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SCHLOSS WILLEBADESSEN
PASSAGE RESIDENCY
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PASSAGE RESIDENCY
Vision & Curatorial FrameworkPassage Residency at Schloss Willebadessen offers artists a month of practice at a distance from the pace of urban life. Conceived as a concentrated working period shaped by quiet, continuity, and renewed attention, each session brings together a small cohort selected for the clarity of their artistic voice and their capacity for meaningful dialogue. The residency does not simply host artists; it places them within a carefully composed constellation of practices, supporting focused work while allowing each resident to define their own rhythm.
Throughout the residency, the program includes studio visits, dinners, and encounters with invited curators, writers, collectors, and cultural figures. These moments are offered as opportunities, not obligations. -
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SCHLOSS WILLEBADESSEN
THE RESIDENCY SETTINGSchloss Willebadessen is a former Benedictine convent founded in 1149, later rebuilt in the Baroque period, and secularised in 1810. It is situated in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Eggegebirge, surrounded by woods and lakes.
The residency lasts one to three months. It is designed as an intensive period with limited administrative requirements and no obligation to produce or finish a body of work. Artists are free to use the month to deepen their existing practice, experiment and work with renewed clarity.
The program is open to 4-6 artists per cohort working in:
Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Writing, Dance, Film and Design.Six residency sessions are offered each year from March to September.
In return for participation, each resident donates one artwork produced during the residency to Schloss Willebadessen’s public art collection.
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Please do not hesitate to contact us at residency@passage.art for any further questions. -
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SUMMER 2027
