Casa Hechale Artist Residency — Mexico City | Partial Scholarships Available
OPEN CALL: CASA HECHALE INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCY
Mexico City · Theatre, Film & Performance
No Application Fee · Partial Scholarships Available
Centro Cultural Casa Hechale invites applications for two- and four-week artist residencies in Mexico City. The programme supports artistic research, experimentation, and new work development, with an emphasis on exchange between Mexico, the United States, and the wider international community.
U.S.-based Latinx artists, theatre-makers, writers, and cultural practitioners are particularly encouraged to apply. The residency offers a setting to develop work in Mexico, exchange approaches with other artists, and build relationships across languages, disciplines, and borders. Applications are open to artists of all backgrounds internationally.
ABOUT CASA HECHALE
Casa Hechale is a cultural centre for theatre, film, and performance housed in a century-old building in Santa María la Ribera. Bringing together residencies, training, and public programmes, the centre connects artistic development with opportunities for dialogue among visiting artists, local practitioners, and audiences.
The residency combines focused working time with artistic conversations and community engagement. Projects may explore any subject; participation does not require work centred on cultural identity or migration.
WHO CAN APPLY
The programme welcomes emerging and established artists working individually, in duos, or through small collaborations, including:
• Theatre-makers, actors, directors, playwrights, dramaturgs, and literary translators.
• Filmmakers, screenwriters, and moving-image artists.
• Dancers, choreographers, and movement practitioners.
• Set, costume, lighting, and sound designers.
• Musicians and composers working with live performance.
• Performance artists and interdisciplinary practitioners, including visual artists whose work engages with theatre, film, or performance.
• Teaching artists and artistic researchers across the