Artistic residencies in Paris
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Introduction
Go to Mon dossier CALQ This link will open in a new window and complete your grant application online.
Before submitting an application, artists are advised to read the program over carefully. If you have any questions after reading the program or if there is anything else you would like to clarify, please email or phone the program manager. The manager can also provide information and advice on how to present your project and what to include in your application.
Foreword
With a view to participating in the initiative launched by the Québec government to intensify the presence of Québec creators in innovative and stimulating cultural circles and to broaden the territories for the dissemination of Québec culture, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (Conseil) has concluded a collaboration agreement with the City of Paris and the Récollets international reception and exchange center (Les Récollets), in order to expand the international network of workshops and residences offered to Québec artists and writers.
The artists participating in this program enjoy complete autonomy and define the objectives of their stay and elaborate the parameters and conditions for its realization incollaboration with one or more artistic collaborators from France.
For the project to be eligible, the application must be submitted at least twelve weeks before the start of the project. When they register, applicants must submit a letter of intent from the host organization that undertakes to offer them professional support during their residency and that specifies the nature of the collaboration that they intend to establish in conjunction with the project.
Objectives
Conseil's studio-apartment residency program has five objectives:
- To support and stimulate artists by making available to them a suitable environment and the means to produce and disseminate their works.
- To foster artistic renewal for artists and writers by giving them access to a new and stimulating cultural environment.
- To facilitate exchanges of artistic or literary viewpoints and contribute to the formation of durable ties between artists from Québec and abroad.
- To promote the work and career development of Québec artists internationally.
- To develop new networks for artistic creation, production and dissemination.
Residency characteristics
Disciplines concerned
Architectural research, arts and crafts, cinema and video, circus arts, dance, digital arts, literature and storytelling, multidisciplinary arts, music, popular song theatre, visual arts
Types of eligible projects
- to participate to a creation, production and dissemination project in collaboration with a well known artistic organisation;
- to present and disseminate work in a professional context;
- any other project that helps enhance the status of an artist or writer and his artistic work.
Target applicants
Artists with at least two years of artistic practice.
Writers eligible for Mid-Career or Development grants.
Mid-career grants
- The writer must have published from two to five books or a minimum of five different texts in a context recognized by his peers and in a literary genre eligible for a grant from the Conseil.
- The storyteller and the spoken word artist in the literary domain must have realized at least one solo creation in a context recognized by their peers.
Development grants
- The writer must have published at least six books in a context recognized by his peers and in a literary genre eligible for a grant offered by the Conseil.
- The storyteller and the spoken word artist in the literary domain must have realized at least six solo creations in a context recognized by their peers.
Length of stay and amount of the grant
Interested applicants must submit to Conseil a residency project that includes a two to three-month stay, from July 1st, 2025 to March 31st, 2026.
The amount of the grant is $ 5 000 for a two-month stay and $ 7 000 for a three-month stay. The amount of the grant is intended to support part of the costs of the residency (insurance, travel, subsistence). The Conseil will pay directly to the centre Les Récollets the cost of accommodation
Location
The former Récollets convent is located in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, close to the Gare de l’Est. A historic building dating back to the 12th century, the Récollets convent is today a real estate complex that includes:
- a hotel tourism residence reserved for researchers and artists with rentable spaces for cultural events,
- the offices of the Ile de France Order of Architects and the Maison de l’architecture,
- the offices of the 4D association (Dossiers et Débats pour le Développement Durable – Projects and debates for sustainable development).
The residence comprises 80 furnished studios-apartments. The size of the studio available to Quebec artists or writers varies according to availability.
Eligibility
General criteria
Disciplines concerned
Architectural research, arts and crafts, cinema and video, circus arts, dance, digital arts, literature and storytelling, multidisciplinary arts, music, popular song theatre, visual arts
Conditions
These rules govern all CALQ grant programs.
You can submit up to five separate applications and receive a maximum of five grants per CALQ fiscal year, from April 1st to March 31st. All applications submitted, including those deemed ineligible, are counted in the annual maximum.
Applications with a fixed date:
The fiscal year a grant application falls under is indicated under the application date for each program in the ''Presentation of the application'' section. You can only submit one application per registration.
