Lazareti Art Workshop (ARL) invites artists, authors, art organisations, associations, citizens, curators, cultural workers, our current and future collaborators, partners, friends, and all interested persons to submit their proposals for artistic, cultural, and social activities to our Public Call for activities to be realised during 2027. This call aims to support and promote artistic, cultural, and social programmes that foster engagement, creativity, and collaboration within the contemporary art and culture field.

The call is open for all programme lines implemented and organised by ARL:
— Otok Gallery
— Quarantine Stage
— Participation / Antidote
— Literature in Lazareti

You can find the application form HERE

Find more information about ARL on our website www.arl.hr, Facebook page @ARL.Dbk or Instagram: @arl.du, as well as by writing us an e-mail to: arl@arl.hr.

What can you propose?

Activities and programmes in the field of contemporary art and culture that:
— encourage contemporary artistic creation and the production of new works,
— contribute to the distribution of contemporary artistic and cultural content,
— strengthen the social role of art and culture,
— empower social engagement through art,
— present and promote the work of young artists and new organisations,
— explore and develop deficient or less represented forms of cultural and social activity,
— encourage cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary cooperation,
— include and engage the local community, transfer knowledge and skills, and foster a culture of solidarity and cooperation,
— carry out research and discursive activities.

Examples of activities by programme line:

Otok Gallery:
Solo and group exhibitions, residency and research stays, curatorial and professional stays, (co)productions of new artworks, development and preparation of concepts for new exhibitions and projects, performances, collaborative projects, artistic work with the local community, artistic work or interventions in public space or the natural environment, site-specific works for public city spaces or spaces in the surroundings of Dubrovnik, etc.

Scena Karantena:
Guest performances (contemporary theatre and dance productions), performances, short artists-in-residency stays for the preparation of a new performing arts project (4 people, ten days maximum, during the periods January – April and November – December only).

Participation / Antidote:
Creative and educational workshops, exchange of knowledge and skills, lectures, public talks, discursive activities, social engagement, work with the ARL archive, presentations of relevant projects and research, film and video programmes, music programme, music workshops, residency stays for researchers and collaborators (up to 2 people, maximum 10 days and exclusively in the periods January – April and November – December), workshops for children, workshops for young people, workshops of contemporary artistic practices, reading groups or reading cycles, etc.

Literature in Lazareti: Literary talks, workshops, thematic reading clubs, presentations of new books, new authors and publishers, residency stays for writers (maximum ten days and exclusively during the periods January – April and November – December).

The call is open from June 15 to August 1, 2026.

Deadline for submitting proposals is August 1, 2026.

All proposals will be reviewed by the members of the Programme Council and the heads of ARL’s programme lines (Slaven Tolj, Ivana Jelavić, Staša Aras, Pasko Burđelez, Marko Mijatović, Srdjana Cvijetić, Petra Marčinko).

Important notes, please read: 

— All submitted activities must be open to the public or have some public aspect or form of realisation
(e.g. presentation, talk, workshop…).

— Part of ARL’s annual programme is realised by invitation, according to the selection of the Programme Council and programme heads, while part of the programme activities is selected through this Public Call.

— The realisation of selected proposals depends on available financial resources. In the event of partially approved funding, ARL will, in agreement with the authors, adjust the scope and implementation approach.

— If the same activity is selected through both ARL’s Public Call and the Public Call of HDLU Dubrovnik / Flora Gallery, the programme councils of both institutions will coordinate the realisation.

— ARL will coordinate the implementation of activities with technical, scheduling, spatial, and production conditions, as well as available resources.

— ARL will submit selected proposals to calls for funding from public sources (City of Dubrovnik, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Kultura Nova Foundation, etc.). Additionally, we will agree with the author on applying to other available sources of funding for the realisation of the proposed activities.

— We consider that everyone who submits a proposal to this Public Call permits ARL to use the enclosed materials in funding applications.

— Residency stays are available only in the periods January – April and November – December.

— Technical specifications and floor plans of Otok Gallery and Lađa X, as well as the list of equipment and technical capacities for performing arts programmes, are available by e-mail at arl@arl.hr and on the website www.arl.hr.

We will publish the results by September 15, 2026, on ARL’s website and Facebook page.
Please check our website and FB page, as the results will be published only on the above-mentioned pages.

Thank you!

We look forward to your proposals and future cooperation.
Your ARL ❤