As part of the CreArt network, the City of Clermont-Ferrand in France is organizing a two-month residency for 3 visual artists at Chalet Lecoq. It will select 2 artists from the CreArt network and 1 from Clermont-Ferrand.

Chalet Lecoq
Both in the center of town and in an atypical location in the middle of a public garden, the Chalet Lecoq invites reflection on the relationship between nature and the urban, in a place frequented by residents of all ages (families, students, senior citizens...). The Chalet Lecoq is the former janitor's house of the Jardin Lecoq, a park located in the heart of the city. The Chalet welcomes international artists in residency throughout the year. It offers a privileged setting, with a two-bedroom apartment and a fully-equipped workspace.
For this two-month residency, le Chalet Lecoq will host the two European artists for the accommodation and workspace, and the Clermont-Ferrand artist for the workspace.

Residency conditions
• residency grant: 3 000 € / artist for the two-month residency (1 500 € / month)
• production costs: 600 € / artist
• for European artists, reimbursement of round-trip travel expenses (up to 500 € )
• an end-of-residency presentation may be organized, in discussion with the artists hosted.

CreArt 3.0 is currently a matrix composed by 13 European medium-sized cities that works from 2012 exchanging experiences and good practices to foster Contemporary art, through a permanent transnational mobility program for emerging artists, curators and cultural agents, in order to maximise the economic, social & cultural contribution that creativity can make to their local communities. Their consolidated network have recently applied for the Creative Europe call to start a new chapter: they would #pushboundaries beyond the visual arts, reinforcing other artistic practices such as performative arts or music, and they also cross their own borders, by starting a new cooperation with an NGO based in Lviv in order to support the training & professionalization of Ukrainian artists.

In the netwotk there are 6 European capital of culture of the past, present and future and different candidate cities.

To apply
• Being born or resident in one of the following cities: Kaunas (Lithuania), Liepaja (Latvia), Skopje (Northern Macedonia), Aveiro (Portugal), Valladolid (Spain), Lublin (Poland), Venice (Italy), Rouen (France), Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic), Oulu (Finland), Regensburg (Germany) ;
• Members of Croatian Asociation of Visual Artists (HDLU)
• Application open to Ukrainian artists thanks to cooperation with the Lviv Art Council "Dialog".

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH
In a single PDF document:
• identity card or passport - and residency certificate if required
• a short version of your CV (one A4 page)
• an artist's portfolio, recent and related to the project (maximum 10 pages and 10 images, you can include links)
• a short written project proposal (one A4 page) explaining why you would like to carry out a residency in Clermont-Ferrand and what this would bring to the artist's work.
Applications must be submitted via the artists' platform on the network's website: https://creart2-eu.org/open-calls/
APPLICATION DEADLINE: JULY 5, midnight
Artists will be selected by a jury of Clermont-Ferrand contemporary art professionals. Particular attention will be paid to selecting artists whose work may reveal forms of connection.Announcement of selected candidates: July 18, 2025.

More info here.

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