The Narva Art Residency (NART), in collaboration with the Narva municipality’s department of architecture and urban planning (ALPA), is launching its second open call for a large-scale public art installation or sculpture. This year it will be placed near the Narva Town Hall building, adjacent to Stockholm square. The installation will also serve as a platform for outdoor exhibitions, offering opportunities to engage and highlight various communities in Narva.
NART will host the selected artist in Narva for a one-month residency from 15 August to 14 September 2025. The artist will be able to be present during the production process of the installation and engage in meaningful exchanges with local people. The selected artist will receive a creative grant of 2,000 euros, and the production of the installation will be supported with a minimum of 8,000 euros. The application deadline is 15 May.
The installation is not intended as a temporary artwork, but it will become part of the urban space long-term, shaping the city environment and daily experience of its people. It will be in a public location and accessible to everyone.
We welcome proposals for installations that can also accommodate outdoor exhibitions. In addition to their visual and sculptural qualities, the installations should be able to support exhibitions consisting of posters or similar formats. This opens the door to highlighting Narva’s communities and development projects, turning the installation into a dynamic, evolving site of dialogue in public space. The idea could be inspired by the open frames in Tammsaare Park in Tallinn or the Kultuurilaev sculpture on Küüni Street in Tartu.
More information: https://www.nart.ee/en/open-call-nair-2025-public-space-installation-residency-in-narva/