SAM RIT RESIDENCY
Welcome to a cultural residency that's open to all creatives.
Artists of all mediums, arts managers and arts workers, academics, researchers and students are invited to stay with their collaborators and experience authentic rural Thai farming life in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima.
A quiet, inspiring rural Thai escape where artists can create, connect, and recharge, with modest accommodation and a supportive community.
Completely self-contained with a support system in place, this is an opportunity to be immersed in traditional Thai culture and connect with a community for inspiration, contemplation and creation in your field.
Sam Rit Residency is a member of ResArtis - the peak international network of residencies.
すべてのクリエイティブに開かれた文化的な家へようこそ。
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あらゆる分野のアーティストを招聘 アートマネージャーとアートワーカー、学者、研究者、学生が協力者と一緒に滞在し、ナコンラチャシマ県の東北部に農民の生活を体験します。
これは、コミュニティの伝統的なタイ文化を体験し、自分のフィールドを作成するためのインスピレーションを得る機会です。
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ARTIST TESTIMONIALS
Michal SMANDEK
July 2025
"Participation in the residency offered me a unique and, from a European perspective, truly exotic opportunity to contribute to the creation of a wax sculpture for the Buddhist Candle Festival Hia Tien Phansa.
Together with a team of Thai artists, I co-created a monumental sculptural installation which, built on a moving platform, left the workshop space of Wat Mai Pratu Chai temple to travel through the streets of Phimai during the festival, and later reached the center of Korat.
The residency allowed me to become part of this Buddhist celebration, its rituals, and the community that created this collective work—reminiscent of the cooperative labor of bees in a hive.
Wax candles during Hia Tien Phansa symbolize the light of the Buddha’s teachings, continue the devotional tradition of wax carving (particularly in Ubon Ratchathani Province), and recall the practical offering of candles to monks for the Vassa retreat. At the same time, they embody the faith of the community, its creativity, and the act of merit-making through elaborate sculptural forms and ceremonial processions."
WEI LING HUNG
2018
"Samrit is a place in which art isn’t needed. In the meanwhile, art is within the life there. The art of being attached to lands; The art of sensing weather; the art of approaching time; the art of communicating with people.
The local people’s way of understanding reality is beyond verbal language, which is a beautiful piece of live art itself."
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