Open Call Extended Deadline

2021 Open Call

The call for applications for KAMEN 2021 is now open!⁠Propose your projects to us by  February 1st Season 2021: 1st of May to the 31st October Duration of residency: 8 weeks (May-June, July-August or September-October) Find out more about the application procedure here. KAMEN Artist Residency is an artist-run residency program, initiated to provide space for artists

2020 Season Ending

We hope this finds you and your loved ones in good health.  These days in our small village of Orah (which translates to ‘Walnut’ or ‘Walnut tree’), we look out over the lake at its very lowest. It seems we could just about walk to the small islands. A few days ago, the last of

2020 Season Announcement

We are happy to announce the beginning of our 2020 season! This year’s new residents, returning residents and collaborators are Matea Bakula, Sabine Groenewegen, Whitney McVeigh, Becket MWN, Stefan Pavlovic and Jelena Rosic. We look forward to welcoming this group of splendid multi-disciplinary artists between July and October. For more information about our residents, check

Covid-19 Update

In light of the current pandemic, KAMEN will postpone its 2020 season to start in July (instead of in May).  We are glad to see Bosnia–Herzegovina has been very proactive at taking safeguarding measures quite early on. Eastern Herzegovina, where KAMEN is located, still has a significantly low number of registered cases of Covid-19.  But,

Extended deadline

The deadline for applications for residencies during May-October 2020 at KAMEN is extended to the 1st of March We encourage early applications. Find out more about the application procedure here: http://kamen-artistresidency.com/apply/

Collaboration with Brian Lewarne and Proteus Project

In our inaugural season, we have had the great pleasure of a summer-long partnership collaborating on “the Proteus Project” together with Brian Lewarne and the Devon Karst Society. For the last 20 years the Devon Karst Society have been performing scientific research on the endangered proteus or olm species (Proteus anguinus anguinus) in Bosnia and Hercegovina, in