The application for the 2025 residencies is open 1st April – 9th May 2024\. 

  
Please note that our operations will expand and we will be able to move to new premises next to the library at Alfredinkatu 3 in early 2025\. Due to this, the planning of the residency and exhibition periods is still in progress and the periods in the application form are indicative. We apologize for the incompleteness of the situation, but now you can also apply for an exhibition time.

  
* January–May 2025: only residencies

  
* July–December 2025: residency and possible exhibition

  
The application for exhibition period only will be opened later this year.

RaumArs offers an apartment to two or three artists doing a community art project per year free of charge, aims to organize work opportunities and provide material compensation and help in implementing the proposed community art project. Other artists pay a monthly fee. RaumArs supports all artists by covering the remaining living and operating costs of the residence apartment. After being selected, a confirmation fee of €150 is charged per room (non-refundable) and a deposit of €120 (refundable). The artists themselves have to take care of the general living expenses, travel and transportation costs of the artworks.

  
All residency artists have good opportunities to obtain materials for crafts from our partners. Rauma Region Street Mission, Rauma Region Jobseekers and Old Rauma Renovation Centre Tammela can also provide a working space for wood, painting or textile work, especially if you carry out an art project with them. In most cases, workspaces are free of charge, but the use must be agreed on a case-by-case basis and separately.

  
**Community residencies 3–5 months:** For the community artist(s) RaumArs offers free accommodation (value approx. 1200€/month) and in addition RaumArs participates in the project's travel expenses (maximum 300€), material costs (maximum 100€/month) against receipts and helps with practical arrangements. You can also apply for the residency as a working couple, but then the artists share the expenses and the residency room.

  
**World Heritage Residency 2 or 3 months**

* Rauma has two UNESCO World Heritage sites: Old Rauma ja Sammallahdenmäki, which is a Bronze Age burial mound area 20 km east of the city. We especially encourage projects related to Sammallahdenmäki.
* both residence types have an interesting opportunity for collaboration and workspace in the Renovation Center in Tammela.
* 2 months residency is mainly intended for archaeologists, architects or researchers. In return, we expect a lecture, performance or other similar event accessible to the public at the end of the residency period. Reimbursement of travel expenses up to €300.
* 3-month residency for artists of all fields who implement a community/participatory art project. Reimbursement of travel expenses up to €300 and material reimbursement up to €300 against receipts.
* the research or community art project must belong to one of the following topics: world heritage, cultural environment, cultural heritage, archaeology, wood construction or traditional construction.
* Wi-Fi and social facilities are available in Tammela's office premises. The staff of the Tammela and Rauma City Culture and Museum Services help to create contacts with public administration organizations and local residents and entrepreneurs.
* the applicant pays the residence rent, but has the opportunity to apply for a scholarship for accommodation costs from Old Rauma Foundation.
  
  

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