Marc Deydier Museum Artist Residency 2026–27

Overview

This is a territory-based artist residency hosted at the Musée Marc Deydier in Cucuron, offered by voyons voir art contemporain et territoire. The selected artist, duo, or collective will develop a research and creation project around the museum's new permanent exhibition space "Au fil de l'eau" (Along the Water), which explores a thousand years of water-related heritage in the Cucuron area — from historic flour mills and the town's landmark étang (pond), to fountains, bastide basins, and 19th-century public wash-houses and fountains.

Project Requirements

The artist is asked to integrate a class of pupils from Cucuron's elementary school into the project and to involve local cultural actors (cinema, media library, etc.) as far as possible. Of the residency's 6 weeks, 70% of time is allocated to research and creation, and 30% to public-facing cultural actions.

Eligibility

• Open to artists, artist duos, or collectives
• Must hold artiste-auteur status with Urssaf Limousin, or be able to issue an invoice and hold a SIRET number
• Applicants should demonstrate coherence of their proposal with their artistic practice

Awards & Benefits

• Artist fee: €3,000
• Production grant: €1,500
• Fee for public-facing/educational actions: €1,500
• Accommodation covered
• Travel expenses reimbursed upon receipt of receipts and expense report
• Presentation of work at the Musée Marc Deydier as part of the Festival du Printemps de l'Art Contemporain 2027 (mid-May)

Key Dates

• Application deadline: 15 September 2026
• Jury meeting and announcement of selected artist: end of October 2026
• Residency period: 6 weeks, to be scheduled between November 2026 and April 2027
• Public presentation/restitution: Festival du Printemps de l'Art Contemporain 2027 (mid-May 2027)

Application Process

The selection process has two phases: an initial call in which artists express interest by submitting a portfolio/book, a short statement of intent, and a project sketch; short-listed applicants then present a detailed project with budget and production phases via a written dossier and an individual interview.

Application Requirements

• Portfolio with CV
• Statement of intent highlighting interest in the residency
• Proof of status enabling the candidate to issue an invoice
• Submit as single PDF file by email to [email protected] with applicant's name and first name in file name (format: NOM_Prénom_Cucuron_2026)

Contact

Residency programme: Céline Ghisleri (Director) and Léo Ferreiro (Project Officer), [email protected]. Museum referent: René Volot, Musée Marc Deydier, Rue de l'Église, 84160 Cucuron, tel. 04 90 09 87 61.