PRAXA:
is a practice-based initiative fostering artistic and craft exchange through physical and online residencies across diverse cultural contexts.
PRAXA is an international initiative focused on practice-based learning through residencies in art and crafts.
It connects artists, craft practitioners, collectives and independent spaces through physical and online residencies, shared processes and collaborative research.
PRAXA emerged from the need for accessible, flexible and practice-oriented formats that allow practices to develop both culturally and sustainably over time.
Rather than operating as a centralized platform, PRAXA functions as a distributed network, where knowledge, space, experience and forms of support circulate horizontally.
The initiative values:
It is a framework for connecting practices, places and people, where learning, exchange and professional activity coexist.
It connects artists, craft practitioners, collectives and independent spaces through physical and online residencies, shared processes and collaborative research.
PRAXA emerged from the need for accessible, flexible and practice-oriented formats that allow practices to develop both culturally and sustainably over time.
Rather than operating as a centralized platform, PRAXA functions as a distributed network, where knowledge, space, experience and forms of support circulate horizontally.
The initiative values:
- learning through practice and process
- small-scale and independent contexts
- cross-cultural exchange
- long-term work combining research and professional practice
It is a framework for connecting practices, places and people, where learning, exchange and professional activity coexist.
PRAXA operates through several interconnected formats that combine learning, practice and economic viability for participants:
Physical residencies Artists and craft practitioners are hosted by independent spaces, collectives or individual hosts who provide working conditions, context and local knowledge.
Residency formats may include:
Online residencies are treated as collective practices, not as content delivery.
They may include:
Hosting and participationSpaces and collectives can propose their own residency formats, themes or programs, including models where hosting and teaching contribute to their long-term sustainability.
PRAXA acts as a mediator, supporting these processes without heavy administration or extractive control.
Physical residencies Artists and craft practitioners are hosted by independent spaces, collectives or individual hosts who provide working conditions, context and local knowledge.
Residency formats may include:
- open or curated programs
- supported or participation-based residencies
- compensation for hosts, mentors or facilitators
Online residencies are treated as collective practices, not as content delivery.
They may include:
- shared research processes
- educational and mentoring formats
- paid participation or honoraria for facilitators
Hosting and participationSpaces and collectives can propose their own residency formats, themes or programs, including models where hosting and teaching contribute to their long-term sustainability.
PRAXA acts as a mediator, supporting these processes without heavy administration or extractive control.
PRAXA responds to a growing need for formats that:
Special attention is given to regions and contexts often underrepresented in global cultural infrastructures, including Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Latin America.
The long-term vision of PRAXA is to develop a self-sustaining network of practices, where residencies and educational formats function as spaces of learning, research and viable professional life.
- integrate learning, practice and professional life
- support the sustainability of independent initiatives
- do not separate cultural value from economic reality
- inclusion over competition
- process over output pressure
- cultural and economic sustainability as complementary
Special attention is given to regions and contexts often underrepresented in global cultural infrastructures, including Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Latin America.
The long-term vision of PRAXA is to develop a self-sustaining network of practices, where residencies and educational formats function as spaces of learning, research and viable professional life.
Features
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NetworkBuilding an agent-based network of independent art spaces, craft centers and collectives, enabling shared practice, local agency and distributed collaboration. -
Residency MapA global map of art and craft residencies, connecting practitioners with hosts, spaces and local contexts worldwide. -
Online residence and mixed format of educationPractice-based online and mixed-format residencies combining learning, collaboration and guided exchange across distances. -
Earning & SustainabilityTools for sustainable income through the platform: online workshops, webinars and hybrid formats, with access control, payments and author royalties. -
Sharing Best PracticesExchanging methods, experiences and practical knowledge across art and craft communities through open, practice-based collaboration. -
NGO2G / INDI2GSupporting artists and independent institutions in engaging with local and international funding programs, scholarships and initiatives such as Creative Europe or Cultura Vida.
Core Team
The project team is unusual. It includes the Founder, the art director as permanent members representing the project, developing it and the teams of associations that join the work on the project method and participate in part of the work plus provide resources for implementation, experience, expertise.
- Roman ChekmarevFounder & EdTech DirectorCeramic artist, entrepreneur, member of the Union of Collective Art Practice, founder of the Iskra cultural research association.
- Julia AlexeevaArt DirectorArtist, designer, marketing fairy.
Member of the Union of Collective Art Practice, member of the Iskra cultural research association. - SKUPAnchor partner - content creator. Space for implementation, participants and volunteers, laboratory.Union of Collective Art Practice
(Savez Kolektivne Umetnicke Prakse)
The Union includes 5 official and about 7 more unofficial associations, groups and collectives in the field of culture and art. In various disciplines: from ceramics and graphics to modern dance and publishing and translation of books. About 30 people are involved in the activities of the organization. These are accomplished artists and practitioners, art teachers, curators, interdisciplinary workers. The organization takes its roots in the Led Art collective (Shock za Druga gallery) with more than 30 years of history.
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