Arquetopia Puebla Residency Space – Puebla, Mexico

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Late afternoon in the Zócalo (central square) of Puebla 

 Accessible via two international airports in Puebla (PBC) and Mexico City (MEX), Puebla is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that lies 136 km (84 mi) from Mexico City and has approximately 5,000 colonial buildings. With a population of 2.7 million, Puebla is famous for a deep cultural identity, delicious cuisine, Talavera ceramics, and traditions rooted in the 16th-century baroque and enriched by a blend of five pre-Hispanic/indigenous cultures, Arab, Jewish, French, and Spanish influences. Puebla lies 45 km (28 mi) east of the Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes, giving the residents a magnificent view of their snow-topped peaks. At an elevation of 2,200 m (7,200 ft), Puebla features a temperate subtropical highland climate, resulting in an average of only three days per year seeing temperatures above 29°C (84°F).

Puebla is also ideally located close to several other important cities: only two hours to spectacular Mexico City, three hours to the beaches of Veracruz, and four and a half hours to historic Oaxaca, each easily accessible via cheap and comfortable charter bus from Puebla.

 The Wall Street Journal has recently named Puebla as No.2 of the top 10 world destinations in its article, Where to Travel in 2018: from Madagascar to Scotland’s Coolest City. We are proud that Puebla is recognized yet again alongside such beautiful and exciting destinations as Dundee, Montenegro, and Shanghai.

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Central historic district of Puebla and the former Monastery of Tecali
WHAT OUR RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AT ARQUETOPIA PUEBLA INCLUDE
Our residencies are mentored, professional programs with academic content customized to each artist-in-residence. Our programs include weekly meetings with our directorial and curatorial staff for personalized research assistance and resources, project guidance, and critique; 24-hour access to large, shared studio with natural light, personal workspace, large tables, wall space, and some tools; wireless Internet; furnished, private bedroom and use of indoor and outdoor common/shared spaces; 24-hour access to the kitchen for residents to prepare their own meals; shared, serviced (single) bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers; utilities and housekeeping. For the instructional residencies we offer, the instruction our residents receive from the Mexican master artists we contract is funded directly from the residency tuition, and materials and supplies for these instructional courses are included. For our mentored, non-instructional residencies, artists bring their own materials and supplies or obtain them locally. Arquetopia provides carefully detailed trip preparation materials, arrival transportation instructions, and orientation materials to all incoming residents.

Special Studio Facilities at Arquetopia Puebla:
An on-site darkroom is provided for photographers. Two on-site printmaking studios and a ceramics facility with a medium-sized gas kiln (2ft X 2ft X 2ft interior chamber) are also provided, as well as a unique, on-site laboratory for our Organic Painting and Gold Leafing instructional residency programs.

Typical sights, cuisine, and cultural marvels for which Puebla is known
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ARQUETOPIA PUEBLA RESIDENCY SPACE
A spectacular, four-story 1939 Colonial Mexican California-style heritage compound conveniently located in Puebla’s central historic district and close to the Zócalo (city square) accommodates the offices, sleeping, living, and workspace for up to 12 artists-in-residence, and numerous production spaces of Arquetopia. Recently renovated and expanded, the residency offers a large, natural-light studio; an oil painting studio; a darkroom; two printmaking studios; a ceramics firing room with a medium-sized gas kiln (2ft X 2ft X 2ft interior chamber); a natural pigments laboratory; a research library; ten furnished bedrooms; a stocked, 24-hour open-access kitchen and large dining room; and two outdoor terraces and viewing decks.
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS WE OFFER AT ARQUETOPIA PUEBLA (CLICK EACH FOR INFORMATION)
1. ARQUETOPIA IMMERSIVE LEARNING Program: Day of the Dead Residency 2024
 
ARQUETOPIA PUEBLA ARTIST RESIDENCY
OUR PREMIER SPACE IN THE CENTRAL HISTORIC DISTRICT OF PUEBLA
 
Residency compound featuring third- and fourth-floor printmaking studios, oil painting studios, artist rooms, and viewing decksArquetopia Puebla Main A

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Residency compound as seen from the botanical garden
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Residency dining complex and aviary as seen from the botanical garden
Residency second and third floors, with the second-floor terrace
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Residency first through fourth floors, lounge, printmaking studio, oil painting studios, main art studio, dining hall, and viewing decks
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Residency third-floor printmaking studio
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Residency fourth-floor oil painting studio with sliding-glass doors for ventilation and spectacular city views
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Residency third-floor residence hall and view
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Artists-in-Residence Fernando De Ita (Mexico), Sarah Graeme (USA) and Madeline Fischer (USA) in residency studios
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More residency studio views
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On-site ceramics firing room with medium-sized (2ft X 2ft X 2ft interior) gas kiln and upstairs drying room
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Color laboratory, darkroom, and library
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Second-floor sitting terrace; residency kitchen and dining room with glass ceiling, fireplace, and brick oven
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Various residency bedrooms
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Residency restrooms and showers
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Stunning sights from the fourth-floor viewing decks: sunset to the west and the Puebla Cathedral to the northeast
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Meet Our Residents
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