Call for applications: Visas for Creation residency in France

The programme is part of the Africa and Caribbean cultural cooperation mission. It supports artistic emergence in Africa and the Caribbean through residencies in mainland France and its overseas territories.

Visas for Creation provides support for residencies of two months, which will allow recipients to extend their professional networks and encourage collaborations with French stakeholders. Applicants must identify a partner residency they wish to apply to through the Visas for Creation programme. The list of partners is available here.

Successful applicants will benefit from airfare coverage, a monthly living allowance of €1 000 ($1 200) and repatriation insurance.

Eligibility

Interested individuals may submit a research project dealing with a topic or theme of their choice in any of the following fields:

• Music (modern, jazz, classical, contemporary or for images, etc.)
• Photography
• Multidisciplinary projects
• Theatre
• Architecture
• Landscape
• Town planning
• Visual arts
• Street arts
• Circus
• Puppetry
• Exhibition curation
• Art criticism
• Digital arts
• Dance
• Design/graphic design
• Artistic professions
• Fashion

The applicants must:

• Be able to provide evidence of professional experience in the relevant area or field.
• Be released from any other professional activity for the whole duration of their stay.
• Manage the residency independently.
• Not have applied to any other current French Institute programmes.
• Not have been awarded a Visa for Creation during the past two years.
• Find a partner institution that will be able to provide technical and artistic support and accommodation.

Required documents

Applicants should submit the following:

• A specific project for the residency.
• A CV.
• A signed statement ensuring that the applicant authored the works to be presented.
• Letter of invitation or commitment providing evidence of the host residency’s participation.

Note:

• Only those candidates whose submissions have been selected will be notified to this effect via email.
• A list of recipients will be made public on the French Institute website.

Interested artists and curators should register here.

The application deadline is 1 March.

For more information, contact project manager Yamina Nedjadi at [email protected].