Studio Faire
Studio Faire is a contemporary art space in South West France, providing residencies for artists, writers and all other creative practitioners. They also organise creative and cultural events and courses to complement the residencies.
Studio Faire offers self-funded, self-directed residencies to international practitioners, working in any creative discipline, who would benefit from a period of uninterrupted time to focus on developing their work. Studio Faire’s residencies can offer time to focus on research and development to inspire a new body of work, to start and carry your practice into the future. The residencies can offer a change of pace from your normal routine, allowing time for problem solving, support through constructive feedback or the opportunity to try out ideas on a local audience before revealing them to the world. Studio Faire’s residencies can bring about cross-disciplinary collaboration or simply introduce you to new friends from different walks of life.
They welcome applications from all types of creative practitioner and from all ages and *abilities. (*All the bedrooms are upstairs so some mobility is required). As space is limited, applicants will be selected based on their experience, quality of work, project ideas and compatibility with any other resident(s) staying at the same time.
Studio Faire offers four different options:
1 - The Bureau offers an ideal office space with a garden view for writers, photographers, musicians or makers who are happy with a small clean office space (230 x 290 cm). A private double bedroom is offered in addition to this workspace.
2 - The Usher Hall is a live/work space, suitable for writers, photographers or makers who are happy with a clean space. It is a very generously proportioned room (679 x 460 cm) with two North facing windows.
3 - The Garage Studio is suited to visual artists, makers or musicians. It is a good sized space (780 x 370 cm) with a North facing window, a white wall that work can be taped onto, a concrete floor, plus several trestle tables and easels. A private double bedroom is offered in addition to this studio.
4 - The Garden Room is a bedroom with a small desk overlooking over an acre of garden. It is a live/work space, suitable for writers, photographers or makers who are happy with a clean space. It is a lovely, bright room (620 x 345 cm) with two South facing windows.
Residents live and work in the house, studios and gardens of Studio Faire, a small mansion built around 1830 and still retaining its period characteristics. Accommodation is provided on a self-catering basis, with a private bedroom, plus shared interior and exterior living and workspace. The bedrooms and studios are spacious, and the mature gardens offer private, shaded space for work and play.