Open Call For Artists:

E75 art journey through Europe: Norway (Finnmark) – Finland – Estonia -Latvia – Lithuania – Poland – Slovakia – Hungary – Serbia – North Macedonia – Greece

Deadline 6 January 2025

E75 PROJECT AND ARTIST RESIDENCY

The E75 Art Bus is an art journey exploring the E75 road through Europe. E75, or Europe Road 75, is a 5 639 kilometer long route that starts from Vardø in Norway and ends at Siteia in Crete, Greece. E75 Art Vehicles is a project by Artists’ Association MUU and the Northern cultural magazine Kaltio. Project is part of the Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture Programme.

The project will host artist residencies together with an international residency network in 2025. The art journey itself along the European E75 route takes place in April-May 2026. The new artworks produced in the project will be experienced along the road and on the bus. The resident artists for the project are selected through an open call.

Roads connect European nations and people to each other. The E75 project creates both new geographical and new mental connections: the art bus unites the Mediterranean to the Arctic Ocean simultaneously with artists from eleven countries to each other and to active people in dozens of communities on the way. On the open call, we create and discover works that reflect upon universal European themes: democracy, giving peace a chance, and possible futures for our continent. In addition, artists can suggest projects pertaining to the technology and history of travel and communication.

RESIDENCIES

The E75 residencies take place from April to June 2025, ranging from 6 weeks to 2 months. The artists are expected to present their work during the E75 Art Bus journey (Oulu – Siteía – Vardø – Oulu, 9 April – 18 May 2026). The duration for artists’ participation for the journey will be negotiated with the artists later.

The partners in the residency network are

• Pikene på Broen (Kirkenes, Norway)
• Komafest AS (Vardø, Norway)
• Kulturpilot – Laboratoriet for kunst, kultur og stedsutvikling (Vardø, Norway)
• Gjesteatelieret i Vadsø, Finnmark fylkeskommune (Vadsø, Norway)
• Art Center KulttuuriKauppila (Ii, Finland)
• Art Center Haihatus (Joutsa, Finland)
• Instytut B61 & Toruńska Agenda Kulturalna (Toruń, Poland)
• Malý Berlín (Trnava, Slovakia) 
• Μεταξωτο / Metaxoto (Chania, Greece)

We accept applications from professional artists resident in the regions of the E75 Art Bus route: Finnmark (Norway), Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece.

The applicant can apply for any residency place or specific residencies according to their working methods and other requirements. The artists will not be allocated to residencies in their home countries.