Autumn Self-funded Residency in Rural Galicia

O Castro Art Village is a rural creative residency located in an abandoned village in the Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain. The project is dedicated to the regeneration of a heritage rural site through art, creativity, and cultural exchange. Eight traditional Galician stone houses in ruin, two hectares of mixed forest, and a renovated stone barn studio form the creative landscape of the residency.

The programme welcomes artists, writers, filmmakers, researchers, and creative practitioners of all disciplines for self-directed residencies of flexible duration. There is no prescribed theme or outcome. Residents are invited to use the site, its landscape, and its particular atmosphere as creative material, or simply as a space for focused, uninterrupted work. The residency is embedded in a living community: O Castro hosts a variety of cultural programmes throughout the year, including the LuscoFusco music and arts festival, the KinoTerra film initiative, and ongoing international artist residencies. Residents have the opportunity to connect with this community and with the local rural villages of the Ribeira Sacra.