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This is a filmed art residency. We will film you occasionally while working and we will record an interview with you on camera. You should be prepared to be filmed and photographed while working and during sightseeing programs organized by the Art Colony.

Our aim is to document visiting artists and to publish a short YouTube film about the art residency of each group of vising artists.

Exhibition of the artworks produced during the residency is the peak of the art residency. It is mandatory for all artists to participate in that exhibition.

Please note that the space is limited, therefore a maximum of 6 artworks can be exhibited per artist.
There are 2 additional mobile walls available for 2 more artworks, and 2 wooden stands for 2 more artworks.

Art Colony curators may select the artworks to be exhibited in the event that one artist produces a larger number of artworks that exceeds the space of the venue.

Please note that we do not provides frames for the artworks, except the wooden frames on which the canvas is stretched. We do provide limited number of frames with “glass” for some artworks created on paper. Please also note that the color of the walls at the exhibition venue cannot be changed, and will remain white.

Those artists who do not wish to stretch their canvas to the wooden frames, have to stretch the canvas to the Masonite boards in the available sizes.

Please note that artists are expected to prepare their artworks for hanging at the exhibition, and should wrap them before and after the exhibition with the provided material.

The physical exhibition will be open for a limited time period 3-9 days only. The online exhibition will be accessible for an entire year.

The Art Colony will publish an online catalog for the exhibition.

A printable version will be available for those artists wishing to print it on their own expense.

The residency includes accommodation in a single room for 2 persons in a private guest house (80 m2). The guest house includes a toilet and a shower, kitchen, living room and 2 bed rooms, plus 2 shaded and roofed terraces.

Important to note, you are not staying at a hotel, but a private guest house. During your art residency, You will be hosted by a family.

The guest houses are used in the summer season. They are situated in a remote, rural village and are not equipped with air conditioning. However, we provide ventilators for cooling and a wood fire stove for heating to ensure your comfort.

Please check facilities of the guest house on its page.

Due to the location’s rustic nature, residents should be prepared for a simple, back-to-basics experience, fully embracing the charm and challenges of rural living.

• 10 x Talens Acrylic paint 200 ml
• 100% cotton canvas 5 m x 110 cm 300 gr
• Mazonite boards with white side for painting
• Fabriano Accademia 50 sheets 120 gr 30 x 42 cm
• Hahnemühle artist draw block paper 25 sheets 265 gr 30 x 40 cm 
• pencils
• stand
• charcoal
• water colors colors
• color draw pencils
• mediums for acrylic paint
• 5 wooden frames various sizes: 100 x 100 cm and 60 x 80 cm and 120 x 100 cm
• ink
• brushes.

Any other needed art materials should be brought by the artist.

There are plenty of Recreational programs nearby. In the summer season, The Art Colony will organize 2 swimming occasions in nearby lakes, 1 occasion of hiking in nature, and bicycling.

In the winter / spring season, the Art Colony will organize 1 visit to the thermal baths, 2 hiking in nature and bicycling.

Other non supported programs are available at the expense of the artist provided by third parties, please check the art residency pages.

The Art Colony will organize a visit to 2 leading art museums in Budapest.

The Art Colony will also organize a visit to the gallery’s street in Budapest.

The Art Colony will provide up to date information about any other museums and exhibitions. Interested artists should visit those by themselves on their own expense.

The Art Colony will organize Sightseeing tours in the following Hungarian towns: 

1. Budapest (1 day)

2. Székesfehérvár (half day)

3. Tihany and lake Balaton (half day)

4. Mór (half day)

5. Tata, Majk (Half day)

Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Art.

The Art Colony will provide visiting artists with 2 meals a day:

• 1 hot meal daily (lunch) delivered to the guest house daily at 14:00, except where lunch is held at HQ.
• 1 cold meal (breakfast) (weekly delivery)

Visiting artists may cook their dinner at the kitchen of the guest house. Artists may shop their groceries at their own expense in one of 3 shops in the village or in one of the 6 supermarkets in the town nearby (5 km, 10 minutes by bus).

The Art Colony provides Hungarian and Palestinian meals.  Artists may select either of the following menus:

•  Local (includes pork) or
• Halal or
• vegetarian.

The Art Colony will provide Airport transfer (BUDAPEST Airport) for all visiting artists to and from the Art Colony.

Artists spending their last night in Budapest will have t o arrange their airport transfer from their Budapest Hotel on their own expense.

The tap water is clean and cold and comes directly from the mountains.

Artists who wish to drink mineral water should purchase it at their own expense from the local shops.

The Guest House is cleaned on a weekly basis. However, visiting artists are expected to keep the place clean at all times.   All cleaning materials are provided and there is a small hoover in the house.

Please note that cleaning does not include dish washing.

Bed sheets and towels are replaced on a weekly basis.

Laundry i s taken care of on a weekly basis. Garbage is collected on a weekly basis.

Visiting artsis may use the Art books library.

Some books are found in the guest house, while the bulk of them are in the offline library on the computer of the Art Colony.

Internet access is limited in this rural area, WIFI is provided free of charge up to 5 GB / week. Artists requiring more internet must purchase it at their own expense from the local telecom companies, or use the unlimited free internet at the headquarters of the Colony.

The Guest House is equipped with an espresso machine, Nescafe, tea, water heater, milk, lemon and sugar.

home made honey may be purchased in the village.