Short residencies

The French Academy in Rome welcomes artists, authors and researchers from all disciplines throughout the year to carry out a specific project of creation, experimentation or research for periods not exceeding six months, in the framework of various thematic or partnership residency programmes.

A founding mission of the French Academy in Rome, hosting artists in residence is part of a concrete approach to accompanying and supporting artists by giving them the time and means to develop their projects, in a spirit of dialogue between art fields.

If you have any questions, please contact the following address and we will do our best to answer: [email protected]

André Chastel Research Grant

Created in 2010 in partnership with the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), the André Chastel Research Grant is intended for advanced researchers. Each year, this programme allows two post-doctoral researchers to be hosted at Villa Medici for a research residency on projects from the Renaissance to the present day.

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Medici Residency Programme (ONGOING)

The Medici Residency programme aims to welcome French-speaking artists, authors and researchers from all disciplines to Villa Medici throughout the year in order to carry out a specific project of creation or research for a period from 1 week to 2 months. These residencies are not part of the annual Fellows’ competition. They are short residencies, allowing the realisation of a specific research or creation project.

On the application deadline, candidates must be over eighteen years of age (no maximum age limit). Applicants must be French-speaking, without any nationality criteria. Group applications are allowed.

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Residency of art and craft with the support of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation

The French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici is joining forces with the Bettencourt–Schueller Foundation to launch a new residency programme for professionals working in the field of art and craft.

Through this research, creation and experimentation residency programme for people working in the field of crafts and design, Villa Medici wishes to broaden access to its residencies for craftspeople and designers in a living and working environment that encourages emulation between artistic disciplines.

The stay at Villa Medici may lead to the production of one or more objects specially designed to resonate with the environment. The production phase can of course be considered at a later stage after the residency. The resident will also have the possibility of leaving an existing or specially created object at the Villa Médicis in order to showcase it in the reception areas.

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Comic book residency with the Cité de la bande dessinée and the ADAGP

In 2019, the French Academy in Rome and the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image, in partnership with the ADAGP, have set up a residency programme focused on comics art aimed at supporting innovative projects by established authors in the field of comics and illustration.
Each year, following a call for applications, a winner is selected to spend several months in residence at Villa Medici.

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The winners:
2023: Julie Michelin
2022: Maxim Cain
2021: Guillaume Trouillard
2020: Isabelle Boinot, Matthias Lehmann
2019: Céline Guichard

Research and creation residency in partnership with the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation

As part of a partnership with the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation initiated in 2014, three laureates of the Lagardère Foundation grants (of any nationality, age and discipline) are selected each year to spend a one to four week residency at Villa Medici to develop a specific research or creative project.

The winners:
2022 : Louis Jallu
2021: Pierre Maillard, Tian Doan Na Champassak, Virginie Boda
2020: François-Henri Désérable, David Robert
2019: Baptiste Rossi, Bastien Daret
2018: Harchi Kaoutar, Stéphanie Lacombe and Eugène Riousse
2017: Isidore Béthel, Melissa Laveaux, Yann Charbonnier
2016: Maciek Pozoga, Audrée Wilhelmy, Alexandre Westphal
2015: Yann Apperry, Arnaud Gerber, Julien Golsdtein
2014: Angelo Cianci, Julien Hamelin, Djeff Regottaz

Research and creation residency in partnership with the Occitanie region

Created in 2018 in partnership with the Occitanie Region, the Occitanie-Médicis Prize aims to promote artistic creation in Occitanie and expand its international influence.

This prize is open to visual artists, living in Occitanie or having a link with the Occitanie Region (birth, education), and whose professional work has an international dimension. Each year, following a call for applications, one artist is welcomed in residence at Villa Medici for three months to carry out a specific project. The aim of this residency programme is not only to provide artists with the conditions for research, reflection and creation, but also to expose them to Italian culture and to meet the other fellows and resident artists at Villa Medici, in a dialogue between disciplines.

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The winners:
2022: Naomi Maury
2021: Paul Loubet, ÎLE/MER/FROID (Antony Lille, Hugo Lemaire and Boris Geoffroy)
2020: Noëlle Pujol
2019: Antoine Renard, Agathe Pitié
2018: Abdelkader Benchama

XR Farnese – Medici Residency

Initiated by the French Embassy in Italy and the Institut Français Italia in partnership with the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, the XR Farnese – Medici Residency is a programme dedicated to immersive creation and virtual reality. Launched in partnership with NewImages Festival – an international event dedicated to XR – the residency is endowed with a grant of 6,000€, and will allow a French author to develop his or her XR project during a stay at Villa Medici. This residency will be an opportunity to meet Italian institutions, artists and professionals.

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The winners:
2021: Boris Labbé

Daniel Arasse Research Grant

Created in 2002 in partnership with the École française de Rome, the Daniel Arasse Research Grant is intended for French-speaking researchers who are doctoral candidates or for a first post-doctoral fellowship in the history and theory of the arts and who wish to travel to Rome to carry out research in Roman and/or Italian institutions concerning the modern and contemporary period. The amount of the scholarship is 1,000 euros per month. Eight monthly instalments are foreseen within the framework of this research grant.

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