Apply any time:
Travel, Circulation of Works Within Québec, Circulation of Works Outside Québec:
Applications submitted between March 1st and 31st inclusively are counted for the following fiscal year.
Others :
Applications received between February 24 and March 31st inclusively will be recorded in the following fiscal year.
You may not have more than three projects being considered, supported or under way at the same time.
If you have received financial support from one of the CALQ’s grant programs, you must produce a Grant Use Report within three months after the completion of the project. To be eligible to submit a new application, you must have submitted Grant Use Reports for all projects that have reached their end, and these reports must be approved by the CALQ. The official end date for the project is the date you set when applying.
Failure to meet deadlines for the submission of projects will render your application ineligible.
Ineligibility
- Projects carried out under the supervision of an educational program are ineligible.
- A project that has already been rejected by the Conseil is ineligible for this program.
- A group legally constituted as a not-for-profit or profit-making company or general partnership is ineligible for this program.
- Incomplete applications.
Artists' or writers' groups (previously referred to as collectives) are not eligible.
Amount of the grant
The amount of the grant is $ 5 000 for a two-month stay and $ 7 000 for a three-month stay. The amount of the grant is intended to support part of the costs of the residency (insurance, travel, subsistence). The Conseil will pay directly to the centre Les Récollets the cost of accommodation
Expenses covered by the grant
Grants awarded by the Conseil under the Studios and studio-apartments section enable recipients to cover the cost of personal insurance, travel, living expenses, visa fees and costs related to carry out their projects.
The grant recipient is responsible for obtaining all of the documents necessary for his sojourn abroad, including a visa when the host country demands it.
Applicants do not have to submit an itemized budget to support their application.
Financial support is available for artists with disabilities with a view to ensuring access to CALQ's services. Please complete the relevant section of your official form if you would like to submit an application.
Evaluation of applications
Evaluation criteria
- Artistic quality of the work
- Interest and relevance of the project
- Feasibility of the project
Evaluation process
Applications are evaluated based on merit, according to the objectives and evaluation criteria of the program. The selection process takes into account both the relative value of projects and available funding.
As needed, the CALQ uses assessors who issue an opinion at the request of the department that makes the final decision.
Assessors are chosen according to the CALQ’s Policy concerning juries, committees and assessorsThis link will open in a new window. Assessors are recognized for their expertise in the discipline in question.
Decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
Ethics
Board members, employees and members of juries and committees of the CALQ are subject to Codes of ethics and professional conduct This link will open in a new window. All must act in good faith in performing their duties and refrain from taking part in any discussion concerning a grant application that risks creating a conflict of interest. Confidential or privileged information transmitted to them may not be used for personal reasons.
Decision
The Conseil will inform applicants of its response to the application approximately three months after the application deadline.
An applicant registered for Mon dossier CALQ will receive an email inviting him to consult his online file to find out the result.
If the application is successful, along with the announcement letter the applicant will receive a document describing the terms and conditions governing the use of the grant.
If the application is unsuccessful and the applicant is not registered for Mon dossier CALQ, the Conseil will communicate its decision in writing.
After receiving the results, the applicant may request the jury's or the evaluator's general rankings of the project for each evaluation criterion.
The CALQ wishes to reiterate that its decisions are final and without appeal. No form of verbal abuse, harassment or intimidation towards its team after a decision is rendered, nor at any point in the application process, is tolerated.
Presentation of the application
Registration deadline
December 31, 2024
This program is currently open, the deadline for submitting an application is December 31, 2024.
For this program, your application must be submitted at least twelve weeks before the start of the project.
An artist who wishes to apply for this grant program must fill out the appropriate application form and provide a complete file, making sure to include all the requisite items.
The date of submission online or the postmark is deemed to be the date of receipt of the application. Incomplete applications and those submitted after the application deadline are not accepted.
Choice of host facility
The applicant is invited to present a project for a specific location and must submit a brief justification supporting his choice.
Application form
Important
The CALQ will not be accepting applications by mail. Mon dossier CALQ This link will open in a new window is the favoured channel for transmitting an application and for finding out the status of your file.
If this transmission mode is not available for the present program or if you cannot use it, the CALQ will receive the application file by WeTransfer. Instructions for sending are provided on the Application form – detail project.
