ESR Events
UPCOMING
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UPCOMING ✳︎
ESR Closing Conference
Residents, mentors and partners meet at the Lidice Memorial to present what two years of ESR residencies in Budapest, Dubrovnik and Lidice produced. The day includes talks by international experts, with interpretation in Czech, Hungarian, and Croatian. Residents, mentors and international experts share the results of the European Solidarity Residency.
Launch of the ESR Reader
The three ESR partners launch the ESR Reader, a guide to running inclusive, fully funded residencies, drawn from two years of practice. Free entry.
ESR Online Session with Ruth Noack
Curator Ruth Noack, known for documenta 12 and now a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, leads an online mentoring session for ESR 2026 residents on Wednesday, 30 September, at 2 pm CEST. Everyone who applied to ESR in 2025 and 2026 is invited to join.
ESR 2026 Open House II. — Meet the Partners
ESR 2026 Open House II. — Meet the Partners is a second online session part of the European Solidarity Residency (ESR). This session is your chance to meet representatives from all three ESR partner organisations, hear about their local contexts, mentoring approaches, and the types of projects that thrive in each location.
ESR 2026 Open House I. — How to Apply (Technical Session)
ESR 2026 Open House I. — How to Apply (Technical Session)", an online session part of the European Solidarity Residency (ESR). The event will give prospective applicants a clear, step-by-step walkthrough of the application process for the fully funded 30-day residencies in Budapest, Dubrovnik, and Lidice.
ESR Open Call 2026
The European Solidarity Residency (ESR) announces an open call for a fully funded 30-day residency taking place from 14 September to 13 October 2026. This program fosters solidarity, collective imagination, and professional development for emerging curators and cultural professionals.
ESR Commons Talk II.: “Solidarity in Art in the Croatian and Ex-Yugoslav Context (1960s–70s)” with Darko Šimičić
Darko Šimičić examines solidarity in Croatian and ex-Yugoslav art of the 1960s and 1970s, from the artistic response to the 1963 Skopje earthquake to the post-war Sarajevo scene. The online session is open to everyone who applied to ESR 2025.
ESR Commons Talk I.: “Community-Commissioned Art Around the World” with Daniel Valtueña
Daniel Valtueña speaks about how communities can lead art commissioning and take power away from traditional gatekeepers. The online session is open to everyone who applied to ESR 2025.
WATCH NOW: ESR 2025 Open House II. — Meet the Partners
Rewatch the "ESR 2025 Open House II. — Meet the Partners", a second online session part of the European Solidarity Residency (ESR). This session is your chance to meet representatives from all three ESR partner organisations, hear about their local contexts, mentoring approaches, and the types of projects that thrive in each location.
WATCH NOW: ESR 2025 Open House I. — How to Apply (Technical Session)
Rewatch the "ESR 2025 Open House I. — How to Apply (Technical Session)", an online session part of the European Solidarity Residency (ESR). The event will give prospective applicants a clear, step-by-step walkthrough of the application process for the fully funded 30-day residencies in Budapest, Dubrovnik, and Lidice.
ESR Open Call 2025
The European Solidarity Residency (ESR) announces an open call for a fully funded 30-day residency taking place from 17 November to 16 December 2025. This program fosters solidarity, collective imagination, and professional development for emerging curators and cultural professionals.