Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem x Cité internationale des arts
Residency programme dedicated to artists who are academics at FUD UJEP or have recently graduated from FUD UJEP or are actually involved in doctoral studies at FUD UJEP.
The programme
The Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (FUD UJEP) and the Cité internationale des arts in Paris have co-developed a research and creation residency program dedicated to artists who are academics at FUD UJEP or have recently graduated from FUD UJEP or are actually involved in doctoral studies at FUD UJEP.
The aim of this programme is to support and facilitate the mobility of artists from the wider academic ecosystem of FUD UJEP and to strengthen their professional development and involvement in international artistic networks. The partners are committed to supporting each beneficiary’s projects by providing professional support, networking opportunities and full funding for a three-month residency in Paris.
About
2 residencies per year
3 months’ residency
Programme created in 2025
Eligibility criteria
- Be an academic of FUD UJEP / a recent graduate – postgraduate artist (maximum 10 years after graduation from FUD UJEP) / a doctoral student at FUD UJEP;
- Have developed professional artistic practice for at least 5 years;
- Be a visual artist or work in a field related to the artistic disciplines of FUD UJEP.
The partner of this programme :
The Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (FUD UJEP) is a public higher education institution whose main activities comprise educational programmes, creative activities, and public service. FUD UJEP places strong emphasis on supporting the creative and artistic activities of academic staff and students and promotes their engagement in the national and international art scene. FUD UJEP operates the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts as an instrument for the support of creative activity, the internationalisation of artistic outputs, and the presentation of contemporary international visual art to both local and international audiences. FUD UJEP operates within the ÚstíRegion, which is a structurally affected area and has suffered long-term environmental damage due to extensive open-cast coal mining. FUD UJEP is one of the key drivers of social, environmental, and economic transformation in this region, with an emphasis on the development of cultural and creative industries.
FUD UJEP is developing a residency programme at the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts primarily for international artists in order to strengthen the internationalisation of the local environment and to integrate the local art scene into an international context. At the same time, it offers artists working in the region the opportunity to undertake residencies at partner institutions within the Europe. FUD UJEP has been continuously strengthening these programmes to facilitate the mobility of artists from the wider academic environment of FUD UJEP and to support their professional and artistic development and their involvement in international artistic networks.
