The Cité internationale des arts

From 15 September 2021 to 15 November 2021

Foreign professionals / Members of French diplomatic network

The residency programme at the Cité internationale des arts is aimed at artists, residing exclusively outside of France, who wish to undertake a research and creation project in Paris, for a period of three or six months.

Applications are closed

Terms and conditions

CHECK TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This programme will be carried out with the utmost vigilance with regard to the health situation. Stays will remain subject to the conditions and sanitary instructions at the beginning date of the residence.

CALENDAR

Submission of applications: Until November 15, 2021, included

Selection committee: January 2022

Notification of results: February 2022

Residencies periods: April 2022- April 2023 (subject to the conditions and sanitary instructions at the date of residence.)

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Applications submitted directly by artists will not be considered. They must be submitted by the associated partners via the IF Prog platform.

CONTACT

Mathilde Lajarrige, Project Manager / Residencies department

Candidates must necessarily be supported by one or more cultural partners. The associated partner(s) must carry out the application process for the artist.

These partners associated with the artist may be establishments belonging to the French cultural network abroad (Instituts français, Cultural Services of French Embassies, Alliances françaises) and/or French or foreign cultural structures (art centres, associations, multidisciplinary laboratories, galleries, museums, contracting structures, theatres, production locations for dance and street arts, concert halls, foreign festivals, etc. In France, priority will be given to applications submitted by the Ministry of Culture.)

DISCIPLINES

Artists may present a research project on a topic/theme of their choice, within the disciplines mentioned here after:

Architecture/landscaping/urban planning
visual arts
street arts/circus/puppets
comic arts,
cinema (fiction, animated cinema, creative documentary)
exhibition curating/art critic
digital creation (digital arts, video games, VR)
dance
design/graphism
literature (fiction, essay, children's literature)
crafts
fashion design
music (current, classic, contemporary and music for films and video games)
photography
pluridisciplinary projects
theater

TERMS OF RESIDENCE

The Institut français offers individual residencies and finances the accommodation in studio-apartments, of an approximate area of 40m2, at the Cité internationale des arts, on the site of the Marais, in Paris.

The partner(s) associated with the artist, in France or abroad, must finance the artist's travel, provide a living allowance (700€ per month, minimum) and other expenses (visa, insurance…), and carry out the process of submitting the artist's application.

No allowance for production shall be paid by the Institut français or the Cité internationale des arts.