Miguel Sbastida Selected for EKWC Residency with AC/E Support

The European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC) and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) are organizing this 12-week residency (August 14 - November 5, 2025).

This opportunity, aimed at Spanish artists, musicians, designers, and architects to explore ceramics, has been awarded to Sbastida (Madrid, 1989). His interdisciplinary work focuses on the intersection of visual arts and environmental studies, creating installations, performances, and films that address the urgency of the climate crisis.

Javier Montes, Artist Selected for the AC/E Residency at CAPACETE

Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) is pleased to announce that Javier Montes has been selected for the 12-week artist residency at the prestigious contemporary art center CAPACETE in Rio de Janeiro, taking place between August and November 2025.

This exceptional open call, a collaboration between AC/E and CAPACETE—Brazil's oldest artist residency program with nearly 30 years of experience—offers a deep immersion in a unique creative environment. 

Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), in collaboration with Domaine de Boisbuchet, has awarded its 2025 summer residency to two prominent groups of artists: Estudio Esto and Diego Lara. The residency, which will take place in Boisbuchet, France, from June 2 to July 12, 2025, offers a fully funded stay to emerging designers or architects to develop their creative projects in an internationally recognized environment for design and architecture.

Maider Garayo has been selected to participate in the prestigious WIELS residency, a unique opportunity for visual artists seeking to expand their creative horizons.

WIELS, a renowned contemporary art center in Brussels, offers visual artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in a stimulating and enriching environment for six months. Maide Garayo will have access to a personal work studio, accommodation, a financial grant to support her stay, personalized mentorship with art professionals, and the opportunity to participate in the various activities organized by the center.

This residency is a springboard for artists who wish to develop their practice in an international context, interact with other creators and experts, and present their work in a renowned space.

Rosa Berbel (Seville, 1997) has been selected for this residency in Buenos Aires with the support of Acción Cultural Española. The possibility for one of the five selected writers to be of Spanish nationality arises from the common objective of the Malba Writers' Residency and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) to promote the internationalization of creators from Spain and Argentina, and to build bridges of collaboration with authors, editors, and managers from both countries.

Ana Pez is the illustrator selected for this residency, organized by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image, with the collaboration of the French Embassy in Spain, which takes place in La Maison des Auteurs de Angoulême (France) for six months, between January and June 2025.

Ana Pez (Madrid, 1987) began illustrating in 2012 for the publishing world and since then she has not stopped collaborating with national and international publishers.Her work has been selected and exhibited among others at the Mostra degli Illustratoride Bologna (Italy), the Ilustrarte Biennial (Portugal) and the Ibero-American Catalog of Illustration (Mexico).