The thesis: Artist residencies worldwide charge ₹1-3L or require institutional backing. Meanwhile, the best emerging artists in India can't afford to take three months off to focus on their practice. The RAG flips the model: we subsidise your stay because your art becomes part of our campus permanently. You get time, space, materials, and a community. We get walls that tell stories.

What a typical week looks like: There is no fixed schedule — that's the point. Artists need unstructured time to create. What you do get: a weekly check-in with the Hub team on your project trajectory (Monday, 30 minutes). Access to the campus, materials, and documentation support whenever you need it. A monthly open studio night where the entire Hub community (and visiting public) sees your work in progress. The rest is yours.

The structure: Month 1 — arrive, settle in, absorb the campus. Walk every room. Meet every resident. Understand the space you'll be transforming. Propose your project with specifics: which walls, which rooms, what medium, what story. Month 2 — make. This is the core creation phase. You'll have your materials budget, your space, and no distractions beyond the ones you choose. The Hub documents your process for its media channels (with your permission and creative control). Month 3 — finish, exhibit, and transition. Your final piece is installed permanently. We host an opening. You leave with professional documentation of your work, a portfolio piece installed in a public space, and connections across the builder ecosystem.

This is for you if you're a practising artist — visual, installation, mural, sculpture — who needs time and space to create a significant body of work. You have a portfolio. You have a vision for site-specific work. This is not for you if you're looking for an art course or workshop. We don't teach technique. We give you the room to use what you already know.

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Past artists: Namita Murali — murals that define the Hub's visual identity. Shrestha Tiwari — healing content series created during residency that reached 100K+ viewers.

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₹10,000/month (3 months, subsidised) + ₹25,000 materials grant provided by The Hub. Total out-of-pocket for the artist: ₹30K for three months in Bengaluru with co-living, studio space, and materials. We keep it accessible because the art stays with us permanently. Selection-based — 5-8 spots per year. Apply with portfolio + site-specific proposal.

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