Our Artist-in-Residency Program
The Purnati Artist-in-Residence Program has been a part of the foundation since its inception. Individual artists of all disciplines are invited to submit proposals for projects. These are completed during an extended stay on our compound for a minimum per diem fee for full room and board.
Purnati can assist in supporting such programs or it can be a self-facilitated, independent retreat. We ask that such project stimulate exchange of ideas and to inspire collaborative understanding. A free public performance or exhibition is usually organized at the end of the workshop for the community.
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ELETTRA BOTTAZZI
Italy
Discipline: Curator/Art Historian/Researcher
In Residence: November 1 – December 24, 2022
Elettra Bottazzi is an Italian curator, art historian, researcher, archivist. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Amaneï, a non-profit organization and cultural center based in Salina (Aeolian Islands, Italy) that promotes and supports artists’ work and research through artist-in-residence and international exchange residency programs.
ELIA NOVECENTO
Discipline: Visual Artist
In Residence: November 1 – December 24, 2022
Elia Novecento is an Italian artist. From a young age, he began working with graffiti. The colors, elements and symbols of the Rome street art soon sparked in him an interest in the composition of geometries. From his professor, the artist Cesare Tacchi, he learned about the Roman School of Piazza del Popolo and elected painting as his favorite medium.
EVAN SILVER
Discipline: Writer | Director | Composer
In Residence: May 1 – May 20, 2021
It has been a great joy to return to Purnati for a second artist residency, in large part because the space has been instrumental to my creative and spiritual development over the years. During my stay in 2016-17, I wrote and directed a bilingual dance-drama based on a Javanese folk tale in collaboration with dancers and musicians from across the archipelago, with performances at Purnati and the Agung Rai Museum of Art.
ELLIE CHADWICK
London, United Kingdom
Discipline: Director
In Residence: September 1 - September 30, 2017
On this two-week theatre arts residency run by Avalon International Academy, participants were introduced to a variety of traditional Balinese arts including Legong, Gambuh, Gamelan, Wayang Kulit, Kecak, and mask-painting alongside seminars and workshops in intercultural practice, yoga sessions, and sound healing. The residency also included trips to performances, ceremonies, temples and other cultural sites and events in the Ubud area.
ELLEN C. CALDWELL
California - USA
Discipline: Writer, Educator, and Art Historian
In Residence: December 1 - December 30, 2016
I came to Yayasan Bali Purnati with the goal of meeting and interviewing artists all over Bali so that I could return home to California to write about them. I wanted to do this to expose more Americans and more of my art history students to contemporary artists practicing in Bali, and to help grow a wider audience for each artist. I am an art lover more than an art critic, so I really enjoyed getting to immerse myself in the arts here.