The following month Rucka will host artists from WasteArt project – Justin Tyler Tate (CubeFarm) , Varvara Guljajeva (Plastic Land), Annechein Meier and Gert-Jan Gerlach (Microclimate take over), Ieva Krūmiņa (The Field of Desires), Johanna “Hanuka” Lohren and Gatis Kreicbergs … Continued
Last week 11 artists from all over the world came together in the Rucka Artist Residency in Cēsis to launch WasteArt artistic campaign “NOT out of sight, NOT out of mind” with a common goal to urge people about a … Continued
We’re happy to announce artists for 2019 spring season to work on their projects in Rucka. It was not easy to select 12 out of 51 applications. Selected artists: Andrii Dostliev (Poland) Sarah Pannell (Australia) Marja – Leena Valkola … Continued
Jeremie says: They are Ainārs, Dāvis, Dzmitry, Emīls, Ilja, Ivo, Ivo, Nils, Oskars and Rainers. They are between 16 and 21 years old and live at the Cēsis Juvenile Detention Center (CAIN). We worked together in January and February 2018, … Continued
On July 15-30 the Summer School “Freedom Street” of the Platform of European Theatre Academies (PLETA) takes place in Rucka Residncy, Cēsis. 26 young theatre makers from 8 European countries are getting to know Cēsis and Latvia, and creating 6 … Continued
Rucka Artist Residency is happy to announce an OPEN CALL for residencies in Spring 2019. Deadline for the residency application 1 September 2018. Description of artist residency programme The aim of residency programme is to bring together artists from different … Continued
Rucka invites everyone to spring artist expositions on 26th of May at 7 pm. Every Artist in Residence will present their work and all together invite to barbecue evening. You can bring food and beverages of Your choice. Evening plan, … Continued
We are glad to announce opening of exhibition by Zulema Galeano “FLY” on November 9 at 6.30 p.m in Art Space “MALA” , Cesis. Zulema is Artist in Residence 2017 of Rucka Residency centre in Cesis. Zulema Galeano, visual artist (Born in … Continued
Rucka Artist Residency is pleased to announce the selection results of RUCKA Artist Residency programme. The Selection Committee have selected 16 artists from proposals that were submitted from all over the world for the open call Spring 2018. The one-month … Continued
We are glad to announce opening of fashion exhibition by Monika Zabel “Urban Piligrims – Positions in Advanced Fashion” on October 24 at 5 p.m in Cesis Exhibition hall. Monika is Artist in Residence 2017 of Rucka Residency centre in … Continued
Monika, a fashion designer based in New York and Hamburg, and will be staying for two months as a resident of RUCKA in Cesis to develop her new collection and exhibition, Urban Pilgrims – Positions in Advanced Fashion. She … Continued
Delphine Wibaux is a young French artist in residency in Rucka from 11th September until 10th October 2017. Her works connect up photography, installation, sometimes performance and sound. Living in Marseille, she proposes some pieces of art alone … Continued
05. – 24.09.2017. the photo exhibition “Surveillance” by Valentyn Odnoviun is on view at Cesis New Castle barn exhibition hall. Valentyn Odnoviun spent two months in Cesis as part of the Rucka Arts Centre Residency programme in 2016/2017. During that period, he … Continued
“The Anthropocene Cookbook: Eating for Our Survival” is an artistic research project investigating the future cuisine of humanity. To sustain the soon-to-be 9 billion global population we cannot count on Mother Earth’s resources anymore. The project investigates the most innovative … Continued
Rucka Artist Residency is happy to announce an open call for residencies in Winter/ Spring 2018. Rucka Artist Residency programme is open to arts professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to film, photography, multimedia, … Continued
We are looking forward to welcome in Rucka recipients of sholarship of Nordic-Baltic Mobility programme – Ulvi Haagensen (Estonia/Australia), Zane Cerpina (Latvia/Norway) and Stahl Stenslie (Norway), Anna Sörenson(Sweden) and Daniel Rydh (Sweden), Valentyn Odnoviun (Lithuania/Ukraine) and recipients of scholarship … Continued
On Sunday night, 21st of November, a fire broke up at Rucka Artist Residency. Thanks God, here were no people at the building at that moment and we managed to save all the professional video, photo and editing equipment. Today … Continued
In October we had our first guest in Rucka Artist Residency programme 2016 – 2017. We welcomed a photographer Valentyn Odnoviun from Lithuania, one of the recipient of the scholarship of Nordic-Baltic Mobility programme. Valentyn Odnoviun about residency: “During the first month … Continued
We are proud to announce the recipients of scholarships for the Rucka Artist Residency programme for 2016 – 2017. There was remarkable interest in the residency programme and the residency centre received more than 250 proposals from all over the … Continued
Young photographer Toms Harjo photo exhibition “Hidden Guards” created during Rucka Artist Residency “Small strategies” program is exhibited in the windows of Riga Street in Cesis. It consists of anonymous portraits of people who are working behind the scenes of our lives.