

E-mail: Mamuta mamutita.art@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)25793702

14 Gedaliahu Alon St., Jerusalem

The Hebrew University

The Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences is running an Artist in Residence project aimed at fostering interdisciplinary research and encouraging collaborations that will expand research horizons and lead to new breakthroughs. The project, akin to those at many leading universities around the world, began operating in 2013 and has since hosted three artists, each for a year-long residency.

http://www.art.huji.ac.il/en/artist-residence

Curator: Michal Mor

E-mail: michalmor@savion.huji.ac.il

Tel: +972(0)25882940

Mt. Scopus, Sherman Administration Bldg, 2nd floor.

The studio is located on the Edmond J. Safra Campus, Sherman Building, 5th Floor, Room 503, Jerusalem

The Red House

The Tiroche DeLeon and START Collections Residency Program are located in The Red House in the Shapira neighborhood, Tel Aviv. Until now, the Tiroche DeLeon and START Collections Residency Program focused on immersing resident artists from abroad in Jaffa City and the Middle Eastern atmosphere. Artists set out to the streets or the seaside for inspiration, taking an interest in the culture and environment. The Red House will now allow the Residency to go a step further – and involve our resident artists in the contemporary Israeli art scene.

http://www.st-art.co.il/now/the-red-house

Founder & Director: Serge Tiroche

E-mail: office@st-art.co.il

Tel: +972(0)35169599
START Gallery, 3 Rabi Pinkas St., Tel Aviv

Outset

‘Outset Bialik Residency’ is a residency program for international artists and curators who wish to come to Israel in order to produce new work, for a large-scale exhibition, or for research purposes. The residency can last between 1-8 weeks. During their stay the guests engage with the local art scene and community – art students, artists, curators, art enthusiasts – and conduct workshops and lectures open to the public.

https://outset.org.uk/supported-projects/bialik-residence-tel-aviv-2015/

Residency & Development Director: Nitzan Wolanski
E-mail: nitzan@outset.org.il

Tel: +972(0)63522212

7 Bilu St., Tel Aviv

Artport

A nonprofit organization promoting Israeli contemporary visual art, its core being a residency program for Israeli and international artists. Through additional activities such as conferences, lectures, exhibitions, professional workshops for artists, and an annual art book fair, it serves the general public & the local art scene, promoting relations between art and society. International artists are accepted by invitation.

https://www.artportlv.org/

Director: Vardit Gross

E-mail: vardit@artportlv.org

Tel: +972(0)35182599

8 Ha’Amal St., Tel Aviv

The Lab

An experimental art space that will question through its projects, issues concerning art and experiments, innovation, and avant-garde. Furthermore, The Lab will host a residency program for young and emerging artists, invited to experiment with art - their art - for a period of one month each. The Lab will try to break some conventions and norms of the art world, through the shows that will be exposed in it, by challenging all the components composing the "industry" of the art:  the space, the artwork, the text, the opening of the exhibition and the transparency of doing art, the role of the curator, the artist and the aesthetic object of art.

https://www.sharontoval.com/

Founder & Director: Sharon Toval

E-mail: sharon@modernartisrael.com

119 Hertzl St., Tel Aviv

Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center

Our program offers artists and designers the space and time to create experiment and explore new territories – personal and geographical.

We offer studio space, equipment, materials, and an active ceramics community for sharing and support. Our international programs run for a period of 2 and 4 weeks during the summer months preferably August – October but dates are open for discussion depending on the nature of the project suggested.

https://www.benyaminiceramics.org/en/main-page/the-international-arena/27444-2/

Director: Marcelle Klein         

E-mail: kleinmar@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)35182257

17 Ha'Amal St., Tel Aviv

The Herzliya Artists’ Residence

Since 1995 the Residence has been hosting artists, curators, and researchers so that they may live and operate locally. The program provides the necessary space and time for artwork and multi-layered cultural exchange, offering a professional work environment, and encouraging partnerships between various fields of knowledge in the creative community. The Residence includes three spacious and well-appointed apartments.

