The Gdańsk Outdoor Sculpture Residency

€4,000 honorarium Maker Level: Intermediate to Professional Deadline: Friday 3 July 2026

THE LIGHTHOUSE

⚒️ The Showcase: The Gdańsk Outdoor Sculpture Residency

Category: The Showcase / International Residency & Public Installation

  • The Opportunity: The Centre for Contemporary Art ŁAŹNIA in Gdańsk is calling for international sculptors to participate in their late 2026/early 2027 public realm residency. They want an artist to design and fabricate a site-specific outdoor sculpture that engages with the city's rich industrial and maritime heritage.

  • The "Lighthouse" Advantage: Gdańsk is an industrial port city—the home of historic shipyards, heavy steel, and iron infrastructure. The curation panel doesn't want delicate gallery trinkets; they want bold, structurally sound work that honors the gritty, industrial identity of the location. A sculptor-blacksmith fits this brief like a glove.

  • The Benefit: Fully funded. The residency provides a €4,000 honorarium, covers all travel expenses, provides free accommodation/studio space, and has a dedicated budget for raw materials and heavy fabrication assistance.

  • Maker Level: Intermediate to Professional.

  • Deadline: Friday 3 July 2026.

The "Gate-Crasher" Status:

  • The Portal: The open call is listed on Polish arts portals and laznia.pl, but the English submission instructions can be buried deep within their PDF attachments.

  • The "Fail-Safe" Key: International selection juries for industrial cities love makers who respect the local trade history. They want to know you can work alongside local fabricators or handle heavy media safely.

  • Direct Action: Bypass the submission form crowd by introducing your structural capabilities directly to the residency curation office.

  • Direct Contact: residencies@laznia.pl

  • The Pitch: "I am a UK-based sculptor-blacksmith specializing in industrial-scale public metalwork. I am preparing my application for the outdoor sculpture residency. Because my practice utilizes raw forge work and structural steel manipulation, my concept will directly dialogue with Gdańsk’s rich shipbuilding and ironworking heritage, ensuring a monument that is both poetically tied to the city and physically built to last."

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