Applications are open for the French Institute International City of Arts Residency Program 2025. The Institut français × Cité internationale des arts residency program is aimed at artists and cultural professionals who have been living abroad for at least 5 years and who wish to develop a research and creative project in Paris during a three-, six- or nine-month residency. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About French Institute × International City of Arts Residency Program
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: September 27, 2024
- Category: Training
- Oppotunity Locations: France
The artists are supported by one or more cultural partners (French cultural network abroad, French or foreign cultural structures - art center, association, gallery, museum, approved structure, theater, production venue, concert hall, festival, etc.) who submit their application and then cover their international travel and living allowance. The Institut français offers the winners the free allocation of a studio-apartment within the Cité internationale des arts.
The Cité internationale des arts is located in Paris, on two separate sites, and has 325 studio-apartments. The management of 22 studio-apartments is delegated to the Institut français by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Benefits of French Institute × International City of Arts Residency Program
- The Institut français de Paris takes care of renting individual studio-accommodations at the Cite internationale des arts. These are located on the Marais site (18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004). They are furnished, equipped with a Wi-Fi connection and include a work room with a bedroom area, a bathroom and a kitchenette.
- The associated partner(s) undertake to cover the round-trip travel costs; ensure that the artist has insurance covering repatriation, hospitalization costs, medical expenses and civil liability; ensure that the artist has a visa allowing him to stay in France for the entire duration of his residency; provide the artist with a living allowance of at least €1,000 per month.
French Institute × International City of Arts Residency Program Requirments
Open to artists, cultural professionals, without age limit, from all countries, in the following disciplines:
- Architecture, landscape, urban planning
- Street arts, circus, puppetry
- Plastic arts
- Comic strip
- Cinema (animated cinema, fiction, creative documentary, video art)
- Digital creation (digital arts, video games, VR)
- Art criticism and exhibition curator
- Dance, performance
- Design, graphics
- Gastronomy
- Literature (fiction, essays, children's literature, comics)
- Crafts
- Fashion
- Music (classical and contemporary music, current music and jazz)
- Photography
- Theater
DURATION OF STAY
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
25 October, 2024
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