Practising Togetherness – Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

We invite you to apply for the open call entitled Practicing Togetherness for an artistic residency at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw. 

In 2026, Ujazdowski residencies will become a space for activities focused on reflecting on togetherness, collaboration, and the relationship in post-human world in the face of contemporary crises. We invite artists and researchers of various disciplines, whose work explores possible strategies of coexistence and regeneration. We are interested in how our everyday practices can become a starting point for building more sustainable and solidaristic futures. 

Projects developed within the Ujazdowski residencies often take an intimate, small-scale form, unfold over time, and remain open to process, uncertainty, and failure. While working at Ujazdowski, residents draw on its resources and engage with the surrounding environment, frequently uncovering new meanings through attentive and context-sensitive approaches. Projects developed in collaboration with artists, researchers, and local communities create a space for experimentation, knowledge exchange, and shared experience, both within Ujazdowski and beyond its walls. 

We encourage applications from individuals whose practice is based on artistic research, regardless of the medium they use (visual arts, performance, literature, music, etc.). 

• Partner  
  • Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art 
• Location 
  • Warsaw, Poland 
• Finances  
  • Monthly per diems of 5,000 PLN (gross) 
  • 5,000 PLN project budget 
  • Travel tickets (roundtrip) 
• Accommodation  
  • Studio with living space, kitchenette, and bathroom + common spaces (fully equipped kitchen and common room) 
• Working space  
  • Wood workshop with essential tools, conference room, meeting room, theatre room with a professional dance floor, possibility of borrowing audiovisual equipment and technical tools 
• Target group 
  • Artists, cultural practitioners, theorists, curators, and people working at the intersection of education / art / activism; and those engaged in participatory work with communities who recognize themselves as Palestinians. 
• Visa 
  • Please note that our capacity to support visa procedures is limited. We encourage applicants to consider their visa requirements when applying. 
• Collectives 
  • Yes, max two people 
• Deadlines 
  • Application deadline: May 18, 2026 at 12:00 CET
• Time frame 
  • September until November 2026 (three months) 
• Jury 
  • Members of the Curatorial College of the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
    • Anna Czaban, Maja Gomulska, Anna Łazar, Ika Sienkiewicz-Nowacka 
  • Representative of Ramallah Municipality: Sally Abu-Bakr