Fondation Bernard Grau x Cité internationale des arts
Programme for Cuban artists
Programme
The Bernard Grau Foundation–Académie des beaux-arts, whose mission is to support the Cuban artistic scene and promote its vitality, has partnered with the Cité internationale des arts to establish a residency programme for Cuban creators working in disciplines represented within the Académie des beaux-arts. The artistic disciplines addressed by the programme change every year.
About
2 residencies per year
6 months’ residency
Programme created in 2023
Eligibility criteria
- Be of Cuban nationality, work and live in Cuba or abroad
- Be over 25 years of age and have been developing a professional artistic experience for at least 5 years
- Has not benefited from a residency or scholarship in France lasting more than four weeks in the last five years
The partners of this programme :
Created in 2022 by the Académie des Beaux-arts in France, the Foundation aims to support Cuban artists while paying tribute to Bernard Grau (1949-2020), a French diplomat who ended his career as Cooperation and Cultural Action Counsellor in Havana.
A graduate in philosophy and law from the University of Montpellier, France, where he was also head of teaching in the departments of international law, sociology of international relations and public liberties, he held various positions at the French Chancellery, including that of Regional Cooperation Advisor for Central America, from 2001 to 2005, based in the Costa Rican capital. He was director of the French Institute in Seville and cultural advisor in several Latin American countries (Uruguay, Peru, Cuba).
The Académie des beaux-arts is one of the five academies that make up the Institut de France. With 67 members, 16 associate members from abroad and 67 correspondents, it safeguards France’s cultural heritage and encourages artistic creation in all its forms, in particular by awarding prizes, financing artists’ residencies and granting subsidies for artistic projects and events.
As an advisory body to the public authorities, it also conducts research on artistic issues.
