Our group residencies are announced at different times throughout the year, several months in advance, and may focus on diverse themes related to the Amazonian regions of Peru. They are open to both national and international participants. They generally take place in rural Amazonian areas of Ucayali, although on some occasions residencies are also proposed in other regions.

During the residencies, participants can engage with different cultural aspects of the region, develop artistic creation processes, and, in some cases, exhibit their work and take part in public talks and discussions both in Ucayali and in Lima.

Since 2012, Centro Selva Arte y Ciencia has hosted artists from countries such as Australia, Argentina, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Slovakia, the United States, France, Israel, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Japan, the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, Zambia, and Peru, among others.

Average amount of People: 5 to 12

All costs covered by Artist

If you would like to sponsor a local or international artist with few resources to participate in this event please contact us at: residency@centroselva.com

Casa Abierta de Centro Selva

Centro Selva Open House is a three-day seminar free of charge program that works on giving the senior art students and recently graduated art students for the Ucayali Region of Peru concert tools to thrive as artists outside of their academic context. For this purpose, we invite more experienced Peruvian artists to join us to present their art practice and how they live and thrive as artists. The event consists in public artist talks in Pucallpa city and then the students stay together with the artists at Centro Selva for two days of one on one art workshops and talks focusing on a topic related to execution, organization and / or promotion of artistic and cultural projects in a local, national and international level. The goal is to give new Amazon based artists grater possibilities to independently thrive in a many times unfavorable reality.

Average amount of Artists involved at a time : 16

Costs covers by Centro Selva : Free of cost for participants.

We are always looking for funding for this event. If you would like to sponsor this event please contact us at

I would Like to Sponsor this event contact us at :  residency@centroselva.com

Individually scheduled residences

Applications for individual residencies are open year-round.
These residencies are designed for individuals or groups who wish to schedule a stay for a specific number of days at any time of the year.

How to apply:
Please complete the application form, indicating the months during which you or your group would be interested in staying.

Expenses covered by the artist.

Includes:

• Basic rural Amazonian shared

  accommodation (bathroom, bed, kitchen, mosquito net).

• Loan of mandatory farm clothing (rubber boots and rain poncho).

• Access to  pastureland, preserved forest, reforested areas, fish farms, fruit orchards, etc.

• Guided tour of the accommodation and surrounding areas.

Possible additional activities:

• Shipibo-Konibo art workshop: kené designs and natural dyes.

• Shipibo-Konibo ceramics workshop.

• Pre-Hispanic weaving workshop.

• Talk on the history of the Shipibo-Konibo community.

• Talk on contemporary Amazonian art.

For costs and more information contact us at: residency@gmail.com

Centro Selva Friends and Family 

Centro Selva also offers Amazonian cultural experiences for families and groups. We are interested in supporting people in reconnecting with themselves and with their families through a direct connection with nature and Amazonian cultures.

Duration: 2 to 4 days.

Suggested core activities:

• Nature walks and botanical drawing.

• Tree planting.

• Fruit gathering and traditional cooking.

• Botanical illustration and landscape workshop.

• Natural dyes and Shipibo design workshop.

*Extra activities can be programmed with additional cost.

For  costs and more information about Centro Selva Friends and Family  contact us at:  residency@centroselva.com

Centro Selva Professional Scientific Practices:

Centro Selva carries out its activities on the agro-livestock estates of the company Márgenes del Bosque. Márgenes del Bosque is known for its good practices in silvopastoral livestock management, consistently seeking to develop more efficient and sustainable approaches to Amazonian agriculture. This makes it an attractive site year-round for visits from universities and other professionals.

If you have a background in animal science, veterinary medicine, forestry, biology, or related fields and are interested in undertaking professional internships, please contact Márgenes del Bosque.

Contact: margenesdelbosque@gmail.com