Magnetic Residencies
Ville
Fluxus Art Projects
Magnetic is a new programme of residencies in France and the United Kingdom of a period of 2 to 3 months, gathering the following institutions: CAPC in Bordeaux, CRAC Occitanie in Sète, FRAC Grand Large in Dunkerque, Villa Arson in Nice, Grizedale Arts in the English Lake District, Flax Art Studios in Belfast, Cove Park on Scotland’s west coast and Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Wales. For further information on each residency, please visit our website here.
The programme is characterised by several strengths:
• Societal and environmental issues will be at its heart, with the selected artists expected to work according to the focus of each residency, in resonance with each specific context –geographical or historical, societal, artistic etc
• Artists will receive a minimum monthly fee of about £2,100 / 2 500 €
• Each artist will benefit from curatorial mentoring
• Each residency will be tailor-made in discussion with the institutions’ curatorial teams
• Each residency will provide the artist with networking opportunities throughout their stay
• Artists will be provided with accommodation and access to a workspace
Eligibility
The opportunity is open to visual artists who have been living and working in France or the UK for at least 3 years and have presented their work in one or more identified institutions of the contemporary art network. France-based candidates are invited to apply for UK residencies and UK-based candidates for France residencies.
How to apply
Applications must be submitted before Monday, May 30, midnight, and completed online on our website here.
Candidates must submit a CV and a proposal outlining their motivations and intentions concerning the selected institution and its context. Our application form and eligibility criteria are available on our website.
The selected artists will be announced in mid-July.
Residencies will start in Autumn 2022.
Each project submitted should generate a confirmation email. In addition to your Fluxus Art Projects application, please send a confirmation email to: angela.blanc@institut-francais.org.uk and fluxusartp@gmail.com
Magnetic is a new collaboration conceived by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni and the four UK arts funding agencies, produced under the umbrella of Fluxus Arts Projects, a charity founded and run by the Institut and supported by French and UK institutions and private donors. Over the past twelve years, Fluxus Art Projects has become a marker of notoriety for artists and non-profit organisations, supporting exhibitions and curatorial research in France and the United Kingdom.
For further information on the programme, please visit our website here. If you have any specific enquiries, please contact fluxusartp@gmail.com