studio 459 artist residency opportunity

We are excited to be partnering with Studio 459 and their co-living residency programme to support socially engaged artists from Southend, Liverpool and Peterborough.

Studio 459 is a new co-living artist residency space, set in the beautiful, forested hills on the outskirts of Tomar (UNESCO world heritage site) in central Portugal. Hosted by partners Mark Richards and João Gravanita (and their dog Poppy!) on their small farm, it offers artists from all disciplines the opportunity to explore their practice and creativity in a new international rural context whilst sharing their domestic and studio environment with other creatives. It is a space for artists to live and work in proximity and engage in collaborative or solo research.

Studio 459 aims to be a place for learning from nature and the local environment, history, daily shared practices and each other. We are interested in the exchange between people, ideas, methodologies and disciplines. This is activated through the physical sharing of living and working spaces, food, and experiences in a domestic context.