As part of the Olot Tèxtil programme, taking place this spring in the city of Olot, a group of textile artists will convene for a week-long residency to share knowledge and participate in a series of activities centred on the art of sewing and its role in building networks and preserving tradition.

The programme is part of "LATITUD(e)S", the internationalisation measure within the Circus Promotion Plan of the Department of Culture of the Government of Catalonia, which this year focuses on Portugal. The IRL supports this initiative through its grant scheme for the international programming of Catalan artists.

From 23 June to 9 July 2025, the application period will be open for the literary residency at Art Omi, in the United States.

Aimed at writers in the Catalan language, applications are accepted until 9 July.

From 20 June to 8 July 2025, the application period will be open for the literary residency at Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, in Germany.

Aimed at writers in the Catalan language, applications are accepted until 8 July

From 20 June to 7 July 2025, the application period will be open for the Casamia musical residency, in Pesariis, Italy. The residency, located in Friuli Venezia Giulia, operates itinerantly throughout the region, has strong ties to the local area, and promotes interaction between participants and the residents of the host villages. At the end of each residency, the artists offer a concert to the local community.

The residency will take place from 10 to 19 October 2025.

Aimed at musicians and groups of up to 4 members, applications are accepted until 7 July

The Royal College of Art will host the launch of the English edition of the publication, edited by Eva Franch, Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño, on June 19. The volume is part of Water Parliaments, a project organised by the Institut Ramon Llull that is representing Catalan culture at the Venice Architecture Biennale this year.

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The stay, promoted by the Institut Ramon Llull, is an opportunity to express Catalan poetry in French, English, German, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Galician, Spanish and Basque. It will take place from 9 to 13 June in Olot.

Until 9 June, the writers will be participating in a residency organised by PEN Català, which will continue in 2026 at the Villa Decius Residency in Kraków.

Tarta Relena, Maria Arnal and Olga Subirós form part of the official programme of the 36th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, which, under the artistic direction of the renowned curator Chus Martínez, will take place from 6 June to 10 October.

From 5 June to 27 July, the three creators will present their work at one of the leading international platforms in the global arena. Their participation is supported by the Institut Ramon Llull through its grants for international programming in the fields of visual arts, design, and architecture.

The Institut Ramon Llull is holding a selection process to choose the project that will apply to form part of the Collateral Events programme of the 61st International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia, in the Catalonia in Venice space, from 9 May to 22 November 2026.

The English town of Great Yarmouth, home each year to the renowned international Out There Festival, is also this year hosting Fresh Street, the professional gathering for the development of Street Arts organised biennially by Circostrada, the European network for contemporary circus and street arts. Both events will feature a prominent Catalan presence, through the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) and the Institut Ramon Llull (IRL).

The role of the translator is key to the internationalisation of Catalan literature. The Institut Ramon Llull has implemented various measures of direct support for translators, which were presented this Thursday during a breakfast event at the IRL headquarters.

The exhibition stems from the artist’s 2024 residency in the “Artist Meets Archive” programme and focuses on a stone fragment from Cologne Cathedral that travelled to the International Space Station in 2014. The artist employs archival and scientific working methods to narrate the life story of this piece of rock. Throughout his research, Galeano raises questions concerning the fragility, aura, and mystique of objects.

Andrés Galeano, X-DBA-00408 #1, 2024 © Andrés Galeano

On the same dates, the Turin International Book Fair takes place, where the IRL will hold around forty professional meetings.