The ARTErra is a rural art residency structure that support and encourage artistic creation and production.Housed in a remarkably small rural village, you will find in ARTErra physical spaces and tools for the reception of the project / proposal of the artist or collective of different artistic disciplines.In addition to a house with several recreational areas and facilities, the ARTErra has a "creation yard" area where are the work spaces (sound studio and booth capturing, studio room, black & white box, glass room and atelier) framed by a garden, a small vegetable garden, an orchard and poultry.With privileged contacts with some institutions and companies try to enhance and ensure a artist in residency to respond the needs and expectations of the projects accepted.We still have vacancies for the second half, but the contacts with our partners may not be effective in time. For more information, contact us!The application process is simple.Deadline: 15 Sept. 2012Mail: arterra.geral@gmail.comPhone-(351)963779054http://arterra.weebly.com/http://arterra-residencias.blogspot.com/We also have a facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/ARTErra-Resid%C3%AAncias-Rurais-Art%C3%ADsticas/147825495357 and twitterhttp://twitter.com/#!/arterraportugal

ARTErra - Rural Artistic Residences is a welcoming place for Artists and Artistic Projects. Set in a small village in the center of Portugal, favors the exchange of ideas, the experimentation of new concepts, multicultural exchanges and the artists and artworks’s mobility.It offers a place for research and creation for all artistic disciplines and promotes interaction between them, providing the necessary production for Project’s (individual or collective) development and its presentation to the public either through exhibitions either by creating events. The ARTErra has several public and private partnerships.The residency gives artists a typically rural ambience, quiet, surrounded by nature and the beauty of the countryside, with the mountains as a background image. Equipped with several studios, black and white box, recording studio, photo studio and a resource center located across from a lovely garden and a small vegetable garden, very close to a space for pets. This residence also features a studio located in the heart of the village, where the artist can inspire yourself and create inserted in the local community.Call for Artists and Artistic Projects are open for the second half of 2013. Make your reservation now, the application process is simple, contact us.Mail: arterra.geral@gmail.com Phone-(351)963779054 http://arterra.weebly.com/http://arterra-residencias.blogspot.com/We also have a facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/ARTErra-Resid%C3%AAncias-Rurais-Art%C3%ADsticas/147825495357 and twitterhttp://twitter.com/#!/arterraportugal

Does anyone else feel that the selection of artistic expression category during the sign-up process of this website very effectively conveys almost *exactly* the shape and format of the blinkers that the 'art world' places over its own eyes?