Artist In Residency Mission:
To have ongoing functional relationships between artists, community, and the environment. We seek artists who find pleasure in engaging in art with a holistic approach and respect for the natural world. Artists are encouraged to develop and experiment in their medium while creating works that would thematically contribute to the functionality and aesthetic of the various aspects of the property.
Residency Overview
How Long Is a Residency?
Selected artists are offered residencies with a duration between 1 and 3 months and are provided free accommodation, studio workspace, and access to tools and facilities relevant to their specific medium. In turn, artists are obliged to donate a piece of work created during their time at the residency and conducive to Sanctuary Slimane’s mission.
Use of the natural environment
Artists are encouraged to develop and experiment in their medium while creating works that would contribute to the functionality and aesthetic of the various aspects of the property in forms such as but not limited to: murals, sculpture, mosaic, stucco relief, installations, and creative landscaping functioning with elements of the permaculture garden, functional architecture for wildlife and animal sanctuary, photography, video, 3D projection, accouterments for leisure, yoga, and fitness. Art created while at the residency not intended to stay on-site will be showcased for merchandising, artist promotion, or be donated back to the artist.
Opportunities to visit the old city medina to meet local artisans and learn about their craft and techniques unique to the Moroccan culture will be arranged on an ongoing basis specific to the artists' program.
