AAIR (Antwerp Artists in Residence) grants time, space and mobility to artists. AAIR operates both as an artist residency and a provider of studios, with the aim of fostering a dynamic and sustainable context for artistic work, at the intersection of local development and international exchange.
As a studio provider, we rent out workspaces in a growing number of buildings around the city. We currently provide studios to over 200 local artists and creatives across 15 locations. Our team ensures that they are affordably priced and well-maintained. We also actively engage in debates on studio policies and organize yearly open studio days.
As an artist residency, we run a development program for local artists and set up international residency exchanges with partners around the world. Each resident is provided with financial, practical and curatorial support to develop their practice or project in an open environment that encourages critical dialogue and artistic experimentation.
Located behind the Antwerp Zoo and Central station, the residency building is at once a workplace and a meeting place, and also occasionally hosts presentations. The former monastery adjacent to it houses the residency studios and garden, which we share with our partner Kunsthal Extra City.
Ploegstraat 27
2018 Antwerp
info@aair.be
Studio Start vzw:
General director:
Greet Vlegels
e: greet@aair.be
t: +32 (0)494 54 87 03
Space and graphic design:
Steven Holsbeeks
e: steven@aair.be
t: +32 (0)486 68 92 70
Finance:
Youssef Tarrahi
e: boekhouding@aair.be
t: +32 (0)3 430 80 20
Building manager:
Philippe Verdonckt
e: philippe@aair.be
t: +32 (0)474 56 48 77
Board of administrators:
Bruno spaas, Seppe Jespers and Barbara Wijckmans
AIR Antwerpen vzw:
Residency coordinator:
Marie Vandenbosch
e: marie@aair.be
t: +32 (0)496 255 101
Board of administrators:
Olivier Onghena and Philip Huyghe
Artistic advisory board AAIR:
Grégory Castéra (co-Director, Council, Paris), Marnie Slater (artist, Brussels), Michiel Vandevelde (Programmer, deSingel, Antwerp), Guy Woueté (artist, Douala/Antwerp), and Joanna Zielińska (Senior Curator, M HKA, Antwerp).
Graphic design:
Indianen
Website:
atelier Haegeman Temmerman
