RESIDENCIES
Brew Draw residencies offer time and space for deep reflection, listening, grounding and wonder
UPCOMING RESIDENCIES
LIKE A BIRD
Drawing Residency
Minsmere, Suffolk
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st June 2026
Join Brew for two days of walking, watching, listening and drawing birds at beautiful Minsmere, on the Suffolk coast.
No drawing experience needed. Bird lovers, artists, beginners, naturalists are all welcome.
Bring curiosity and wonder.
£65 per day.
Accommodation available in Lodges on coast or camping, arrivals on Friday 19th June.
For details and booking: brewdrawing@gmail.com
Hosted beside RSPB Minsmere, one of Britain's most celebrated bird reserves, Like a Bird invites participants to slow down, look closely, listen deeply and draw in response to the lives, movements and murmurs of birds. Minsmere's reedbeds, marshes, lagoons and coastline provide a rich habitat for avocets, bitterns, marsh harriers, terns, warblers and many migrant species.
Through guided drawing activities, birdwatching walks and shared creative practice, we will explore drawing as a way of tuning in — to birds, to place, and to our own ways of seeing.
For details, accommodation information and booking enquiries, please contact:
FLOW GOA
Residency with Angie Brew, Sarita Chouhan and local artists
dates tbc
More details to follow. We will gather together in a stunning Goan villa, to draw for a week. Please join us to explore our personal and collective creative paths and to build a supportive community of practise. Costs will be kept to a minimum, to cover expenses.
FINLAND
WELL – International Drawing Residency
July 24th-29th 2026
Please join us in our Finnish lakeside studios in 2026 to explore personal and collective creative paths and to build a supportive community of practise. In July every year, Finnish artist Emma Fält opens her family land to local and international artists, drawers and creatives, offering a magical space to explore creativity and drawing practices.
VIRTA / FLOW was the 3rd residency in 2024, following PUU / WOOD 2019 and MAA / GROUND 2023. Artist Angie Brew co-hosts the week.
Please JOIN US in 2026
Avoin haku: WELL 2026 – Kansainvälinen piirustusresidenssi 24.–29. heinäkuuta 2026 | Nerohvirran kylä, Iisalmi, SuomiHaku on nyt avoinna WELL 2026 -residenssiin, joka on Emma Fält ja Angie Brew'n neljäs kansainvälinen piirustusresidenssi Suomessa. He ovat järjestäneet piirrostutkimukseen liittyviä residenssejä ja tapahtumia mm. Ruotsissa, Suomessa, Ranskassa ja Englannissa.Residenssi järjestetään Niemelän talossa Nerohvirran kylässä, ja se kutsuu taiteilijoita, tutkijoita ja luovia tekijöitä, jotka ovat kiinnostuneita piirtämisestä. Osallistujat viettävät kuusi päivää työskennellen, reflektoiden ja jakaen ajatuksiaan kannustavassa yhteisössä.Metsien ja järvien ympäröimänä residenssi tarjoaa aikaa ja tilaa sekä itsenäiseen luovaan työskentelyyn että yhteiseen tekemiseen ja jakamiseen. Ohjelmaan sisältyy Emma Fältin ja Angela Brew’n vetämiä piirustus- ja äänitaidetyöpajoja sekä mahdollisuus jakaa omia työskentelytapoja, keskustella ja olla yhteydessä luontoon esimerkiksi uimisen, metsäkävelyiden ja luonnon antimien keräämisen kautta.Residenssiin otetaan enintään seitsemän osallistujaa, mikä luo sopivan ympäristön intiimille ja keskittyneelle työskentelylle sekä vuoropuhelulle.Osallistumismaksu on 390€ ja se kattaa ohjelman sekä yhteiset kasvisruokailut. Majoitusvaihtoehtoina ovat edulliset huoneet studiorakennuksessa tai telttailu lähialueella.Hae mukaan lähettämällä meille sähköpostia, kerro lyhyesti omasta työskentelystäsi ja siitä, miksi sinulle olisi tärkeää osallistua residenssiin, emmavilina@gmail.com
Open Call: WELL 2026 – International Drawing Residency
July 24–29, 2026 | Nerohvirta Village, Iisalmi, Finland
Applications are now open for WELL 2026, the 4th International Drawing Residency hosted by artists Emma Fält and Angie Brew in the Finnish countryside.