http://www.theartistsresidence.org/en/residencies/

Director and Curator: Ran Kasmy-Ilan

E-mail: ran@theartistsresidence.org

Tel: +972(0)99510601

7 Yodfat St., Herzliya

The Israeli Center for Digital Art

The residency program is open for artists, curators, and contemporary art critics and enables residents to stay in Holon and carry out research and production in the context of the society and field of art in Israel. The program is not limited to specific artistic media but rather is based on the expectation that residents’ work will relate to or be influenced by their time in Israel. At this time, the residency program is run on an invitation basis only.

https://cda.org.il

Director: Udi Edelman

E-mail: udi@digitalartlab.org.il

Tel: +972(0)35568792

4 Ha-Amoraim St., Holon

WADI

The Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery residency program was conceived in the perception of art as a social action and the artist as an agent of change in the community. The purpose is to create an effective instrument of social change: encouraging encounter and dialogue among population groups; assisting in narrowing professional gaps between center and periphery in the art world; empowering artistic activity at the local and regional levels; and broadening the array of connections between local/regional activity and national and international contexts.

https://www.ummelfahemgallery.com/

Director: Said Abu Shakra

E-mail: office@ummelfahemgallery.org

Tel: +972(0)46315257

Umm El-Fahem

Arad Contemporary Art Center

Arad Art and Architecture is a residency program in the Negev desert. The small, secluded house on the highest point of the city, overlooking the desert, accommodates a single or a couple of artists, designers, or architects. The house includes two separate rooms with double beds, a closet, and a table. The living room and kitchen are fully equipped. A small empty shop in the industrial area serves as a studio or office of the resident artist. Each residing artist is asked to propose an educational activity with a group of residents from Arad.

https://www.acacarad.org/opencall

Director: Oren Amit

E-mail: acacarad@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)89551531

28 Ben Yair St., 1st Floor, Arad 

AFAR

A residency program for artists is taking place in the stunning natural surroundings of a five stars Carmel Forest Spa Resort. The program aims to create links between the artists, the general public staying at the spa, and its permanent staff. The artists are invited to create and run lectures and workshops in this unique environment. The initiative's main goal is to promote contemporary Israeli art.

https://sharontoval.tumblr.com/archive

Founder & Director: Sharon Toval

E-mail: sharon@modernartisrael.com

Carmel Forest Spa Resort

Tarbut Movement

The residency is a new platform for the action and development of artists and creators in the various fields of art, with an emphasis on encouraging and deepening the commitment of active artists from around the country to the peripheral communities. A cultural movement, with experience in the field of culture and art on the periphery for a decade, wants to invite artists to address the social aspect on the one hand on one hand, on the other, to take a sustained community position and involvement on the ground.

https://www.tarbutmovement.org

Director: Oz Zloof

e-mail: oz.zloof@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)722615550

24 Keren Ha’Yesod, Afula

Literature

Arabesque

An Arts Residency Center located in an Ottoman building in the old city of Acre. Belonging to the award-winning Israeli novelist and translator Evan Fallenberg, it comprises a 300-square-meter renovated house, including a great room intended for an international retreat destination for writers, translators, and other artists. It can also serve for literary, artistic, musical, and culinary events in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.

https://www.arabesqueinacre.com/about/#info_below

Founder & Director: Evan Fallenberg

E-mail: evanfallenberg@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)4823 0517

11/270 El-Harizi St., Old Acre

Dance

Machol Shalem (MASH)

Our goal is to nurture and promote contemporary dance culture in Jerusalem since 2002 by establishing a supportive infrastructure for artists and providing platforms for encounters between Jerusalem’s dance community and the public at large. MASH initiates and produces a diverse array of cultural events throughout the year: performances, workshops, master classes, festivals, and outdoor events.

http://www.macholshalem.org.il/en

Artistic Directors: Ofra Idel & Ruby Edelman

E-mail: machol.shalem@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)547982211

