Artist-run space · Trevelin, Chubut, Argentina · 5 programs
Private studios and shared studios. The Galpon&, "Casa de los artistas", is also the communal space for conviviality: a shared bathroom/laundry with shower, sink and washing machine, a kitchen, a shared working/living space with a high working/dining table, the Evolutiv Eclectic Library, a high ceiling space with a huge window facing the valley and the mountains with a cosy mass-rocket-accumulation stove. Several exterior working tables and working areas under the pine trees or near the river.
Tiny private workspace suitable for "clean" practices and small format: drawing, illustration, watercolor, computer work and writing, textile-art, paper-art, photography.
Housing · Private tiny house (bedroom and bathroom, kitchenette, work table, deck) or private upstairs bedroom with bathroom and balcony in a shared house
Private accommodation: private housing on campus (individual apartment/cabin/house) or a private bedroom in a shared housing facility on campus. Studio 2 & 3 (tiny houses) have a private bedroom and bathroom, kitchenette with microwave, work table/desktop, mountain view and a sunny deck. El Galpon & – casa de los artistas has an upstairs private bedroom, small bathroom cabinet with shower, desktop and private balcony, shared kitchen and shared living and art studio. Weekly general cleaning, fresh bed linen and bathroom towels.
Meals
Some meals (at least 2 meals provided). Residents have access to a shared kitchen and to a private kitchen. Optional catering service with a meal prepared every day at an extra cost of 300 USD per month.
Mentorship
Half self directed, half guided residency with punctual group or individual mentorship when needed, to support each project and achieve each-one's book in a 1 month residency from A to Z. The hosts have long experience as graphic designers, artists and authors, in editing and making books of any kind.
Materials
Some basic supplies are included. In the main studio there is a basic supply emergency fund and artists are encouraged when leaving We-Che to deposit supplies and remains of their projects to enrich the emergency supply and material fund. Art supplies are not included in the fee — artists should bring important or specific material they need.
Equipment
Printers + scanner (A4 flatbed scanner, basic black and white laser printer), easels, drawing benches, book arts facilities (manual tools for special folding, paper and cardboard cutting tools, sewing machine, book-binding press), light tables, woodworking tools, lighted drawing table, paper storage units, tripods and stereoscopic cameras (vintage, analog and digital), basic tools for woodworking and metalworking.
Compensation details
Artist stipend 0 USD; travel/material stipend 0 USD; grant/scholarship funding support 0 USD. We-Che art Residency is an independent artist run project and is currently unable to provide financial support for visiting artists. For artists applying for grants and scholarships in their home country We-Che can provide official documents and letters of invitation as necessary.
Residency fee is 1600$/resident, extra weeks can be added (350 usd/week). Residency fee includes: private accommodation and workspace, tools and facilities, some basic supplies, access to the Eclectic Evolutive Library, private bedroom and bathroom, cleaning and fresh bedlinen and bath towels each week, Wi-Fi internet connection, heating, water, electricity and gas costs, Esquel Airport pickup and return, 1 group outing/week for visiting points of interest, 2 outings/week for art supplies and groceries. For more ambitious book projects aiming at a final professional HD printing, an additional complete professional graphic design and production support may be added with extra cost (price based on time and on complexity).
Individual artists and collectives
Requirements
Download and fill the special book project 2026 application form and email it to hola@wecheartresidency.ovh.
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More about eligibility
Open to artists based anywhere in the world. Any stage of career (emerging, mid-career, established). Collaborative residency: must apply and be accepted individually; may apply as a team. Pets are not allowed. Residency length 1 month - 2 months; this special book format has a minimal 1 month duration.
Languages: English, Spanish, French. Residents are asked to take travel insurance including health care and repatriation; upon acceptance a justificative will be asked. Residents are expected to be ready to really intend to achieve at least one book.