Spring and cookies

The long snowy winter has ended and it’s time to take out the rakes and brooms. The constructions in Maajaam finally start to see the finishing point and the garden needs attention as well. 2023 is a very important year, because we can say that Maajaam is ready. We are planning for an opening event on June 17th, so if you are in the region, please come visit. Announcement about the event comes in the next newsletter. So stay tuned and happy springtime!

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Wild Bits Open Call results

Wild Bits final open call received 318 applications. We got many really exciting projects and had to make some difficult decisions. Our curatorial board picked 7 artists or teams, who can develop their projects this summer during our residency camps. We will present these works in summer 2024 during the Wild Bits outdoor exhibition that is in the main programme of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024. In 2023, selected works will be premiered at open air park Savvala in Latvia.

Wild Bits 2023 residency artists are: Uģis Albiņš; Jeanne Harignordoquy; Janis Polar; Greg Orrom Swan; Anna Tamm & Vinzenz Leutenegger; Andreas Zißler, Fabian Lanzmaier & Klemens Kohlweis; Varvara & Mar.

Picture above is from Wild Bits 2022 residency camp.

Accept All Cookies

Last week Maajaam founder Timo Toots opened his solo exhibition “Accept All Cookies: A selection of Works from 2008–2023” in the Tartu Art House. Exhibition looks back on Timo’s art projects organized in three interconnected thematic blocks: “Physical vs. Virtual Space”, “The Ethics of Using Personal Data” and “Media-Entertainment-Politics”.

Exhibition will stay open until 14th of May and you are very welcome to visit!

LOORE call for Ukrainian artists

Maajaam is one of the founding members of newly established Estonian Creative Residencies network LOORE. LOORE announces its first open call that is directed to Ukrainian artists for 2-month paid residency.

Deadline for Applications: 14th of April
Notification of all artists: 1st of June

This open call presents 8 different opportunities in Estonia: Tartu Art House, Arvo Pärt Centre, CopperLeg Residency, Eesti Kirjanduse Selts, TYPA, Massia, Maajaam.

Borderless culture in Tartu

Maajaam participates in the international forum “How Borderless Is Culture?”.

The event is organized by the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 and the Estonian Creative Residencies Network LOORE and takes place on May 18 and 19 at the Estonian National Museum. On May 19th there is an organized bus tour of South Estonian residencies that also stops by Maajaam.