Alpujarra Artist Residency
The Alpujarra Art Residency provides an environment where artists can focus on creating, experimenting, and growing. A retreat away from your familiar surroundings, where you can gain fresh perspectives and enjoy uninterrupted creative time. A better suited location than the Alpujarra is hardly imaginable, with its lovely white villages, the peace and quiet of rural surroundings, the stunning mountains and valleys and the spectacular views over the Mediterranean.
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Our Accomodations
There are two rooms available in Casa 3 where artists will stay for the duration of their residency. Both rooms have their own bathroom, toilet, airconditioning and an outdoor space. There is a shared kitchen, a washing machine and fibre internet. There is free parking 50 meters from Casa 3. Accomodation is not free, but we keep our prices at a minimum to make a residency available for everyone.
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Art facilities
We have two studio spaces available. These are funded by the Diputacion de Granada and the Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa Tropical. Both studio’s are airconditioned and each has its own bathroom and toilet. There is a small shared kitchen with a microwave, a coffee machine, a cooker and a fridge. The studio’s are located on the other side of town, 300 meters from Casa 3.
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Location
Polopos is located at 800 meters above sea level overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. There is a restaurant and a bar, a fishmonger and a greengrocer come to the village weekly and a baker daily. The beach is a 15 minute drive and the nearest coastal town with supermarkets, restaurants, pharmacy and other at 20 minutes. Granada and Almería are an hours drive and Málaga an hour and a half.
Stories
Trailer for Thysa’s first children’s book
About us
Casa 3 Polopos, the Alpujarra Artist Residency and the Art Association Polopos are founded by Thysa and Wijnand Boon. We moved to Spain in 2019 after traveling around Europe in a van for two years, recording cooking video’s writing and making art. We live in Polopos with our gentle giant Mastín Español: Leia.
Thysa has published four children’s books. You can find out more about her and her art here. Wijnand is a writer and multimedia artist. You can find out more about him here. Together we organize art exhibitions, music festivals, give cooking workshops and run the residence, the art association and Casa 3.
Boxie is the fourth artist in residence that we welcomed in Polopos. We first met Boxie and his girlfriend Pascale when they booked a stay with us in Casa 3 about two years ago, not as artists but as tourists.