Rupert’s Residency Programme is suited to local and international practitioners working in the cultural field. This includes artists, writers, curators, cultural managers, and academics. Rupert provides the residents with the opportunity to live and create in Vilnius while developing their individual projects and immersing themselves in the region’s creative sphere. Operating in parallel with the education and public programmes, the residency programme offers the opportunity to collaborate with other participants and mentors from various cultural backgrounds and participate in and contribute to Rupert’s programmes.

An open call for the Rupert residency programme is announced once or twice a year. Participants are selected by a panel of Rupert’s members and visiting art experts.

Rupert is now located at Mindaugo 15 in Naujamiestis, near the centre of Vilnius. The residencies are housed in a space formerly occupied by the Lithuanian National Railways Museum, and renovated by the architects Ona Lozuraitytė and Petras Išora. Each resident is provided with a live-work studio (approximately 25 square metres), which can be used as a creative, research space. All studios are furnished and have wireless internet access. The building also has common areas for all residents to share, including a reading room, restroom facilities, laundry, and a kitchen.

Rupert’s residencies are free of charge thanks to the support of the Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius Municipality, Nordic Culture Point, INVL, and our other partners. Rupert’s residents are provided with a creative studio, administrative assistance, consultations, and monthly meetings with Rupert staff and guest curators.

Unless specified by the project, residents must arrange daily maintenance and travel expenses themselves. Rupert’s team can provide letters of recommendation to future residents applying for additional funding.

Photo, Lukas Mykolaitis