Call for applications Fondation Fiminco Residency

Fondation Fiminco launches an open call for visual artists across all disciplines to undertake a residency in Romainville (Seine-Saint-Denis). This residency will be focused on research and development, as well as production.

Deadline to submit applications: January 21, 2021.
Download the open call.

About Fondation Fiminco
Fondation Fiminco has invested a former industrial site in Romainville, on the outskirts of Paris and accessible by the metro, to create a place that supports artists from all over the world and open to all audiences. Each year, the Fondation Fiminco hosts an 11 months residency to artists of different nationalities, giving them the opportunity to develop their work and their research. Designed for artists, this project aims to provide space, tools, and support to create a working environment for artists, across disciplinary practices.

The residency
The primary objective of the residency is to provide artists with a privileged environment for research and production. The artists will be accompanied by the Fondation’s team throughout their residency. They will have artistic and technical support according to their needs and the requirements of the project that they wish to develop: technical assistance with production, administrative support, and assistance with communication and networking. French as a foreign language courses will be offered to international artists to facilitate their integration and help with daily exchanges required during the residency.

The Fondation Fiminco residency is a place for professional development that helps artists gain visibility on the French art scene and establish a network. The Fondation will organise meetings with professionals from the art world, notably at open studios. Open house events will also be organized, allowing the public to discover the studios of the artists-in-residence.

A presentation of the artists’ work is also envisioned in the Fondation’s exhibition spaces.

Living and working spaces
Each resident artist will have a furnished studio, between 20 and 25 m2, with a bathroom and internet connection. Residents share communal kitchens and living spaces.

Two types of workshops will be available to artists-in-residence: collective workshops, shared between several artists, and production workshops, dedicated to specific artistic mediums (engraving, screen printing, photography, video and graphic studios). 

Terms of open call
The residency is aimed at artists residing in France or abroad, without an age limit, who can demonstrate a professional practice, either emerging established.

A jury constituted of professionals from the artworld and cultural sector will review applications and shortlist candidates. Shortlisted artists will be asked for an interview in person, or via videoconference in March 2021.
The application can be written in French or English.

It must be submitted in PDF format only, in a single file.

The file should be sent by email only to: residency [​at​] fondationfiminco.com 
before January 21, 2021

Find here the details for the mandatory documents.

Calendar
January 21, 2021
Deadline for submitting applications
March 2021
Interviews of shortlisted candidates by the jury
April 2021
Announcement of successful artists
September 2021
Commencement of the residency

Key figures
16 artists
Artists-in-residence at Fondation Fiminco
11 months
Duration of residency in Romainville
5 technical workshops
7 collective studios