New residency opportunity in Muscat
Bait al Zubair International Residency Programme provides artists based outside the Sultanate of Oman with the opportunity to work in Muscat for a period of up to one month.
Bait al Zubair, based in the old quarter of Muscat, is a 5
building cultural complex made up of a museum showcasing Omani heritage and
tradition, a four story art gallery which hosts the largest public collection
of Omani contemporary art, a commercial art gallery as well as a newly formed
artspace/café which hosts seminars and lectures. Bait al Zubair also has a 230
seater multi-purpose hall with a full lighting and sound rig as well as a
research library.
Residencies are non-prescriptive and process-based, allowing
visiting artists to develop projects in response to their new environment, or
to conduct research benefiting from Bait al Zubair’s resources.
This new residency programme contributes to promoting the diversity of cultures and practices through international projects. Work in progress will be displayed during an open studio at which audiences have an opportunity to meet the artist and discuss the work.
As an international, nonpolitical, autonomous initiative, Rybon Art Center aims to promote innovation and experimentation of art among established and emerging artists and to explore the possibilities of exchanging ideas and knowledge across ethnic, regional and artistic borders.