Departure and return flights to Chania and Ireland will be organised and provided by the programme.

The arrival flight will be leaving on and around mid January.

Artists will be met at the airport in Chania and transported to their accommodation.

Artists will stay in student dormitories. The rooms have private bathrooms. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is included.

All the above rooms are air-conditioned have telephone and free internet access.

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During the 3 month residency, the artists will work part time with a well established organisation in Chania, the work placements are all based in the creative and/or cultural industries, the placements will further hone the participants artistic professional development and skills in this area.

Please review the artistic work placements below and choose a placement most relevant to your art practice when submitting your application.

All artists will have access to an artistic mentor who will be able to offer guidance and support, weekly mentoring sessions will take place, throughout the 3 months residency.

The type of topics that will be covered are -

• Event management,

• Project coordination

• Budget and financial management

• Marketing

• Writing/communication skills

All artists will be enrolled in an online training tuition course in Entrepreneurship for European Creative Industries, this is a Level 5 award.

The 4 units in the course are:

• Creating personal brand and online presence

• Communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution strategies

• Introduction to business planning for Creative Industries practitioners

• Creative Industries entrepreneurship in Europe

During the 3 month residency, you will be allocated time each week to attend lectures, take part in guided group work and/or complete assignments. Your can find out more about what the course will entail here.

Each artist will receive €560 euro a month to cover living expenses.

Meals will be provided at the accommodation.

A modest amount of financial support will be available for the purchase of art materials depending on the artist.

During the final month of the residency, the artists will showcase their artwork in a self organised exhibition in Chania.

The theme of the exhibition will revolve around how their new surroundings have inspired them, These artworks can vary across connective themes of physical geography, history, social issues community, mythology etc, and will be ultimately decided by the artists themselves.

Local Cretan artists will also be involved in the exhibition to bolster a sense of community and local integration.

At the end of the year there will be an exhibition in Ireland, where the artists from the Breaking the Patterns programme throughout the year will exhibit their artwork.

Each artist will have weekly Greek lessons to help develop their language skills. Artists will also be granted access to Duolingo classrooms to further bolster their language learning.

Artists will be provided with a basic travel insurance that will cover their 92 day residency in Crete.

Capacity Ireland and their local Greek partners will be there to support, offer guidance and pastoral care throughout the 3 month residency.

During the three-month artistic residency, the 6 Irish artists will collaborate with 6 local artists in Crete to create and exchange artistic ideas. This collaboration will culminate in a dynamic exhibition at the end of the residency, where both Irish and Greek artists will present their artworks to the public. This residency aims to foster cultural exchange and artistic growth.