Open Call for RUDA Project 2025 Residency: Landscapes of Recovery!

Illustration

📅 Deadline: November 17, 23:59
📍 Dates: November 24 – December 7, 2025
📍 Location: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine

The residency invites artists from across Ukraine to collaborate on new works exploring the reimagining of industrial landscapes, urban memory, and recovery in times of war.Curated by Kostiantyn Doroshenko, the program will combine research, creative, and public components, including:
● curatorial sessions, artist talks, and lectures;● research excursions to industrial and post-industrial sites of Kryvyi Rih;● public meetings with the local community, workshops, and a final exhibition.
RUDA Project creates a space for dialogue between art, industry, and society—showing that even in cities marked by war, new energy for culture, meaning, and recovery can emerge.
Participation Conditions:
● The residency lasts 14 days in Kryvyi Rih (November 24 – December 7, 2025);● Organizers provide accommodation, logistical support, and materials for artistic work;● Participants will present their results at the final exhibition.
🧡 Apply by November 17 to join RUDA Project 2025 — become part of an artistic community that rethinks industrial landscapes and creates new meanings of Ukraine’s recovery.
Organizer: Kryvyi Rih Center of Contemporary Culture / KRCC
The RUDA Project 2025: Landscapes of Recovery residency is supported by the RIBBON International program in partnership with Jam Factory Art Center, within the framework of the KEY WORK: Art Grants program.
RIBBON is a non-profit platform that supports historical and contemporary Ukrainian art and culture through exhibitions, individual art projects, public programs, and grants. Its mission is to preserve Ukrainian cultural and artistic heritage at risk of disappearance, and to support artists, cultural producers, contemporary practitioners, and institutions across Ukraine in their fight for cultural autonomy.
Jam Factory Art Center is a contemporary art institution that reflects on the challenges of our time and takes a critical stance toward global and local processes in society to foster its development and resilience. Through exhibitions, film screenings, theatre, music, educational, and community-based projects, the center engages people in dialogue and enriches their knowledge and experience.
Kryvyi Rih Center of Contemporary Culture (KRCC) is a civic initiative aimed at developing culture, art, and the creative industries in Kryvyi Rih. Its mission is to unlock the city’s cultural potential and create a stimulating environment for creative industries through the activities of the KRCC institution.

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