Since 2008, Nes has partnered with Künstlerhaus Lukas for a scholarship exchange. We award two artists living in Iceland with a residency to Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop, Germany to live and work by the Baltic Sea for one month. Künstlerhaus Lukas awards two artists living in the Baltic sea region with scholarships to Nes in Skagaströnd, Iceland for one month in turn. More information can be found here.

The Künstlerhaus Lukas residency has been operating since 1994, and Künstlerhaus Lukas is the oldest artists’ house in Germany. In 1894 the painter Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861-1941) co-founded an artists’ colony in Ahrenshoop, which became the foundation for the residency today. It was built as a boarding house and studio for his painting students and named after the patron of fine arts, St Luke. You can read more a bout the history of the house here.