🎨 Creative residencies are returning to the Las Cigarreras cultural center - registration is open!
📅 Application deadline: June 30, 2025
📍 The project implementation period is from October to November 2025
✨ Supporting contemporary art in Alicante
Alicante , June 12, 2025 - The city's support programme for artists and creative groups , Residencias Creativas, returns to the Las Cigarreras Cultural Centre . This year, 6 projects will be selected , each of which will receive:
- 📆 4 weeks of creative work ,
- 💶 Grant of 2,900 euros ,
- 🛠️ Technical resources ,
- 🏡 Accommodation during the residence period .
🧑🎨 Applications are accepted until June 30, 2025
Registration takes place through the platform 👉 www.concual.es
📌 The website contains all the conditions for participation , document requirements and selection criteria . Only one project per participant or team is allowed.
🧩 Who is eligible to participate in the program?
🔹 Artists, authors, creative associations —
🔹 Age - 18 years and older
🔹 Focus - contemporary art
🔹 2 places reserved for participants registered in the province of Alicante
🔹 The remaining 4 places are for authors from all over Spain
🗣️ Comment from a City Hall representative
Naima Beljilali , Cultural Advisor:
💬 "This program demonstrates the city's commitment to the arts. It stimulates creative research, strengthens interactions between artists and brings very interesting results to the city."
🧠 What do Creative Residencies provide?
🔹 Cultural exchange and professionalization
🔹 Free space for experiments and critical thinking
🔹 Contacts between artists and the city's creative environment
🔹 Developing Alicante as a hotspot for the creative community
🔍 How will the selection process take place?
📋 Projects will be evaluated by a professional committee from the artistic, academic and technical communities according to the following criteria:
- 🎯 Compliance with program objectives
- 🌟 Quality and originality of the project
- 📚 Participant's experience and creative biography
- 🛠️ Realism and feasibility of the idea
📢 Result: a chance for creators and a step forward for the cultural life of Alicante
Residencias Creativas is not just a grant, but an opportunity to make a name for yourself, find like-minded people and implement ideas in the creative atmosphere of the Las Cigarreras center.
🎨 Creativity starts here - apply before June 30!
📎 Details and registration 👉 www.concual.es