Residenças Artísticas

Anybody have any experience with The Bored Peach Club? It's a residency on the island of Gozo in Malta. I applied and was selected to attend so I will be attending this summer and was wondering if anybody might have heard about it. I'm looking forward to the adventure and it sounds like a lovely place but inside info is always best.

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An artist friend is doing three painting retreats at Chateau de la Napoule near Cannes, FR this year and I'm really interested. I wonder if anyone else has gone there for an artist's residency. The residency comes with room and board (breakfast and dinner 5 days, on your own for lunch but you have access to the kitchen.) There is no fee if selected. Sounds wonderful.

@Threshold_art_retreats is hosting my friends retreats. You can see more on Instagram but, in the meantime, I'm looking for anyone who has experience with the location or organizer.

Has anyone had any experience with La Maison de Beaumont. I was asked to apply for a residency. Seems very flexible.. stay a week or a month or up to 12 weeks. You rent an apartment and have access to a studio. Studio apartments will be offered to resident artists for a minimal residency fee of 850 euros for each 2 week period (corresponding to 1700 euros for 4 weeks). The program is in the Luberon. Here's a link: https://lamaisondebeaumont.com/artistresidency/

I have done 2 self-directed, 4 week residencies here. I am scheduled to do another this fall. Some of these residencies are partially funded or fully funded by the facility. This year, one week of my 4 week residency will be fully funded. Jen Tough Gallery/AIR studios offers both a studio space and a studio apartment, in the same building, for the residency. There has also been a plan to offer residencies in a home nearby, with the studio in the home--I haven't heard if that plan has come to fruition yet. Santa Fe is a fabulous place for a residency as the landscape is incredible, and there is an amazingly active art scene. The food, live music and art-experiencing opportunities are unrivaled.

I spent the month of November, 2024 at an international artists' residency in France. There were about 25 artists present, including about 14 painters, 10 writers and one singer/songwriter. It was a fabulous experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone. It was expensive, but several of us were able to obtain grants to help with the expense (one or two people had grants that fully funded the residency). URL: https://www.chateauorquevaux.com/