Socially Engaged Art Residencies in Spain

CACiS El Forn de la Calç

Calders, Spain

The CACiS El Forn de la Calç is a private non-profit artist residency program founded in , dedicated to contemporary art and sustainability in a rural setting near the Spanish Pyrenees. It annually hosts selected projects in visual arts, performing arts, performance, thought, landscape intervention, education, science, art, ecology, and research. Located in a representative lime kiln complex, it supports experimentation, investigation, and dissemination of artistic practices.

Centro Huarte

Uharte Huarte, Spain

Centro Huarte in Huarte, Spain, is a contemporary art center that hosts artist residencies focused on research, production, and engagement with local communities and contexts, often in collaboration with organizations like CAPP, Idensitat, and Etxepare. Residencies typically involve hybrid models combining studio work, public exhibitions, and social immersion, with past examples including architecture labs, care practices, and transversal aesthetics projects lasting from one to six weeks. The program emphasizes artistic experimentation in visual and plastic arts, connecting artists with the surrounding villages near Pamplona.

PACA_Proyectos Artísticos Casa Antonino

Gijón, Spain

PACA_Proyectos Artísticos Casa Antonino is an artist-run space founded in by Virginia Lopez in a rural farmhouse near Gijón, Spain, focusing on contemporary art, environmental practices, community engagement, and artistic education through international residency programs. Residencies emphasize site-specific interventions that foster connections with the local community, landscape, history, and territory, promoting cultural, social, and environmental interpretations. The program provides workspace, housing in the traditional Casa Antonino farmhouse, and support including logistics, networking, curatorial feedback, and public presentations.

Who Cares?

Huarte, Spain

Who Cares? is a Creative Europe-funded artist residency program focused on care practices and interdependence, hosted by Centro Huarte in Huarte, Spain, as part of a collaboration with Idensitat (Barcelona), SPACE (London), Rupert (Vilnius), and Grey Area (Korcula). The residency takes place in Habitación, a hybrid residency-exhibition space at Centro Huarte that serves as both workspace and public exhibition area on weekends, with artists receiving mentorship and sharing their process online. It ran from 1 September to 24 October (potentially extended for international artists), emphasizing integration with local communities.