Medici Residency

Residency requirements

Selection conditions

Applications may be submitted for all creative disciplines, arts and crafts, as well as art history and theory, and art and monument restoration. Candidates must be French-speaking. Candidates must be over eighteen years of age on the closing date for applications. Group applications are permitted. Applications are examined in one or two sessions per year.

 

A selection committee chaired by the Academy’s Director examines all applications, deliberates and decides on the list of successful candidates, as well as the duration of the residency awarded to them. Successful applicants will receive a reply by e-mail within three months of the closing date of the call for applications.

 

Reception conditions

The dates of the residents’ actual stay are set by the Academy Director. In the event of refusal of these dates by the selected candidate, the latter may lose the benefit of the residency. Between these dates, residents must be present at the Villa Medici. The terms and conditions of residency are set out in a residency contract between the Academy and the resident. To enable them to carry out their creative, research or experimental activities, the Academy pays each resident a monthly grant of €1,500 gross, prorated for the duration of the residency. Each resident is offered a single room in shared accommodation for the duration of his or her stay. Transportation to and from the residence is the responsibility of the resident.

 

Application

The electronic weight of the application file must not exceed 20 MB in total.

• the application form duly completed on the online platform, indicating in particular the desired duration ;
• PDF copies of both sides of valid national identity cards or passports for all applicants;
• a detailed curriculum vitae (CV) or biography, in French, describing artistic career, diplomas, awards and grants obtained, publications and residencies completed (one CV or biography per person for group projects), in PDF format;
• a note of intent in the form of a typed note, written in French in PDF format, not exceeding 3 pages, A4 and 2 MB, specifying the motivations, research theme(s) and nature of the work envisaged during the residency period;
• The dossier can also include additional documentation: copies of articles, extracts from dissertations, photographs or images of documentation (maximum 15 images). Hyperlinks to video or audio files or web pages may also be included. All these elements must be assembled in a single PDF document.
• Each PDF document submitted to the platform must include the names of the applicants (if applicable, each of the applicants in the case of group applications). Documents must be submitted in PDF format and the headings must not contain any accents, special signs or spaces (e.g. &, *, #,(),^…). e.g. paul_dupont_cv or elodie_dupont_portfolio.
• the application must be accompanied by a single letter of recommendation in support of the research and/or creation project from a cultural player (e.g. publishing house, producer, gallery, museum, contemporary art center, festival, archive, research center, etc.).

 

Documents to read

Regulations of the Medici Residency (Fr)

Villa Medici regulations (Fr)