The ComPeung Artist-in-Residence Program is designed for local and international artists to live and work together with our team and the local community. Interested artists are encouraged to apply by providing ComPeung with a preliminary proposal of her/his/their art work or project. As a work-in-progress we understand that the proposed project might change in the process.

Aims
By living and working together in basic yet comfortable conditions with our team, the local communities and a broad spectrum of artists, the ComPeung program provides the resident artists with a wide range of exchanges, opportunities, experiences and possibilities. ComPeung envisions to be an open playground for dialogs, alternative contexts, experiments, explorations, and mutual learning. The aspired goal for ComPeung is to develop and expand into a network of artists and art organizations on local, regional and international levels.

Facilities
We don't provide fancy cocktail bars, king-size beds or cable TV. What we do provide are the necessities of living in a rural, tropical area such as genuine hospitality, mosquito nets, running water, electricity and fresh produce from the local market.

By providing home-cooked meals, accommodation and studio spaces, our team will maintain a level of comfort and renowned Thai hospitality. As ComPeung is a modest self-sustainable non-profit organization, residents will be asked to participate in the maintenance of the site, if necessary. Such a practice also propagates our idea of finding inspiration in daily, lived experience.

Disciplines & Media (open list)
Visual Arts, Architecture, Performing Arts, Literature, Music

Duration of Residency
The minimum stay is 1 month. Longer residencies can be negotiated depending on the proposed project and residency vacancies.

Residency Fee
30.000 THB per month
The residency fee covers the cost for accommodation, studio, 3 main meals per day (breakfast, lunch, dinner), transportation to/from Chiang Mai International airport and around Doisaket, local tour and bicycle, a part-time assistant and an English-Thai translator, organizing a small art event (both at ComPeung and related sites in Doisaket and Chiang Mai city).

Expenses paid by Artist in Residence
Airfare, transportation, health insurance (strongly recommended), living expenses, work materials and any other expenses pertaining to the artist in residence's project.

Grants
ComPeung can assist with the research and application for grants. We hope that in the future ComPeung will have access to grants to provide some financial support for visiting artists.

Allowance granted to Artists
There is no financial support available at present.

Condition of the space

• Approximate area of 2.8 acres near natural fishing lakes, forest and mountains
• Main earthen house with shared kitchen and attached bathroom.
• Artist house No.1 with a basic bedroom and an attached studio and a bathroom.
• Artist house No.2 with 2 basic bedrooms, upstair studio space, an attached bathroom and open-air working space
• 1 small earthen house for short stays.
• 1 shared open-air bathroom & toilet.
• Tents, mosquito nets and sleeping gears are avialable.
• Running water.
• 220 volt electricity.
• Mobile phone is available.
• Internet access (GPRS system, using a mobile phone as a modem) is avialable.
• No shared computer.

Applications: who/how
All participants play an important role here as we have to help one another maintaining the space. ComPeung is a space for people who have serious visions and questions about the creative process. If you are simply looking for a short holiday, this is not the place for you. As a small organization with limited facilities, presently we cannot cater for more than 2 individual artists (or 2 small groups) at once. However, we hope to provide more space and opportunities for more artists in the near future. When applying online or by mail, artists should submit the following documents:

• Application Form (download) 
• 1 Passport Photo
• Curriculum Vitae (2 pages A4)
• Artist Statement (max. 250 words)
• CD-Rom of 10 - 20 images (300 dpi), sound, video/animation files and/or Power Point file edited up to 20 min max. in PAL format. All files must be saved in PC compatible formats. Please attach all the word documents (except application form) in a separated folder and save on the same CD.
• Other possible attached materials: Video tape (PAL), printed pictures, catalogs, press clippings, books.

Deadline
There is no fixed deadline, but please send your application 2 months in advance of your proposed residency.

Email your application to > compeung@gmail.com or compeung@yahoo.com
Or send your application to >
PO Box 27 Doi Saket Post Office, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50220