Cultural department of Tartu City Government has decided to fund the Tartu AiR project in 2012 to make it possible to arrange at least 8 creative residencies. The project partners are St Anthony’s Guild, Tartu Centre for Creative Industries, Tartu Music Foundation, Noor-Eesti Loomekeskus, Tartu New Theatre, Tampere House, Estonian Writers’ Union and Tartu Artists’ Union.

The project aims to develop a quality residency service for artists of all disciplines promoting Tartu as a tolerant and supportive creative environment.