3 HaParsa St., Jerusalem

Stage Center

A non-profit organization, serving as a laboratory for artists of different professions, who seek practical creative exploration and wish to expand, refresh, deepen, and enrich their professional skills. The organization provides professional dancers, actors, directors, scriptwriters, and performers, with a creative environment outside the mainstream institutions with the freedom to investigate, experience, and create new modes of artistic expression.

www.stage-center.org

Founder & Director: Rivi Feldmesser Yaron

E-mail: rivi@stage-center.org

Tel: +972(0)36241654

13 Ametz St., Tel Aviv

Kelim

A Choreography Center which hosts choreographers and dance artists in a residency program that is unique in the Israeli landscape. Artists in Residence receive rehearsal space, artistic mentorship, production support, and the opportunity to produce a new dance piece that will be premiered in the center’s annual “March Hare” festival. Artists in residence are invited to open their artistic processes to the public at various stages, participate in the “Kelim in the Community” Educational and Communal projects, and perform in the center’s venue.

http://kelim.org.il/residencies/?lang=en

Artistic Director: Anat Danieli

E-mail: kelimgraphy@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)39391069

2 Yitzhak Nafha St., Bat Yam

RE-SEARCH

Each year, our residency program gives three choreographers an opportunity to receive a workspace (studio/stage) for a period of three months. During their residence period, the choreographers create a new piece and share their work process with the program’s students.

https://www.re-search-dance.com/english

Artistic Director: Or Marin

E-mail: reasearch.marin@gmail.com

Tel: +972(0)98852359

The Boostan Home for Theater Dance  

1 Hazoran St., Poleg Industrial Zone, Netanya

Theatre

Habait Theatre

This is running a year-long residency program intended to examine cultural differences through practical work. Our vision is to locate inspiring artists from across the globe and bring them to work at the Theatre, where they will work with an Israeli team to create a piece that will be shown both at our theater and in the artists' countries of origin. The theatre operates on the premises of the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio.

https://www.habait-theatre.org.il/he/195/150

E-mail: office@habait-theatre.org.il

Tel: +972(0)39054421

5 Noam St., Jaffa

Music

Perlman Music Program (PMP)

Founded 24 years ago by Toby Perlman, this residency program offers unparalleled musical training to young string players of rare and special talent. With the guidance of a world-class faculty led by Itzhak Perlman, developing the future leaders of classical music within a nurturing and supportive community. It's an intensive 2 ½ week residency program, serving 36 exceptionally gifted violin, viola, cello, and bass students, aged from 12 to 18.

http://www.icm.org.il/the-perlman-music-program-2018/

e-mail: info@icm.org.ilinfo@icm.org.ilnfo@icm.org.il

Tel: +972(0)35466228

25 Louis Marshall St., Tel Aviv

Keshet Eilon

Since 2001, through a joint initiative with the Ministry of Culture, we have been able to put a residency apartment or apartments at the disposal of artists from Israel or abroad for the purposes of writing, preparing concerts and various performances, rehearsals and so forth. Musicians, composers, as well as performers have even been hosted here on more than one occasion.

http://www.keshetei.org.il/

Coordinator: Zipy Matosevich

E-mail: zipymatos@gmail.com

Tel: + 972(0)523738851

Kibbutz Eilon, Western Galilee

Film

The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab

Since its launch in 2011, The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab has become a leading force in the development of groundbreaking feature films by some of the world’s most promising talents.

Each year the Lab selects 12 international writers/directors who are at advanced stages of writing their first/second narrative feature film. The participants are invited to Jerusalem for three working sessions, over an eight-month period.

​The selected projects undergo an in-depth process with one of our acclaimed script editors, after which they are presented to an audience of jury members and decision-makers, highly esteemed film professionals at a celebratory communal event in Jerusalem. The jury awards production prizes totaling $70,000, generously donated by the Beracha Foundation

https://www.filmlab.jsfs.co.il/

lab@jsfs.co.il

4 Yad Harutzim st., P.O.B. 10636 Jerusalem, 9110501, Israel