Apply online
Mon dossier CALQGrant application form - Details of the project for studios and studio-apartments (Word) (64 KB)
Grant application form - Details of the project for studios and studio-apartments (PDF) (1 MB)
Grant application form for studios - Personal Information (PDF) (977 KB)
Grant application form for studios - Personal Information (Word) (64 KB)
Contents of the application file
The required file contents are detailed on the application form.
Any documents or supporting materials received by the Conseil after the application deadline will not be submitted for evaluation.
The Conseil cannot be held responsible for the loss of submitted items or damage sustained by such items during shipping. Applicants are urged to never send the originals of items or supporting materials required for a grant application.
Subject to the provisions of the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information, the Conseil respects the confidentiality of the documents and information in its possession and of those sent to it.
Applicants must promptly notify the Conseil of a change of address so that mail can be sent to the new address.
Sojourn Abroad
The grant recipient is responsible for obtaining all the documents necessary for his sojourn abroad, including a visa when the host country demands it.
Do not hesitate to contact the cultural team at the Québec delegation, government office or field office responsible for the territory where you will reside to take advantage of the resources that the team can offer you.
Contact information for Québec government delegations, offices and field offices abroad is available on the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie This link will open in a new window.
Obligations and reports
Awarding of grants
- The Conseil determines the amounts awarded taking into consideration the funds available, budgets submitted and eligible expenses.
- The grant will be disbursed in the month following the announcement. However, to proceed with a payment, the Conseil must be informed of the grant recipient's social insurance number. In accordance with tax legislation, a grant recipient is bound to declare the amount of the grant awarded. The Conseil issues a tax slip to each grant recipient and submits the list of grant recipients to the ministère du Revenu.
- For the studio and studio-apartment residency program, the grant will be disbursed two months prior to the beginning of the residency.
- For the studio and studio-apartment residency program, the artist selected undertakes to comply with the applicable conditions and rules, whether communicated by the host organization or the institution overseeing the residency or posted on their website, as the case may be.
For further information…
- The Conseil cannot support the same project more than once. Moreover, the Conseil may not award a grant in respect of the same expenses related to a project already supported under another program of the Conseil or any other organization whatsoever.
- By cashing a grant cheque, the artist enters into a commitment to carry out the project planned and comply with the conditions governing the use of the grant.
- The grant recipient has three years from the application registration date to complete the project supported. The end of this period is the project expiry date. Should the artist fail to comply with this condition, the Conseil may demand repayment of the amount disbursed. Moreover, should the artist die or be disabled prior to completion of the anticipated activity, the Conseil may demand repayment of the grant prorated to the state of advancement of the activity.
Report on the use of a grant
The grant recipient undertakes to submit a detailed report on the use of the grant or the results of the research. This report must be submitted within three months after the end of a project. To be eligible to submit a new application, a grant recipient must have submitted the reports on the use of grants for all projects that have reached their end date, and these reports must be approved by the Conseil. The official project end date is determined by the candidate upon registration.
Visibility and use of the Conseil’s logo
Standards governing visibility
- When the project results in public activities such as exhibitions or publications, the Conseil's logo or a mention of its contribution must appear on any documentation, promotion or advertising materials.
- The grant recipient must comply with Standards governing the use of the Conseil's logo This link will open in a new window.
Further eligibility
Failure to comply with any of the foregoing conditions may jeopardize an artist's eligibility to submit a subsequent application.
Tools and references
Partners
This program is made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Ville de Paris and the Récollets international reception and exchange center.
Ville de Paris This link will open in a new window
Centre international d'accueil et d'échanges des Récollets This link will open in a new window
Contact info
The contact information for the Québec government offices abroad (delegations, bureaus, and trade offices) can be found on the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie website This link will open in a new window.
Reference documents
Synoptic table (124 KB) of the studios and studio-apartments eligibility per artistic field and professional experience (PDF).
- Frequently Asked Questions This link will open in a new window
- Code of ethics and professional conduct governing jury and committee members and assessors hired by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (65 KB)
- Glossary This link will open in a new window
- Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information This link will open in a new window
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act This link will open in a new window
- Act respecting the professional status of artists in the visual arts, film, the recording arts, literature, arts and crafts and the performing arts This link will open in a new window
- Policy governing juries, committees and assessors (365 KB)
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