Site Specific

We invite applications for "Site-Specific" an artist residency ccurring in Spain’s Ricote Valley, where the Segura River winds through pine-covered mountains and semi-desert lands shaped by centuries of ecological and cultural flux. Site Specific invites performance artists, dancers, choreographers, body artists, artistic researchers and performance makers to create or develop site-specific investigations and performances. We are particularly interested in proposals that engage with ecological entanglements and the tensions between rootedness, decay, metamorphosis, and sustainability. Here, the landscape speaks: of ancient migrations, agricultural intensity, and a coexistence between nature and human. We welcome artists who wish to work not simply in the land, but with it — to trace time, sense memory, and embodiment with the terrain.

Local and global, intimate and expansive, Site-Specific offers space for performance artists, sound artists, social practitioners and interdisciplinary artists to create with attention, care, and radical relationality.

To Apply: please read all details and submit the application form at the bottom of this page. Applications for 1-3 month periods are read on a rolling basis. Spaces are limited and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible for you desired timeframes. 

We Look For Artists

  • already working site-specifically or want to expand their work to site resonate with the unique landscapes of our location

  • exploring water through different mediums and approaches

  • exploring geologic time through different mediums and approaches

  • taking an intertwined approach to site, community, and social practice remain curious and open to discovering new aspects of their work

  • who have researched the specificity of Ricote and share how their work will benefit from and contribute to a site specific residency in our location 

What To Expect

  • Supportive and focused residency environment dedicated to creative research, experimentation, and artistic development

  • Accomodation in an international residency alongside interdisciplinary artists working across diverse practices

  • One guided site walk per week led by curator and performance artist Raegan Truax, introducing multiple sites throughout the Ricote Valley

  • Time to independently revisit and work deeply with a site that resonates with your practice

  • Support from Raegan as you developing site-responsive work without the requirement of a pre-defined project

    • (1-2 mentoring sessions in site per month depending on the frequency desired by the artist)

  • Outdoor working sites, including rocky mountains, the Segura River, and citrus orchards that offer time, space, and inspiration to your creative growth

  • Access to a shared studio space located within the mountain for making, reflection, and material research

  • Opportunity to participate in an open studio / public sharing with fellow artists in residence

  • Informal dialogue with the curating artist around site responsiveness, sustainability, time, ecology, and place

Residency Fee

Single Artist in Individual Room in Shared House

  • One Month: €1000

  • Two Months: €1800

  • Three Months: €2400

Single Artist in Individual Apartment

  • One Month: €1300

  • Two Months: €2400

  • Three Months: €3300

  • 2nd artist in same accommodation = additional €200/month

Application Process & Timeline

Site Specific Residency accepts artists from Feb 1 - June 30

Residencies occur for periods of 1-3 months and start on the 1st

Applications are open year-round and reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Review Process

  • Applications for the 2026 program are reviewed by:

    • Raegan Truax — performance artist, Professor of Embodied Praxis

    • Verónica Peña — performance artist, ON DURATION (2022 & 2024)

    • Manuela Méndez — performing and dance artist, ON DURATION (2024) & DEEP TIME (2025)

Arrival & Departure

  • Artists may access their accommodation after 3:00 pm on the first day of the month in which their residency begins.

  • Artists must vacate their accommodation by 12:00 pm (noon) on the last day of the month of their residency.

  • In the case of a later departure, artists may continue to access shared spaces after check-out.

  • Additional accommodation (1–2 nights) may sometimes be arranged for an extra fee, subject to availability.

Travel & Arrival Information

  • Travel and airport transfers are not included in the residency fee.

  • Upon acceptance, artists will receive a welcome packet with detailed arrival instructions, local travel information, and site-specific logistics.

Getting to the Residency

  • Site Specific takes place in the Ricote Valley, Murcia, Spain.

  • Nearest airports:

    • Alicante Airport (ALC)

    • Murcia Region International Airport (RMU)

  • Major international airports:

    • Madrid (MAD)

    • Barcelona (BCN)

Accessibility Note

  • The residency takes place in rugged, mountainous terrain.

  • Accommodations, studios, and outdoor working sites require walking up steep, uneven hills and navigating staircases and steps.