Aisling McCoy - Cité internationale des arts
© Aisling McCoy

Residencies Institut français x Cité internationale des arts

  • Architecture
  • Visual Arts / Photography
  • Cinema
  • Digital creation
  • Book
  • Crafts / Design
  • Performing arts / Music

The Institut français x Cité internationale des arts residency program is aimed at artists and cultural professionals residing abroad for at least 5 years, who wish to develop a research and creative project in Paris, during a residency of three, six or nine months.

The next call for applications will open on July 2026, for the allocation of residences between April 2027 and April 2028.

The selection process is open to artists and cultural professionals, without age limit, from all countries, in the following disciplines:

  • Architecture, landscape, urban planning
  • Street art, circus, puppetry
  • Plastic art
  • Comics
  • Cinema (animation, fiction, creative documentary, video art)
  • Digital creation (digital art, video games, VR)
  • Art criticism and curating
  • Dance, performance
  • Design, graphic design
  • Gastronomy
  • Literature (fiction, essays, children's literature, comics)
  • Art professions
  • Fashion
  • Music (classical and contemporary music, contemporary music and jazz)
  • Photography
  • Theater
  • The Institut français de Paris is responsible for renting individual studio apartments at the Cité internationale des arts. These are located on the Marais site (18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004). They are furnished, equipped with a Wifi connection and include a working room with a bedroom area, a bathroom and a kitchenette.
  • The associate partner(s) undertake to cover round-trip travel expenses; ensure that the artist has insurance covering repatriation, hospitalization, medical expenses and civil liability; ensure that the artist has a visa allowing him/her to stay in France for the duration of the residency; provide the artist with a living allowance of at least €1,000 per month.
  • 3, 6 or 9 months