For more than twenty years, five prominent Rotterdam-based artists’ initiatives have made an essential contribution to the international character of the city’s art scene.
 
Together Duende, foundation B.a.d, Het Wilde Weten, Kaus Australis and Kunst & Complex manage fifteen guest studios, which are used by artists from around the world for periods of three to twelve months. Over the years they have created an extensive and enduring international exchange network that has also afforded artists from Rotterdam the opportunity to take up residencies abroad.

In 2008 these five artists’ initiatives established RAiR – Rotterdam Artists in Residence – to jointly organize artists’ talks, debates and exhibitions. RAiR’s aim is to function as the point of contact between the visiting artists at these five initiatives, the initiatives themselves and the art institutions in Rotterdam and their partner organizations in the Netherlands and abroad.

Beginning 2010, RAiR received a structural funding until 2012 by the city of Rotterdam (DKC). This funding will be used to set up a structure that will enable the five initiatives to continue and improve their residencies.

Click here to subscribe to our mailing list