Help Us Make More Memories

In our 456 m² industrial space, we give artists the time and space they need to create without life’s daily distractions. By bringing people from all over the world together, we encourage International exchange. Preconceptions and prejudices are lost when people from different cultures spend time together.

Currently, due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are no flights. Our artists are stuck in lockdown in their home countries and can not get here. We are an independent residency and run solely on the fees paid by the artists. No artists, no fees. Rent still has to be paid. You see our predicament.

Our goal remains to empower artists and encourage International exchange. We look forward to when we can have a full studio with the sound of busy artists. The ones who were supposed to come in July have all postponed. October is still precarious, as no one knows when flight restrictions will lift. And it is more than that. Many artists are also facing financial uncertainty because they had quit jobs or given up housing to come here.

We want to be here when things reach the new normal. We have received some of the funding from Germany, but it is not enough.

The PILOTENKUECHE Art Program experience can enrich an artist’s life. Time spent in another country or city with nothing to do but your art can be a catalyst for change. It could also give room for experimentation that may lead right back to what you were doing before coming. The experiences and people the artists, curator and interns encounter often produce relationships that last far beyond the residency.

You, as a supporter, have the ability to empower and encourage artists in a deep and meaningful way.

The money raised will cover rent, utilities and running costs for the remainder of 2020.

If artists are able to join after all, we will fund our International Artist Exchange program. We send one artist a year from Leipzig to participate in Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina. We were in the process of looking for funding for the program when the virus stopped us from making plans.