Sowing
Ideas — Everything begins as a seed: the intuition, the sketch, the question.
Casa Lavanda
A creative refuge
The residency
A home for work and care for those who hold up the world.
Where
Rooted in Chile, at home in London.
For whom
Mothers, carers, the LGBTQ+ community and the Global Majority.
The cycles
Sowing · Growth · Harvest · Rest.
A place where art and life don't compete: they sustain each other.
Inhabit art, sustain life.
Time, shelter, garden and community to create without asking permission.
Environmental justice · We follow the 4 seasonal cycles
Growth
Study — The slow time of research and daily practice.
Harvest
Exhibition — The work opens up to the world: galleries, stage, community.
Rest
Recovery — Resting is also part of creative work.
Discover the house
- The studio
- The garden
- The kitchen
- The greenhouse
Three ways to inhabit the house
I.
Paid residencies
They financially sustain the ecosystem.
II.
Scholarships
Full access for those who need it most.
III.
Partial scholarships
A flexible middle ground, case by case.
Visual positioning
We support resident artists in presenting their practice to the world with strength.
I.
Identity
II.
Web presence
III.
Materials for galleries, curators and grants
Open call
Apply to the residency
We receive applications all year round, in any of the four cycles. Tell us who you are and what you want to create.