2-12: Tailor-made AiR at Cité internationale des arts 2024

Every year, the Cité internationale des arts launches a residency program entitled 2—12, open to all artistic disciplines (visual arts, performing arts, music and writing). Offering the research time required by each artist, this program allows everyone to apply upon submission of a project, for residencies lasting between two and twelve months, between September 2024 and August 2025.

In addition to a studio, the 2-12 programme offers networking opportunities within a community of 325 other artists in residence from various disciplines, of different ages and nationalities, as well as – depending on the project – with professionals. To best meet the needs of artists and culture professionals, there are two residency options on offer this year as part of the 2-12 programme:

• Live-in studio residency, i.e., a place to live and work.
• Work studio residency, without accommodation.

Whether applying for a live-in studio or a workshop without accommodation, the applicants must finance their own residency.

The live-in studio option includes the provision of furnished accommodation (bedroom, bathroom, kitchen) and a workspace for the duration of the residency on the Marais or the Montmartre site of the Cité internationale des arts. They are equipped with a wifi Internet connection. Some can be equipped with pianos. The surface area of the live-in studios varies between 25 to 50 m². The provisional minimum monthly fee is €627, which may vary according to the size of the space (these rates are to be confirmed upon selection and may evolve in 2025). Residents may share their accommodation with an adult and/or a child under 7 years old, for which a supplement will be charged.

The working studio option is for artists and culture professionals who only need a working space. This option is organized around the provision of a furnished workspace (work table, seating, shelves) with a collective water point, located on the Montmartre site of the Cité internationale des arts, for the duration of the residency. Working studios vary in size, from 30 to 40 m², and are all equipped with a wifi Internet connection. The provisional minimum monthly fee for a working studio is between €258 and €680, depending on the size of the space (these rates are to be confirmed upon selection and may evolve in 2025).

This residency is open to French and foreign artists, curators and researchers active in the field of visual arts, music, writing and performing arts.

• Artists must have at least 5 years’ professional experience in their artistic career.
• Applicants must be over 18, with no age limit. The call is not open to students.
• Candidates must not have benefited from a residency at the Cité internationale des arts in the last two years. Artists who have terminated their residency in 2021 or earlier are eligible.

The application is online, with a deadline 28 January 2024.