Taking place at Niemelä House in Nerohvirta Village, this small residency invites artists, researchers, and creative practitioners interested in drawing practices to spend five days working, reflecting, and sharing within a supportive community.
Surrounded by forests and lakes, the residency offers time and space for both independent creative work and collective exchange. The programme includes drawing and listening workshops led by Emma Fält and Angela Brew, as well as opportunities to share practices, engage in conversation, and connect with nature through swimming, forest walks, and harvesting.
The residency accommodates up to seven participants, creating an intimate environment for focused work and dialogue.
The participation fee is 390€, covering the programme and shared vegetarian meals. Accommodation options include low-cost rooms in the studio house or camping nearby.
Application deadline: April 20th, 2026.
To apply, please send a short description of your practice and why you would like to participate to
PREVIOUS RESIDENCIES:
Drawing Room - Like a Bird
Drawing Residency & Exhibition
April 8th - 13th, 2024
This two week residency In Manhattan gallery explored theories and practices of creative collaboration, culminating in a Private View (PV) event on Saturday April 13th at 2:00 PM hosted by Angie Brew and fellow New York artists. The residency and exhibition offered a opportunity to engage with Brew's work firsthand and connect with fellow artists and drawing practitioners. The final exhibition showcased Brew's latest creations and collaborations, including All the Birds, Murmur, A Little Bird Told Me, The Amber Tree, WeDraw, Drawing Conversations and Drawing Circles. Her art practice uses drawing as a way to tune in to ourselves and connect with one another and our earth. Brew shared her collaborative drawing methods and current projects and ran collaborative drawing workshops during the two weeks, including Drawing to Problem Solve, Sensory drawing, Drawing Growth, Drawing Conversations and DoBeDo.
Brew aims to amplify the urgent alarm call of the world's birds, by tapping in to the power of drawing.
Participating residents shaped the final display of collaborative artwork on April 13th and the catalogue of the residency.
50% of all sales from the exhibition were donated to bird rescue charities.
For more information and to sign up for future residencies please e mail brewdrawing@gmail.com
MURMUR
Suffolk UK
May 10-12 2024
Freedman and Brew ran a Spring weekend of collaborative listening and drawing at RSBP Minsmere, attending to what birds are telling us. As migrant birds arrived they gathered, walked and used drawing to tune in to lines of interconnection between humans and birds. Freedman and Brew host collaborative listening and drawing residencies at RSBP Minsmere, attending to what birds are telling us.
Hosted in Brew's cliff edge Suffolk studio, next to Minsmere RSPB reserve.
Murmur contributes to ongoing drawing collaborations and residencies, creating artwork and co-authored publications, exploring and drawing attention to the impacts of changing climate, habitat degradation and biodiversity loss.
For bookings and further details please contact Brew (UK)
brewdrawing@gmail.com
Sole Bay View Lodge
Cliff House Holiday Park
Minsmere Road
Dunwich
Suffolk
IP17 3DQ
29th July - 2nd August 2024
Iisalmi, Finland
Summer Drawing Residency
in Niemelä house with artists Angie Brew and Emma Fält
VIRTA / FLOW
VIRTA - time and space for deep reflection, listening, and grounding
In July every year, Finnish artist Emma Fält opens her family land to local and international artists, drawers and creatives, offering a magical space to explore creativity and drawing practices. 2024 was the 3rd residency, following PUU / WOOD 2019 and MAA / GROUND 2023. Artist Angie Brew co-hosts the week.
The 2024 theme was FLOW, to follow our WOOD and GROUND themes from previous residencies. Residents were invited to interpret FLOW however they desired, thinking of water, air and / or mental state.