Narva Art Residency / Artist residency and public culture / 2021-Present

A residency is not one journey. The website should stop pretending it is.

I designed NART's website for residency applicants, artists and people visiting exhibitions and workshops in Narva.

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Narva Art Residency website showing open calls, artists, events, exhibitions, and projects.

founded

2015

The platform combines residencies, exhibitions, talks, and education.

languages

English, Estonian, and Russian serve different relationships to place.

context

Border city

Narva and Kreenholm are part of the product story, not background decoration.

public role

Year-round

Open calls are only one moment in an active cultural programme.

The platform problem

Several audiences, one place.

Applicants need deadlines and eligibility; neighbours need events, workshops and reasons to visit.

The audience model

Apply. Visit. Explore.

01Find an open call
Check deadlines, criteria and support.
02Visit NART
Discover the public programme.
03Explore past work
Find artists and earlier projects.

Audience paths

Separate calls and events.

Applications and public programmes need different entry points.

Open-call states

Show call status.

Open and closed applications must be unmistakable.

Place

Keep Narva visible.

Place and the residency's buildings help explain the programme.

Institutional memory

Archive the artists.

Projects stay findable after the residency ends.

Between open calls

A programme beyond open calls.

Reusable structures for calls, artists, events, exhibitions, and projects
Public pathways that remain active outside application season
Archives that support accountability, memory, and future participation

HAAM’s role

Programme and website structure.

I designed the information structure, interactions and responsive implementation. Graphic design: Jaan Evart.

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