Studio Program

Check-in | Each block, the BAI starts with an introduction for the new participants, during which current thematic and organizational topics are discussed.

Discourse | Thematic reflection on and discussion of the participants’ artistic works and additional positions.

Workshop (Guest Lecturer) | The Workshop conveys basics in experimental drawing, explorations in painting, sculptural processes, creative strategies, and exploring materials. This is a basic course for participants who have not yet started artistic training, but also for professionals.

Block seminar (Guest Lecturer) | A multi-day (online) seminar by a course instructor is held each block: he/she presents his/her artistic position or a specific topic and engages in a collaboration and an intensive exchange with our participants.

Visits | Twice a block we organize visits to studios, galleries, project spaces, exhibitions, museums, institutions, collections, or foundations that include discussions with the artists, gallerists, projects space operators, curators, collectors, if possible.

Lecture (Guest Lecturer) | Once a block, we invite a currently interesting speaker to deliver a lecture and to review works of our participants.

Coaching | Feedback, training and consulting for portfolio preparation and documentation, presentation and visualization of your own artistic work. The forum includes issues of mediation and self-organization.

Workplace | The studios of the BAI are available day and night for all participants of the studio program. The bright rooms are between 45 and 55 square meters large and around 3.5 meters high. They are equipped with working tables and chairs, overhead lighting, and light protection for the windows. One studio can be used by 3 to 5 persons. Your personal workplace is approx. 10 – 15 square meters large.

Kitchenette | for shared use

The diversity of nationalites of participants fosters an understanding for each other: Albanian | Algerian | American | Argentinian | Australian | Azerbaijani | Belgian | Belorussian | British | Brazilian | Bulgarian | Canadian | Chilean | Chinese | Colombian | Costa Rican | Croatian | Danish | Dutch | Egyptian | Finnish | French | German | Ghanaian | Guatemalan | Haitian | Honduran | Hungarian | Icelandic | Indian | Indonesian | Iranian | Irish | Israeli | Italian | Jordanian | Kenyan | Korean | Lebanese | Luxembourgish | Macedonian | Malaysian | Maroccan | Mexican | New Zealand | Norwegian | Pakistani | Palestinian | Philippine | Polish | Portuguese | Romanian | Russian | Saudi | Scottish | Singaporean | Slovak | South African | Spanish | Sudanese | Swedish | Swiss | Tajikistani | Thai | Turkish | Ukrainian | Uzbek | Venezuelan | Yemeni (November 2023)