LIA - Leipzig International Art Programme

LIA is a programme residency. We cherish cultural and artistic exchange within the local and an international artist community. Therefore we wish the artists to stay with us during its residency period besides smaller excursions to enable you to participate in our programme. We want to introduce you to the Leipzig art scene, its artists and active protagonists. Therefore we provide a programme of art critics and artist studio visits as well as a large work and furnished living space in one which allows you to just arrive. LIA is located at the Spinnerei, a former cotton mill. We would like to encourage artists to use the dynamic place of the Spinnerei and its surroundings to create works and rather prefer works created on site and in exchange rather than you bring works. We are not a gallery space, neither we see each other responsible to find the artist a gallery nor an exhibition space. However we curate exhibitions with the work done on site and provide a visible and vivid platform for our residents locally at the Spinnerei and sometimes also abroad. We would like to encourage you to work closely together with us and also to create the programme with us. Tell us what your needs are.

Studio – 83 square meter furnished studio including wifi internet, shared office printer and all side costs (commonly shared LIA bath / LIA kitchen and LIA main hall, household goods, linen and towels are provided as well as technical service and cleaning service for the bathroom)

From the train station: tram no. 14 to Plagwitz, you have to get off at the last stop, or taxi for 18 euros. From the Leipzig airport a taxi costs 50€. Adress for the taxi: Spinnereistr. 7, (HALLE 18), 04179, LEIPZIG