NAC Residency Programme 2026

NAC is seeking applications for its international residency programme in 2026 from participants from a diverse range of practices. Application deadline: 31 March 2025 The Individual Residency programme at Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) offers selected participants the opportunity to live and work in Nida, Lithuania, for a period of two to five months. The goal of the residency programme at NAC is to provide participants with time, space and focus, and the opportunity to gain insight into the practices of fellow residency participants and diversify their own outlook through this exchange. NAC regularly works with artists and researchers with an interest in the fields of history, ecology, politics, social sciences, visual culture and cross-disciplinarity. The programme is also open to designers, architects, researchers, theoreticians and curators, as well as practitioners working with performing arts, sound, material research/craft, and film. This list is not exhaustive and proposals for a residency by professionals from other fields are always welcome. While the residency programme doesn’t have predefined outcomes, the participants are expected to organise one public individual activity in relation to their practice, enriching the NAC environment of exchange and collaboration. The residency does not offer or facilitate exhibitions or studio visits on a regular basis. Since the premises are shared with students, NAC programme participants, and other guests, residents may have the opportunity to participate in study courses, workshops, or other events regularly organised and/or hosted by NAC. The residency programme can host up to five participants at a time. It is not open to BA or MA students. NAC is situated within the particular and distinct landscape of the Curonian Spit, a 98 km-long sand dune shared by Lithuania and Russia, overgrown with forests, separating the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site where forests planted over the last 200 years have formed an environment dedicated to managing natural eolian processes. NAC is a subdivision of Vilnius Academy of Arts and in addition to the international residency programme, NAC organises and commissions art and research projects, events and exhibitions, and hosts study courses for BA, MA students and PhD fellows. NAC is a hybrid organisation: a site for art education, production, gatherings, leisure, and focused individual and group work – open to everyone but specifically aimed at the cultural community.