Tablas de Daimiel Artistic Residency Award

The Tablas de Daimiel Artistic Residency Award offers four selected artists a fully funded 12-day immersive residency within Tablas de Daimiel National Park—one of Spain's most extraordinary wetland ecosystems, currently in exceptional condition with its waters fully restored.

The residency runs from 2 to 13 June and unfolds in two phases. The first phase (2–8 June) centres on exploration and creative connection: artists are accommodated at Hotel Doña Manuela, work from La Casa de la Duquesa on the banks of the Guadiana, and enjoy exclusive private access to restricted areas of the national park, guided tours, official authorisation to paint at key viewpoints and boardwalks, and a high-level technical masterclass. The second phase (8–13 June) shifts to a quieter rural environment at Hotel Rural El Cortijo de Daimiel, dedicated to developing and completing artworks, with a communal open house workshop and an inspirational visit to the Santuario Virgen de las Cruces.

All logistics are covered: accommodation throughout, a daily stipend of 114 EUR, professional art materials (easels, canvases, fine arts tools), and a professionally produced documentary film capturing each artist's creative process for international release.

At the conclusion of the programme, a Special Award—'Art and Nature: Tablas de Daimiel'—will be presented on 18 September at the official Tartget Prize gala at the Ateneo de Madrid (a UNESCO World Heritage site). The winning work, selected from pieces created during the residency, will be exhibited alongside the competition's Top 100 selection.

There is no separate application for the residency. Entry is through registration for the Tartget Prize itself—a major international figurative painting competition with a 2026 prize fund of 90,000 EUR, judged by a panel of over 20 international experts. The four residency artists will be selected from all registered Tartget Prize participants before 2 May.