Textile Residencies in France

Abstract Mag

Côte d’Azur, France

The Abstract Mag Summer Residency is a fully funded, two-week artist residency held in the South of France, providing 50 selected artists with an immersive creative experience. Open to artists working in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, sculpture, ceramics, and textile art, the program offers a chance to explore their practice in an inspiring setting. Participants will stay in a historic château with all expenses covered, including travel, accommodation, meals, and art supplies. The residency features excursions to major art institutions such as the Picasso Museum and Fondation Maeght, fostering cultural and artistic enrichment. At the end of the program, residents will participate in a group exhibition at a partner gallery, with their works featured in a printed publication. Additionally, 50 partnering galleries will consider the residents’ work for future collaborations. The program is designed to support artists in deepening their practice while engaging with a creative community in the culturally rich Côte d’Azur region.

ACEA – Ateliers de Création et d’Expression Artistique

France

Name of Residency: ACEA – Ateliers de Création et d’Expression ArtistiqueACEA invites emerging and established artists of all disciplines for a time and space away from their usual environments. We provide an opportunity for artists to reflect, research, create, and present in the small, rural village of Marnay Sur Seine, France. ACEA allows regional, national, and international artists the opportunity to exchange professional and emotive approaches towards new experiences and aesthetic realitie

Associaltion BeArtz

France

Artist Residencies and Workshops between the Pyrenees and the French coast

Name of Residency: Atelier Artist in ResidenceAtelier Artist in Residence is a creative sanctuary dedicated to nurturing artistic expression across disciplines. Our mission is to provide artists with uninterrupted time and inspiring space to pursue their work in a supportive, immersive environment.Welcoming visual artists, musicians, writers, and textile artists, Atelier offers a haven for focused exploration and meaningful creative development. Residents are encouraged to engage deeply with the

Chateau d'Orquevaux (Château d'Orquevaux)

Orquevaux, France

The Chateau d'Orquevaux artist residency, set in France's tranquil Champagne-Ardenne, offers an idyllic environment for artists and writers. This program features private studios and bedrooms, set within a historic French chateau, providing a serene space for creative endeavors. All meals are included, allowing residents to fully immerse in their art without daily distractions. The Denis Diderot Grant, awarded to participants, assists with residency costs, highlighting the program's dedication to supporting artists. Community engagement is encouraged through artist presentations, literature nights, and group art activities, fostering a rich cultural exchange. The residency, accommodating around 15 artists at a time, ensures an intimate and supportive atmosphere. A welcoming champagne dinner introduces artists to the Chateau and fellow residents, setting the tone for a collaborative experience. The program, while offering vegetarian options, focuses on delivering a genuine regional culinary experience, enhancing the overall artistic journey.

La Fontaine Artist in Residence

France

La Fontaine Artist Residency is nestled in the peaceful countryside in Provence, France

La Kunsthalle Mulhouse

Mulhouse Cedex, France

La Kunsthalle Mulhouse is a contemporary art center in Mulhouse, France, offering various artist residencies including programs for young creators, textile artists from Mexico, curators, and researchers, often in partnership with international networks like Atelier Mondial. Residencies typically provide accommodation, studios, stipends or grants ranging from €3,000 to €10,000, and support for research or production, with durations from 2 months to a year. It emphasizes experimentation, cross-border collaboration in the Upper Rhine region, and public engagement through exhibitions and events.

La Maison de Simon

Fontaine-sous-Jouy, France

La Maison de Simon is an artists' residency founded in in a stone barn near Giverny, Normandy. Dedicated to graphic arts and multidisciplinary practices, it offers a spacious studio, ceramics kiln, and nature-inspired environment for research and creation.

LE HUIT

Rue de l’île, France

Name of Residency: LE HUIT“Le Huit” in the lovely village of Mirepoix, in South-East of France, is a residency for artists, that includes everything an artist needs in terms of accomodation and work space. Located at 5 min. walking from the 13th century square of Mirepoix, “Le Huit” is a restored house, built during the 1940s, that has been rethinked as a space for artistic creation. The restored 115 square meter building includes now a full equipped groundfloor with a kitchen, a living room and

Le Moulin de La Barde

France

Name of Residency: Le Moulin de La BardeOur medieval watermill offers a unique residency program combining artistic freedom, historical depth, and natural immersion. We host artists for stays ranging from 2 to 4 weeks in a restored 11th-century mill, providing time and space to reflect, create, and connect with the surrounding environment.Each year, one artist is invited for a fully funded residency in exchange for the creation of a site-specific work. Additional residents are selected through a

Le Wonder

Bobigny, France

Le Wonder is an artist-run collective and residency space located in Bobigny, on the outskirts of Paris, France. Founded in 2013, it occupies large, repurposed industrial complexes and offers both individual and shared studios along with extensive technical resources. The organization emphasizes independence, experimentation, and collective work across a wide range of disciplines including visual arts, performance, and culinary practices. It fosters a collaborative environment where residents can engage deeply with the local and international art scene. Le Wonder runs a research and creation residency for international and French artists and curators outside the Paris region, focusing on experimentation rather than production. Artists receive financial support and access to comprehensive studio facilities and mentorship from members of the collective. The residency is embedded in a strong network of local art institutions and partners, enhancing artists’ professional development. It is supported by public funding and part of the Arts en Résidence network.

Les Hauts de Sancerre

Sancerre, France

Les Hauts de Sancerre is a luxury five-star hotel in a renovated 19th-century château overlooking the vineyards of Sancerre, France, with a strong emphasis on art through curatorial direction by Stanislas de Poucques, featuring exhibitions of artists like Emma Terweduwe and Roan van Oort. It hosts art displays both indoors and in its park, intertwining wine, design, and contemporary art in its intimate setting with eight rooms. No formal artist residency program for visiting artists is mentioned; it functions primarily as a hotel with integrated art programming.

Nancy B. Negley Artist Residency program

France

Name of Residency: The Dora Maar HouseThe Nancy B Negley Residency Program providesone to three months in residence at the Dora Maar Housea private bedroom and bath and a study or studio in which to worka travel award for travel from a fellow’s home to the Dora Maar Housea grant based upon the length of stay at the Dora Maar HouseResidency Programme since: 2007Description of Organisation: The Nancy B. Negley Artists Residency Program, based at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, hosts resid

NG Art Creative

France

Name of Residency: NG Art Creative, Residency and Gallery, ProvenceNG Art Creative program offers the following:– Reside in a 17th century olive mill Moulin de Gréoux– Create work in a large studio equipped with professional lighting, easels, tables, and wall hanging space.– Access to an outdoor wet area to work with clay and/or other materials– Foster and support all creative endeavours to maximise their full potential– Guide and mentor into the commercial art world by residency di

Pottery Farm Gallery Residency

Gers (near Toulouse), France

Pottery Farm Gallery offers short, focused residencies for creative professionals across disciplines. Located in the countryside with panoramic views of the Pyrenees, the retreat provides a calm, distraction-free environment with a mix of private rooms and shared/individual workspaces. Residents can work independently in the Studio Gallery, the secluded Pigeon Coop, or outdoor areas across the farm. The program emphasizes self-directed practice, reflection, and project development.

Name of Residency: The Old Girls SchoolThe Old Girls’ School will be opening ad an Artist Residency in 2023.A calm outside space in the garden, either in the sun or under the shade of the trees.An independent workshop : The Studio which is 4,8 meters on 8 meters (13 feet  on 26 feet) bathed with light all day, exposed stone walls, sand and gravel floor. There is a sofa, a working table. This will be your space.On the main floor you will have access to the kitchen (which is shared with your hosts