Ljusne International Artist Residency

Multidisciplinary Artist Residency in Hälsingland, Sweden

The residency is open to all persons or groups who deem it useful and inspiring to work here. It has a multidisciplinary outreach including artists, cultural workers, researchers and others who have use for this type of work environment.
The residency has no requirements for communication, compensation or belonging to a particular discipline. It is up to the artists themselves how they want to use the resources. 

Ljusne AiR is part of the SWAN Residency Network and produced by the performing arts collective Nyxxx. We are not regularly funded but reach out when possible. 

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Contact: sionsborg@gmail.com | +46 73 7708531

What we offer:

– Accommodation in the house Sionsborg, once a missionary church built in the thirties in the sawmill town Ljusne in Söderhamn municipality 220 km north of Stockholm.
– Guidance on how to connect with the surroundings and histories of Ljusne.
– 3 separate bedrooms. Beds for 5-6 people. Duvets, pillows and linen. One room has a queen size bed. Extra mattresses are available if needed.
– Shared bathroom, kitchen and garden.
– A studio of approximately 200 m2 with a ceiling height of 5 m.
– The studio floor is rough (not optimal for dancing barefoot or floor work, but on the other hand ok to do messy work on. If needed, a dance mat can be arranged.)
– A mix of elegance and rawness: some of the beautiful rooms of the house are undergoing a slow and careful restoration.
– Wifi (fiber).
– Working desks.
– Accessibility: 150 m to the closest train station. 1 km to a bus stop, food store, restaurant, pharmacy and public baths.
– Surroundings with a specific mix of industrial buildings, an active industry, sawmill and harbor.
– Walking distance to the forest, the mountains, the river and the sea.
– The local, regional and national network of artists, culture workers and organizations.

Other conditions:

– Family members, including children, are welcome. If you want to bring pets, ask first.
– If several artists are in residence at the same time, it will be up to them to organize how to share the common spaces.
– Part of the time, the artists in residence will be alone in the house. Part of the time the owners of the house, Ebba Petrén and Teodor Leff, will be there.
– We are cooperating with the local gallery and exhibition organization Konstkraft Ljusne, and they can if needed contribute to the residency with certain material, technical equipment, possibility to work in workshops and so on. 

The residency is produced by the performing arts collective Nyxxx with a network of artists and writers of various kinds in and around Sweden including queer performing artists, contemporary dancers, larpers, playwrights, academics, stage directors etc. Nyxxx have a studio in the south of Stockholm. If the studio is available the artists-in-residens can visit and arrange meetings/workshops.