CubaSeen Artist in Residency in Havana
If you ever dreamed of spending an extended period of time in Cuba simply making art, then this residency is ripe for your consideration. Run by CubaSeen and Santa Fe Workshops, this nine-day residency in Havana offers an immersive program that provides time and space to focus on your creative process inspired by the culture of the city’s thriving arts scene with structured direction and feedback from Cuba’s fine-art professionals.
This is a unique opportunity to travel to Cuba legally while enjoying constructive artistic feedback mixed with unstructured time to think, feel, and create art. The residency culminates with an exhibition at a gallery space in Old Havana.
This residency allows you the time to explore, reflect, and engage your natural curiosity as an artist with support and feedback from influencers in Havana’s sophisticated art community. Homebase is CALIS HAVANA, a boutique hostel in the leafy suburb of Vedado. This renovated 20th Century mansion includes comfortable guest rooms with shared common areas to meet, review work, and share meals.
In addition to accommodations and workspace, the residency offers structured critiques with Cuban artists and curators including Nelson Ramírez de Arellano, Director of the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center and Havana Art Biennial. Visits to galleries and artist’s studios further enrich the program’s outreach.
This residency complies with US Treasury Department General License requirements for legal travel to Cuba.
Residency Program Information
Residency Program Summary
Application Information
A project application must be submitted within 10 days of registration before final approval is granted to attend the residency. Details will be sent after registration is received.
$6,695. Includes hotel accommodations for nine nights; full breakfast daily plus ten group meals; field trips, daily transportation into Old Havana, critique and review sessions; up to five exhibition quality prints; and all entrance fees to Fabrica de Arte Cubano, Biennial Events, and other private events. Airfare to/from Havana is not included, as well as additional meals, required Cuban health insurance, recommended travel insurance, and Cuban visa.
Participants make their own air travel arrangements to arrive in Havana between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm on Monday, March 18 and return to the U.S. from Havana on Wednesday, March 27 between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Tampa are good connection points in the U.S. You may need to consider staying over the night before your Havana flight. Once the trip is confirmed, additional information and travel details are provided. We cannot help facilitate travel extensions.
Accessibility
Many areas in historic Havana lack accommodation for accessibility. Participants should be in very good health with good stamina and mobility, as long days will include walking, occasionally up steep stairs, steep hills, and along uneven terrain.
Housing & Accomodation
Studio & Facilities
You are provided a shared workspace during the residency, but must bring your own equipment and supplies. Art supplies can be extremely difficult to find in Cuba, so you must bring everything you need to create your work and be self-sufficient. Private studio space can be arranged for an additional fee.