Arts and crafts

Medici Residency

with the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation

© Thibaut de Rohan

In 2022, the Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis and the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller have created a residency program for professionals working in the field of fine crafts.


The residence

Reception conditions

  • 1-month residency at Villa Médicis (Rome, Italy)
  • Provision of a room in shared accommodation
  • If required, access to a shared workshop
  • Access to work tools available to Villa residents
  • Assistance in establishing contacts with local production partners (prior to the residency), artists and companies
  • A stay at Villa Medici may lead to the production of one or more objects specially designed to resonate with the site. The production phase can be considered at a later stage, after the residency. The resident will also have the opportunity to leave an existing or specially created object at Villa Medici, to be displayed in the reception areas.

Financial terms and conditions

  • Villa Medici will cover transportation costs up to a maximum of €1,000 return.
  • Residence grant: €2,500
  • A production grant may be awarded on the basis of a budget submitted as part of the application (including, where applicable, a description of the production tools required for the project). Maximum budget: €5,000. The craftsman must undertake to leave the manufactured object at the Villa Medici.

Applications

For whom?

  • The call for applications is addressed to professionals in the art and craft sector.
  • Applicants must submit a detailed creative project, specifying how it was conceived and, where applicable, identifying production partners in Italy, technical specifications, a production budget and a timetable for completion.

How?

  • The application must include the application form duly completed on the Villa Medici online platform.
  • A photocopy of both sides of an identity document
  • A detailed presentation of the residency project (5 pages maximum): research, technical requirements, production schedule and, if applicable, a production budget.
  • CV (max. 2 pages)
  • A portfolio presenting a selection of past creations (10 pages max.)

Texts must be written in French. All documents must be submitted to the platform in PDF format.
Submission of an application constitutes a firm commitment to take part in the residency if the application is accepted.

The Bettencourt Schueller Foundation

The Bettencourt Schueller Foundation is both a family foundation and, since its creation in 1987, has been recognized as a public utility. Bettencourt Schueller Foundation aims to “give wings to talent” in order to contribute to France’s success and influence. To this end, it seeks out, selects, supports and promotes men and women who are today imagining the world of tomorrow, in three fields that contribute concretely to the common good: life sciences, the arts and solidarity. In a spirit of philanthropy, the foundation acts through prizes, donations, personalized support, communication and co-constructed initiatives. Since its creation, the Foundation has awarded 634 prizes and supported over 1,000 projects led by talented individuals, teams, associations and organizations. The Foundation has been involved in the arts and crafts sector for over 20 years. It was one of the first to promote the contemporary dimension of these crafts through the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the Intelligence of the Hand®. It identifies these skills as an asset of international appeal that needs to be promoted abroad. It has contributed to the recognition of arts and crafts as an artistic practice eligible for international residencies. In this context, it has been a patron of Villa Kujoyama since 2014, of Villa Albertine since 2021 and now also of Villa Médicis.

The residents

of this program

Francesco Balzano

Design

Joris van Gastel

Art history

Giulia Montineri

Cinema

Clément Postec

Cinema

Mėta Valiušaitytė

Art history

Exhibition curator

Aline Deschamps

Photography

Esther Giachetti

Art history

Estelle Benazet Heugenhauser

Literature

Anna Meschiari

Plastic arts

Jonathan Pêpe

Plastic arts

Virtual reality

Philomène Renard

Art history

Lauriane Mouysset

Art history

Research

Émilie Houssa

Art history

Literature

Nadjim Bigou-Fathi & Soto Labor

Plastic arts

Valentine Umansky

Art history

Exhibition curator

L’atelier Bony Mosconi

Architecture

Sarah Chabrier

Cooking practices

Plastic arts

Frédéric Coché

Comic strip

Pamela Breda

Cinema

Nicolas Sarzeaud

Art history

Agathe de Bailliencourt

Plastic arts

Naïs Campedel

Arts and crafts

Caroline Déodat

Cinema

Aurélie Saada

Literature

Musical composition

Fredj Moussa

Plastic arts

Amélie Durand

Literature

Clémentine Bruno

Plastic arts

Arthur Côme

Cinema

Stéphanie Solinas

Plastic arts

Chloé Quenum

Plastic arts

Akram Hajj

Musical composition

Abdelkader Benchamma

Plastic arts

Anaïs Jarnoux

Arts and crafts

Julie Sissia

Art history

Marie Ouazzani & Nicolas Carrier

Plastic arts

Sébastien Kheroufi

Literature

Theater

Solène Wachter

Choreography

Younès Ben Slimane

Plastic arts

Anaelle Rossi

Art history

Hugo Drubay

Arts and crafts

Arturo Franzino

Cooking practices

Florence Larcher

Art history

Tanguy Viel

Literature

Xie Lei

Plastic arts

Mouna Saboni

Photography

Marie Robert

Art history

Léonie Pernet

Musical composition

Sarra Mezhoud

Art history

Lucile Littot & Markos Mazarakis-Ainian

Musical composition

Plastic arts

Emii Alrai

Plastic arts

Francesca Romana Posca

Art history

Geoffrey Ripert

Art history

Théo Luca de Luca

Art history

Rose Salane

Photography

Lafawndah

Musical composition

Alice Brygo

Cinema

Plastic arts

Vincenzo Mancuso

Art history

Julie Michelin

Comic strip

Elizaveta Falkova

Art history

Olivier Vadrot

Scriptwriting

Rose Vidal

Literature

Plastic arts

Thomas Flahaut

Literature

Marc Gros Cannella

Musical composition

Mario Zamora

Art history

Coline Sunier & Charles Mazé

Design

Jérémy Griffaud

Digital creation

Dana-Fiona Armour

Plastic arts

Eléonore Marantz

Art history

Marica Bottaro

Art history

Marianne Dautrey

Cinema

Zineb Mekouar

Literature

Sally Bonn

Literature

Clara Bouveresse

Art history

Juliette Brack

Art history

Valentin Noujaïm

Plastic arts

Chiara Franceschini

Art history

Paul Heintz

Plastic arts

Caterina & Marc Aurel

Design

Léa Chauvel-Lévy

Literature

Valérie Boudier

Art history

Elene Usdin

Comic strip

Euridice Zaituna Kala

Plastic arts

Madeline Delbé

Art history

Clea Chakraverty

Journalism

Lucas Malbrun

Cinema

Rémi Fox

Musical composition

Marina Chiche

Musical composition

Joana Preiss

Theater

Louis Deltour

Art history

Jeanne Dorn

Art history

Anita Orzes

Art history

Martin Planchaud

Cooking practices

Clovis Maillet

Research

Mylinh Nguyen

Arts and crafts

Pauline Brocart & Federico Nicolao

Literature

Naomi Maury

Plastic arts

Maxim Cain

Comic strip

Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen

Art history

Camille Lesouef

Art history

Boris Labbé

Digital creation

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