About Workshop Foundation:

Workshop Foundation was founded in 1992 with the aim of providing support for independent artists, encouraging their artistic development in order to facilitate the development of the Hungarian contemporary dance scene as a whole. Its main strategic objective is the encouragement of border-crossing – both geographically and among artistic disciplines.

The Foundation works with nearly 200 Hungarian and foreign artists yearly and runs 4 studios in two highly important independent art institutions in Budapest, a 120m2 studio at Trafó House of Contemporary Arts and, since January 2014,  3 studios (880m2 in total) in Jurányi Production and Community Incubator House.

The social and professional environment, the facilitation and maintenance of partnerships and collaborations and long-term thinking are crucial in their work.
The activity of the Foundation revolves around the artists with whom it is in partnership. Its aim is to become not merely supporters but partners of the artists, getting involved with their work at the right moment in their career, building strong collaborations and following their artistic path on the long term; being more interested in the process than the finished production. Feedback and requirements received from the artists and the existing international examples have served as a base for the Foundation’s activities and programmes.

Workshop Foundation is known abroad for its international co-productions, educational and residency programmes (both production and research residencies) as well as its active role in professional networks.