Within the framework of the Barcelona Crea 2025 Grants call, the Barcelona Photographic Archive and the La Capella Art Centre are offering a grant in the Visual Arts Creation category in the format of an artistic creation residency.
This initiative continues the alliance that the two facilities promoted in 2024 with the pilot residency carried out by the artist Irena Visa at the facilities of the Photographic Archive and which was curatorially supported by La Capella.
The Barcelona Crea Grants aim to contribute to maintaining the city's cultural and scientific momentum by offering resources to develop processes of artistic research and innovation. These grants are intended to support the pre-production processes that accompany the creation of artistic proposals (conceptualization, gestation, research, experimentation, documentation, etc.). One of the modalities, out of 16 offered for the 2025 edition, is being called by the Barcelona Photographic Archive with the La Capella Art Centre.
This alliance between the two facilities dates back to 2024 with Irena Visa's artistic creation residency in which the artist worked with the photographic funds and collections kept in the Archive's facilities and had the curatorial support of La Capella.
The grant that is being announced for the 2025 edition (modality B.2) Creation in Visual Arts – Barcelona Photographic Archive and La Capella, is aimed at supporting proposals for artistic creation in the field of Visual Arts with a clear specificity: the central interest in archival practices, working methodologies through the image and the desire to do a residency at the Barcelona Photographic Archive, thus testing possible ways of analyzing, dynamizing and rereading its photographic collection.
The selected candidate will have a workspace at the Archive headquarters for a maximum of 7 months (from September 2025 to March 2026). The Barcelona Photographic Archive will make its photographic collections and funds available to the resident artist, as well as the support of its technical team, and La Capella will provide curatorial support throughout the period.
The participation requirements, the application period and other practical information can be consulted on the Beques Barcelona Crea 2025 website.
https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelonacultura/ca/suportcultura/beques-barcelona-crea-2025
You can listen to the briefing session from Monday, March 3rd here:
Links:
Barcelona Crea 2025 Scholarships
https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelonacultura/ca/suportcultura/beques-barcelona-crea-2025
Irena Visa
Barcelona Photographic Archive
https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/arxiumunicipal/arxiufotografic/ca