Nadas'a Bırak

Images: (top left) artwork Nadia Ratah | photo Rabia Başa, (bottom left) Nadia Ratah during NB Spring 2019 | photo Katie Nadworthy, (right) NB Spring 2019 | photo Atlas Timur, 2019

Nadas’a Bırak Artist Residency Programme opened its doors in Spring 2019. It was held for the second time in Fall 2019, and finally in Spring 2021 with a special hybrid online-in-person edition. The residency offered space for artists and creative individuals seeking to develop their work among a supportive and sustainably-minded community. Each iteration of the programme spanned three weeks, offering studio space, group meetings, co-working hours, artists talks, and studio sharings for artists to connect with one another and the wider NADAS community. The residency culminated in an exhibition and open studio event, where artists had the chance to share their experiences and works developed during the programme with visitors from around the world.

Images: (left) artwork Siti Fatimah Mustaffa | image Rabia Başa, (top right) artwork Veysel Dasci | photo Katie Nadworthy, (bottom right) Beenish Khalid during NB Spring 2019 | photo Katie Nadworthy, 2019

Residents were offered: a one-three week residency period · access to a private studio space ·  access to a shared living room, balcony, garden, and kitchen · daily co-working hours and check-ins with the NB team · weekly group meetings · weekly virtual studio visits with local and international artists, and previous Nadas’a Bırak residents · vegan lunch, plus tea and coffee throughout the day · optional online and in person yoga classes · participation in an online / in-person final exhibition and open studio event  · optional artistic and curatorial support  · opportunity to join NADAS’s creative community.